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Recent Asset Class PerformanceBespoke Investment Group • Sun, May 12
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Unlike QE1 And QE2, Utilities Are Not Underperforming After QE3Qineqt • Tue, Oct 2, 2012
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Utilities: Summer's Safe HavenTodd Campbell • Tue, Jun 26, 2012
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Utilities ETFs Outperforming On Stability, DividendsTom Lydon • Tue, Jun 12, 2012
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Wednesday's ETF To Watch: Utilities Select Sector SPDRJared Cummans • Wed, Jan 25, 2012 -
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Recent Asset Class PerformanceBespoke Investment Group • Sun, May 12
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- Thursday, January 3, 8:12 AM Americans are using more electronic gadgets, but electricity use is barely growing, posing a challenge for utility companies. PEG, NU and others are pouring money into high-voltage transmission lines, while others are slashing spending. EXC is cutting investment in nuclear plant expansions by $1B and in renewable energy projects by $1.3B as it tries to avoid a credit downgrade. 9 Comments [Energy]
- Tuesday, January 1, 11:40 AM Financial services ETFs (XLF, IPF, IXG led all sector ETFs in 2012, followed by consumer discretionary (XLY, IPD, RXI), healthcare (XLV, IRY, IXJ) and tech (XLK, IPK IXN). Utilities (XLU, IPU, JXI) and telecom (IST, IXP) underperformed. Comment! [Quick Ideas]
- Monday, December 31, 2012, 7:30 AM It paid to heed the many mid-year warnings of bubbly utility sector valuations. After a 9.5% decline since the beginning of August, the XLU will finish the year down more than 4%, totally offsetting its yield. The sector's overvaluation left it exposed to any sort of bad news, and it got it with Sandy and the post-election realization of maybe higher dividend tax rates. 3 Comments [Energy]
- Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 2:10 PM Utilities (XLU +0.5%) could be poised for a rebound after a rough month. Yesterday, utility stocks jumped on the strength of electricity providers after Deutsche Bank upgraded Exelon (EXC +2%). Today, the sector again moves higher after ISI Group upgrades EXC to Buy from Neutral. Also: UNS +1.7%, NVE +1.6%, PPL +1.2%. 6 Comments [Energy, Quick Ideas, On the Move]
- Monday, November 26, 2012, 12:42 PM The only S&P sector in the green today is the recently-battered utilities (XLU +1.2%). Through Friday, the stocks were the market's worst performers in November, falling 7% amidst worries of a hike in the dividend tax rate (Sandy didn't help either); never mind the fact so much of the holdings are in tax-advantaged accounts. 1 Comment [Energy]
- Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 8:20 AM The recent selloff in dividend stocks represents a buying opportunity, says dividend fund manager Judith Saryan. She's expecting an eventual hike in the dividend tax rate, but to levels far below those for ordinary income. For now, she's steering clear of "frothy" utilities (XLU) and consumer staples (XLP), and looking more to dividend "growth" rather than "yield." Top picks: SNY, LYB, WFC, QCOM. Comment! [Quick Ideas]
- Friday, November 16, 2012, 12:28 PM The pullback over the last 2 months is especially notable as no sector within the S&P 500 has been spared, notes Bespoke. It's extremely rare for this to happen as bear moves usually see money flow into defensive sectors like Utilities or Healthcare. With looming tax hikes on dividends and capital gains, investors are dumping it all. 13 Comments
- Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 5:21 PM A look at sector performance in the 2 months since the Fed's QE∞ announcement finds tech (XLK), -11.6% the laggard by a wide margin. The materials sector (XLB) has about matched SPY's 7.3% decline. The top performer is healthcare (XLV), -2.7%. Industrials (XLI), staples (XLP), discretionary (XLY), financials (XLF), and utilities (XLU) have marginally bested the S&P. 4 Comments
- Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 2:05 PM The utility sector is generally lower after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo began an investigation into the state's utility providers, saying a major overhaul of the industry is needed. FirstEnergy (FE -1.3%), Northeast Utilities (NE -1.2%) and Westar Energy (WR -1.1%) are all down more than 1%. 3 Comments [Energy, On the Move]
