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9/5/2008 4:00 PM

Consumer Discretionary SPDR (ETF) (XLY)

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Seeks to replicate the total return of the Cyclical/Transportation 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 represented by a specified Select Sector Index.

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Closed-End Fund - Equity (269), Small Cap (1922), ETF (Exchange Traded Fund or Note) (958)
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Consumer Discretionary SPDR (ETF) At A Glance

Current Price: $30.28
Last Trade Time: 9/5/2008 4:00 PM
Open: $30.02
Previous Close: $30.22
Daily Range: $29.60 - $30.40
52-Week Range: $25.93 - $39.09
Volume: 9,132,328
Market Cap: $932.35M
P/E Ratio: 0.00
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Consumer Discretionary SPDR (ETF) (XLY)

Avatar xthecritic (92.66) Submitted: 12/14/07 1:42 PM

Consumer discretionary... what took me so long to short this? I guess I am slow but there is plenty of time left to ride this baby down.

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Avatar SuperStocker1 (< 20) Submitted: 8/14/08 9:25 PM : Outperform Start Price: $31.14 XLY Score: 1.49

Breakout upwards

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Avatar tdoodler (45.96) Submitted: 7/02/08 7:11 PM : Underperform Start Price: $27.96 XLY Score: -10.41

Consumer discretionery. I fear it may be just starting

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Avatar falcon2382 (90.13) Submitted: 4/15/08 9:33 AM : Underperform Start Price: $30.82 XLY Score: -5.13

I really think the high cost of gas is going to start affecting retail big time... I don't think very many people on wallstreet are paying attention to the people on mainstreet (soon to be known as vagabond way)

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Avatar sandmanuva13 (< 20) Submitted: 1/25/08 3:13 PM : Underperform Start Price: $30.84 XLY Score: -4.98

Recession? At the end of the day it probably won't happen. Politicians are proving that they really care about it (even if they don't approach it the best way) It would take 6 months of negative GDP growth, and we haven't even had one yet (although we are pretty close!) What we probably will have though, is 2-3 month stretches of negative growth. I don't think this will destroy the economy, or the average worker's financial stability. Everyone will still be able to buy food, shelter and other necessary items. I do think people will start to be more frugal with their discretionary income. I also think the effect will be exponential. At first only one trendsetter will choose an "average" car rather than a "luxury" brand. They will inspire two others do the same, and so on. There will still be the one hot shot in the neighborhood with the coolest toys, but in an increasingly educated America, it will become cool to have things like IRA's, 401K's etc. This is very similar to how smoking, or fast food has risen, then fallen in popularity.





Bottom line - The S&P will be ok, but the consumer discretionary portion will lag.





Disclosure - I am a discretionary consumer and I am trying to saving my money! I hope to be the cool kid with the IRA down the road.

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Avatar chk999longonly (99.80) Submitted: 1/06/08 10:22 AM : Outperform Start Price: $31.14 XLY Score: 9.50

This is at a 52 week low.

This is an ETF that follows a consumer discretionary index. It will probably keep going down for a bit as the economy decides whether to have a recession or not, but will bounce back up eventually.

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