Utilities SPDR (ETF) (XLU)
Seeks to replicate the total return of the Utilities 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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richardrogers4
(64.81)
Submitted: 11/5/2009 2:07:17 AM :
Start Price:
$28.66
XLU Score:
-0.17
Expect relative sector weakness to continue
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dogtor
(55.32)
Submitted: 7/18/2009 3:19:40 PM :
Start Price:
$27.73
XLU Score:
-8.88
dividends and high quality growth
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sumbawa
(30.56)
Submitted: 6/15/2009 2:39:29 PM :
Start Price:
$26.86
XLU Score:
-8.83
Utilities have underperformed in this rally.
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starrider78
(96.96)
Submitted: 5/22/2009 1:02:09 PM :
Start Price:
$25.78
XLU Score:
-5.49
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.
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slimjohn
(96.74)
Submitted: 3/6/2009 6:39:01 AM :
Start Price:
$22.49
XLU Score:
-28.19
even more oversold than before
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cucselections
(96.89)
Submitted: 12/2/2008 6:44:36 PM :
Start Price:
$27.32
XLU Score:
-25.69
recession resistant
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PennyPincher12
(93.73)
Submitted: 6/7/2008 3:27:51 PM :
Start Price:
$38.22
XLU Score:
-5.00
Fantastic industry. Valuations are at a level now I think make for a great buy.
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punk71
(45.74)
Submitted: 5/22/2008 1:37:27 PM :
Start Price:
$39.12
XLU Score:
-5.13
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.
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cyphersin
(51.59)
Submitted: 4/15/2008 8:36:55 PM :
Start Price:
$37.20
XLU Score:
-4.83
Utility industry will always make money!
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bigbenjewell
(97.28)
Submitted: 4/5/2008 10:00:34 AM :
Start Price:
$36.94
XLU Score:
+1.79
U.S. stock bull 3/17/2008.
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dcthatsme
(< 20)
Submitted: 4/2/2008 2:47:57 PM :
Start Price:
$37.07
XLU Score:
-2.90
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.
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Dylansboyz
(33.55)
Submitted: 2/22/2008 1:06:59 PM :
Start Price:
$36.64
XLU Score:
-4.43
utilities beaten down
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humaninvestor
(< 20)
Submitted: 2/6/2008 6:26:03 PM :
Start Price:
$36.92
XLU Score:
-5.98
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.
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KymberlyL3
(53.92)
Submitted: 1/8/2008 1:17:23 PM :
Start Price:
$41.32
XLU Score:
-8.57
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.
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doctorjoe1
(60.01)
Submitted: 10/26/2007 3:18:10 AM :
Start Price:
$37.66
XLU Score:
+4.03
Utilities headed up again.
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D0csavag3
(35.08)
Submitted: 8/7/2007 11:47:53 PM :
Start Price:
$37.77
XLU Score:
+1.08
Looks good for the short term.
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optionwinners
(85.37)
Submitted: 7/10/2007 11:11:24 PM :
Start Price:
$37.10
XLU Score:
+3.72
Like I said about XLE....IT IS HOT HOT HOT.....You have to own the utilities now. Peak season, and the weather is not letting us down on this one. It is HOT, wait-a-minute I said that. Thanks to FAST MONEY I am sold on this one. The weather also sold me. This has some risk due to interest rates, but I think this is the time to buy for a good trade.
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soks86
(47.47)
Submitted: 4/11/2007 12:30:43 PM :
Start Price:
$38.56
XLU Score:
-3.11
Any dips won't be much so I might as well call this one now. Unless the next few seasons change the situation there's nothing slowing this one down yet.
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NetscribeETF
(90.32)
Submitted: 2/23/2007 4:46:46 AM :
Start Price:
$35.98
XLU Score:
+2.93
The weather has now reversed, with cold temperature finally moving in. Endorsing the same, the utilities companies are cheering the arrival of true winter season, as energy demand across the country is eventually on a rise.
Utilities Select Sector SPDR (XLU) owns and passively tracks the utilities-sector stocks in the S and P 500 index in proportion to their weight in the utilities sector. With about 30 stocks, packing nearly 60% of its assets, the fund includes companies providing water, electric, and natural-gas services. Indeed, more than one-fourth of the fund's money is in three companies: Exelon, Dominion Resources, Southern Co and TXU.
Given the current interest rate scenario, utility stocks envisage a positive operating environment ahead. Although utility shares have delivered modest returns quite sometime for now, the economic recovery in the U.S. should drive energy demand ever higher. Combined with very tight available supply and capacity, strong pricing across entire utility spectrum is being expected. The sector has been further encouraged by regulators’ move to focus on improved expenditure on infrastructure including transmission/distribution networks, as well as incentives to invest in nuclear plant construction, alternative energy projects, and clean-coal technologies.
Analyzing the past, the fund has given supernormal returns, with one return for 2006 being 20.61%. XLU succeeds at providing cheap and convenient exposure to large-cap utilities stocks. Its 0.24% expense ratio is one of the cheapest available to retail investors in the utilities category, with only Vanguard Utilities ETF beating it by a slender margin.
In current scenario, major of the utility companies are endowed with sound free cash flows, generated by robust profits, strong balance sheets, and a strengthening domestic economy. The resumption of merger-and-acquisition activities in 2006 has further boosted the sector and promises positive outlook ahead.
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