$19.94

-0.07 (-0.35%)

7/3/2008 1:15 PM

Financial Select Sector SPDR (ETF) (XLF)

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Seeks to replicate the total return of the Financial Select Sector of the S&P 500 Index. It unbundles the benchmark S&P 500 and gives the investor ownership in particular sectors of industries that are represented by a specified Select Sector Index.

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Closed-End Fund - Equity (269), ETF (Exchange Traded Fund or Note) (944), Mid Cap (670)
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Financial Select Sector SPDR (ETF) At A Glance

Current Price:	$19.94
Last Trade Time:	7/3/2008 1:15 PM
Open:	$0.00
Previous Close:	$20.01
Daily Range:	$19.79 - $20.38
52-Week Range:	$19.57 - $37.25
Volume:	83,422,103
Market Cap:	$7.59B
P/E Ratio:	0.00
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4 Financial Select Sector SPDR (ETF) (XLF)

Avatar humaninvestor (26.57) Submitted: 2/06/08 6:26 PM

Build position in 4 phases each of 25%. Select how much you want to invest in this stock and in first phase invest 25% amount of total investment you want to make.
If stock goes down [15%] keep averaging by adding 25% each time. Not more than 1 time in 1.5. months. So if stock keeps going down for ...More

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1 Financial Select Sector SPDR (ETF) (XLF)

Avatar wwjb (79.43) Submitted: 4/14/08 11:11 AM

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Recs 0 (XLF) ikkyu2 (98.58) Submitted: 7/01/08 4:13 AM : Start Price: $19.89 XLF Score: -0.49 Writedowns ahoy! Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (XLF) db371114 (97.79) Submitted: 6/30/08 5:20 PM : Start Price: $19.89 XLF Score: -0.49 Finacials& Mortgages Moving averages show further downward trends Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (XLF) skypicks (< 20) Submitted: 6/30/08 11:00 AM : Start Price: $20.33 XLF Score: -0.28 Very tough to pick a bottom but I am going to try. Last day of Q2, so probably some quarter end selling. News flow is as bad as it gets, with the possible exception of another high profile failure. Probably will pick up a little in real life too. Don't feel very heroic, but don't want to pass this up either. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (XLF) robertseibert (< 20) Submitted: 6/27/08 5:59 PM : Start Price: $20.58 XLF Score: -1.84 No one can pick the bottom but me, haha just kidding, reality is that this etf is much closer than further from the bottom and when you hear over half the analysts out there are stating this about a sector thats at an all time low and has been crushed?? maybe it's there now! Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (XLF) vermonty (67.42) Submitted: 6/27/08 4:46 PM : Start Price: $20.58 XLF Score: -1.84 At some point, they're cheap enough. When everyone else gives up, buy. Maybe in a year I'll buy some homebuilders. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out.
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	TrackVanDenBerg	< 20	05/27/08 05/27/08		1Y	$24.53	-18.71%	-8.34%	-10.37
	TrackJohnKeeley	91.22	03/31/08		NS	$24.87	-19.82%	-4.29%	-15.53
	TrackDreman	94.69	12/31/07 12/31/07		NS	$28.93	-31.08%	-13.61%	-17.46
	TrackGaryBSmith	< 20	12/21/07 12/21/07		3W	$29.29	-31.92%	-14.73%	-17.19
	TrackSnow	60.28	09/30/07 09/30/07		NS	$34.32	-41.90%	-17.22%	-24.68

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