Utilities SPDR (ETF) (AMEX:XLU)

dividends

Cyclical sector allowing great play of Utility stocks currently showing a bullish movement and providing over 4% quarterly dividend.

Defensive

everyone needs utilities. decent div yield. less risk. guaranteed growth.

4% yield, risk spread among 35 utility companies

utilities

dividends and high quality growth

Utilities are boring, but this ETF pays close to a 5% dividend with an extremely low beta. Over the long term, this will outperform and the "boring" part of your portfolio will have you laughing all the way to the bank.

even more oversold than before

recession resistant

Fantastic industry. Valuations are at a level now I think make for a great buy.

The energy sector has yet to see it's biggest gains. Many energy corporations have been dragging their feet on rate hikes and when they come, profits will rise above the rising expenses.

Utility industry will always make money!

U.S. stock bull 3/17/2008.

Gotta love the SPDR Select ETF's. These ETF's just seem to go up. Sure, they have their down moments but depending on what you measure, the 3 or 5 year rate of return is 12 to 20%. Utilities always seem to do well especially during the summer months when demand is high.

utilities beaten down

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 6 months you will be fully invested.
If in between stock keep going up don't average and go out if gain is 20% on investment.

Another Kymber Trend Play :)

Yes utlities aren't sexy. They aren't a huge growth play - except in years where recession looms. Utility stocks work so well because they have such reliable earnings in a slow economy. And lets face it... all indicators are we hare in in a slowing economy.

Even though utility stocks have had a run up in the past few years I am betting that fear is going to be a bigger motivator to make utility stocks almost a momentum play. I'll jump out in the summer if the tides turn.

Usually Id say that rising energy costs would also be a risk... but I think regulators are going to go out of their way to not pass on those costs as quickly to consumers because of the looming recession. So far so good. Politics work in our favor here.

Anyway... I bought this with real money today. This ETF tends to be more volitile then some of the others but also has a bigger upside with momentum.

Utilities headed up again.