When it comes to annual dividend growth, financials and consumer discretionary stocks have seen the largest increase in 2014, with 17.6 percent and 19.6 percent gains, respectively, through June. Still, most investors continue to turn to the traditional dividend sectors for income. "The relationshi...
At the time of this writing, the Consumer Discretionary Select SPDR ETF (ticker:XLY) was up about 6% year to date, while the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLP) was down about 3%. Some stocks that helped the consumer discretionary sector outperform have been Amazon (AMZN), Home ...
Investors can spot buying opportunities within sector-specific and broad stock market corrections. As indexes fall, many quality stocks become available at a discount. Stock Market Corrections Are Healthy Stock market corrections keep investors in check. A lack of corrections can leave the stock market...
All the top tech stocks are in there. And what about top consumer brands like Disney (DIS), Walmart (WMT) and now Tesla (TSLA)? Yes, those are in the SPY, too. In fact, if you buy SPY stock you instantly own all the hottest stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500. Just like ...
There are funds that focus on stocks that trade on foreign exchanges or a combination of international exchanges. Business sector or industry. You can explore funds that focus on consumer goods, technology, health-related businesses. Asset type. There are funds that track bonds, commodities and ca...
Wired for gains in 2001: what are the top 10 stocks in a resilient cable sector? In a stormy market, some cable stocks may provide a refuge. Remember the optimism of January and February, when a gung-ho market was cheering for the Dow to reach 12,000 and for the Nasdaq composite to...
Marijuana stocks react to political moves associated with cannabis. Investors should expect volatility in the sector. That said, the U.S. Marijuana Index was up 13.4% year-over-year as of Nov. 11, 2020. This isn't bad, considering theS&P 500was up slightly higher—15.5% during the same ...
Sector rotation is the movement of money invested in stocks from one industry to another as investors and traders anticipate the next stage of the economic cycle. The economy moves in reasonably predictable cycles. Most industries and the companies that dominate them thrive or languish depending on...
Sectors are used by economists to classify economic activity by grouping companies that are engaged in similar business activities. For example, some sectors are engaged in activities that involve the earliest stages of the production cycle, such as extractingraw materials. Other sectors involve the m...
Commodities are an important way forinvestors, to diversify theirportfoliosbeyond traditional securities. Because the prices of commodities tend to move in the opposite direction of stocks, some investors rely on returns from commodities during periods of marketvolatility.1 ...