- Monday, November 12, 2012, 1:07 PM A 7% decline in the Utility SPDR (XLU) in November puts the ETF in the red for the year (even after the dividend). Worries over a hike in the dividend tax rate are surely a factor (fade those, say some), but the sector is also likely to feel the "regulatory wrath" for outages following Sandy, writes Alan Brochstein. 2 Comments [Energy]
- Monday, October 29, 2012, 1:15 PM Some areas of the dividend universe (telecom, utilities) may be pricey, but dividend stocks are not in a bubble, says ClearBridge's Mike Clarfeld. He suggests looking not just at the upfront yield, but instead at the ability of the company to increase the payout over time. "The sweet spot ... attractive dividends, but really dividend growers - we don't think they are overvalued at all." 1 Comment
- Saturday, October 27, 2012, 8:33 AM Bearishness among heavy-hitter money managers surveyed by Barron's rises to 27%, nearly double the amount from April's poll. As for individual sectors, there's no love for the utilities, with just 1% of respondents picking it as the best-performing industry over the next 12 months, and 20% choosing it as the worst. We've given away the answer, but guess which is today's cover. Feel better, bulls? 16 Comments
- Friday, October 19, 2012, 9:10 AM "Investors need to understand the growing risks of overplaying the defense card," writes AllianceBernstein's Joe Paul, exploring whether high-yield stocks are in bubble territory. It's not news they're expensive compared to past metrics, but high-yielders now make up a record 44% of the S&P 500 (on a cap-weighted basis). "As a countermeasure, (investors) may want to add more cyclical, deeper-value names." 2 Comments
- Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 9:13 PM Currently weighting U.S. telecoms and utilities at zero in his dividend stock portfolio, Pimco's Brad Kinkelaar notes both sectors are trading at near off-the-chart premiums to their average relative multiple. Dividend investors would do better to look overseas, he says, where one can find companies that are growing, paying good dividends, and trading at better value. An excellent presentation. 7 Comments [Quick Ideas]
- Thursday, October 11, 2012, 8:23 AM Bonds are expensive, but so is hurricane insurance in Louisiana, writes Keith McCullough, recommending everyone's favorite hated asset as protection against a slowing economy and Bernanke's bubbles. Oct. 2012 is reminding him of Oct. 2007, when investors were more concerned with the past (double-digit gains YTD) than the future (sliding earnings). Also good insurance: The dollar (UUP) and utilities (XLU). 2 Comments [U.S. Economy]
- Saturday, October 6, 2012, 9:00 AM The financial (XLF) and healthcare (XLV) sectors were the big winners this week, both adding to their gains relative to the S&P YTD. Another YTD outperformer, tech (XLK) combined with energy (XLE) to be the weakest sectors this week as both Apple (post-iPhone 5) and oil (post-QE∞) can't shake their hangovers. The defensive utility area (XLU) - which had a big (and worrying to some) run from mid-Spring to mid-Summer - continues to lose ground to the broader market. 3 Comments
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ONeil Trader
Market in a risk on mode today, $IWM, $XLF, XHB, $XLK outperforming, $TLT down, $XLU, $XLP underperforming http://goo.gl/zpjhb - View all 0 replies
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Daniel Nadler
Market Historically Drops After State of the Union: http://goo.gl/9ZzK6 $SPY $QQQ $DIA $XLE $XLF $XLU $XLY - View all 0 replies
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Daniel Nadler
February Historical Sector Performance, Last Decade: Financials Underperform: http://goo.gl/1TfpA $SPY $DIA $QQQ $XLF $XLY $XLE $XLK $XLU - View all 0 replies
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Saibus Research
Barclay's Likes Wisconsin Energy and So Do We! http://seekingalpha.com/a/ohm3 $WEC $NU $XLU - View all 0 replies
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Sir. Monaco: interesting read, whats your read on the trend in the oils? manufacturing increasing and using more natty-gas and oils, etc.
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FortSumter
$XLU Closed Jan $36 at $0.25 (pre-set limit) from $0.14 for 64%. Will re-visit on any pullback. Chart looks great esp. w/ time of year. - View all 0 replies
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Ryan Mallory
Energy Sector Storm Brewing - Oil Gas Stocks Energy Sector Storm Brewing - Oil Gas Stocks $XLU $XES $USO http://bit.ly/TIuy7A - View all 0 replies
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