Tag: Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR (XLY)
3 ETFs With Exposure To McDonald’s Stock
McDonald’s $MCD reported upbeat financial results for the 4th quarter. After years of struggling to find sales growth, the fast food giant’s turnaround has investors hungry for more. The company’s same-store sales grew 5% worldwide. And same store sales comparisons show US sales grew 5.7% in the 4th quarter. The jump in sales is largely […]
Consumer Stocks Gain As Oil Falls – Weekly ETF Fund Flows
As the calendar flipped to a new year last week, ETF fund flows were mixed as bullish investor sentiment gave way to fear. The leading story for the financial markets continues to be oil prices. The price of WTIC crude oil ended the week under $53.00 per barrel. That’s 50% lower than it was in […]
Are Traders Losing Faith? – Weekly ETF Fund Flows
Last week ETF fund flows took on a more cautious note than they had been over the last few months. The main culprits are falling oil prices and weak global economic data. As a result, we saw fearful traders taking up bearish positions using put options to protect their profits from a stock market pullback. […]
Profit From The Fed’s Misguided Forecast – XLY, XLE, XLI
Over the last few weeks, the Fed and other central banks around the globe have taken center stage in the financial world. I’ve never seen more speculation about the Fed’s ‘dot plot’ about the committee member’s expectations for interest rates. In my opinion, it’s gotten a bit ridiculous. In short, the latest data indicates that […]
