NextEra Energy

Southern Company

Duke Energy

Constellation Energy Corp

Sempra Energy

American Electric Power Company

Vistra Energy

Dominion Energy

PG&E

Public Service Enterprise Group

Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund

XLU tracks a market-cap-weighted index of US utilities stocks drawn exclusively from the S&P 500.

Thanks to a combination of low-interest rates and investors’ preference for higher-yielding defensive assets, the Utilities Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLU), the largest utilities sector ETF, is one of the best-performing sector ETFs this year.

Utilities ETFs Can Keep Surging To The Top

VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF

iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF

Vanguard Real Estate ETF

We have highlighted popular ETFs from the sectors set to benefit further on rate cuts.

Chances of Fed Rate Cut in October Rise: Sector ETFs to Buy

iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

Stocks are slumping but not all assets are suffering from the smackdown. Here are three ETFs to buy offering refuge from the storm.

3 ETFs to Buy for an Escape From the Market Turmoil

U.S. Global GO GOLD and Precious Metal Miners ETF

Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF

While many corners of the equity world witnessed a solid run, a few sector ETFs performed incredibly well, thereby comfortably crushing the broader markets.

4 Market-Beating Sector ETFs of the Third Quarter

For the reluctant equities investor, Global investment firm Goldman Sachs says it’s not safe to dive headfirst out of safe haven assets and back into stocks just yet. Ever since 1928, October has proven to be 28% higher in terms of volatility.

3 ETFs to Check Out Ahead of a Volatile October

Entering Tuesday, the Utilities Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLU), the largest utilities sector ETF, was up nearly 21% year-to-date after hitting another record high on Monday. All XLU did Tuesday added to those gains on its way to another all-time high.

Utilities ETFs Continue Looking Strong

Utility stocks have been on a hot streak.

Buying A Utility Stock Now Is Merely Speculating

Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund

With Treasury yields tumbling and the Federal Reserve poised to continue lowering interest rates, investors are flocking to high-yield sectors and the related ETFs are surging. For example, the Utilities Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLU) and the Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEArca: XLRE) are up an average of 24% year-to-date.

Being Cautious With High-Yield Sectors

Fidelity MSCI Utilities Index ETF

iShares U.S. Utilities ETF

Schwab U.S. REIT ETF

Reaves Utilities ETF

Vanguard Utilities ETF

In times of uncertainty with rates under pressure as investors shifted to safe-haven plays, attractive yield-generating sector ETFs covering the real estate and utilities segments outperformed, and touched all-time highs earlier this week. Both the S&P 500 Real Estate Sector and S&P 500 Utilities Sector hit all-time record highs earlier this week, CNBC reported.

Depressed Bond Yields Help These Sector ETFs Shine

iShares Core Moderate Allocation ETF

SPDR Gold Trust

iShares Residential Real Estate ETF

Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund

As trade tensions are still alive and kicking, Wall Street could be volatile in September. These funds can offer some cushion to investors in this backdrop.

Sensing a September Slump? Buy These 6 ETFs

Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund

Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund

Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund

Coming off a rough August in which the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY) finished lower, there may not be any rest for the weary in September because the ninth month of the year is historically rough on stocks.

Best Sector ETFs For September: A Leader And A Laggard

iShares U.S. Energy ETF

Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund

Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund

The U.S. economy appears in late business cycle and these sector ETFs should thus be in focus.

4 Sector ETFs in Focus as US Economy Appears in Late Cycle

Traders tiring of trade war trauma will find safety in the following safe stocks. These stocks to buy boast low volatility.

4 Safe Havens From the Trade War

Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF

Volatility is rearing its ugly head and the utilities sector is making the most of the uncertainty.

Utility ETFs Skyrocket on Market Volatility and Low Rates (Revised)

Utility ETFs Skyrocket on Market Volatility and Low Rates

Here are the top performing ETFs following spikes in volatility, according to hedge fund analytics tool Kensho.

Here's which stocks win when volatility spikes on Wall Street

Utilities were the only sector showing some green Monday, as its defensive nature and relatively high yield helped provide a boost as rising trade tensions sent Treasury yields tumbling.

Utilities stocks see rare gains amid stock market selloff, tumble in Treasury yields

AvalonBay Communities

American Water Works

TopBuild

Barrick Gold

SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF

As widely expected, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 25 bps for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis. We have highlighted ETFs & stocks from sectors that are expected to skyrocket on lower rates.

Fed Cuts Rate: Sector ETFs & Stocks Set to Soar

Apple

Microsoft

August starts today and with the arrival of the eighth month of the year comes a month that's usually negative for stocks, but not by much.

Best Sector ETFs For August: An Interesting Mix

Amazon

Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

To understand market moves, you need to understand what the underlying sectors are doing. These 6 SPDR ETFs and Amazon say the rally is over.

These 6 SPDR ETFs and Amazon Tell Me the Rally Is Over

Enterprise Products Partners

US Global Jets ETF

Legg Mason

Telephone and Data Systems

United Continental Hlds

Vanguard Energy ETF

Investors could place their bet on sectors that are expected to post positive earnings growth.

Sector ETFs & Stocks to Bet On This Earnings Season

Utilities stocks are unanimously lower Monday, as the easing of tensions in the U.S.-China trade war, and the subsequent surge in the broader stock market, has led to selling in safe-have assets like Treasurys and bond proxies, like high-yielding utilities.

Utilities stocks in unanimous selloff as stock market rally weighs on safe-haven assets, bond proxies

Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund

Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund

The stock market’s advance/decline line completed is correction last week. It therefore gave a green light for stocks before the bullish news on the trade negotiations with China was released over the weekend.

The Week Ahead: Stock Market Flashes Green Light Before Trade News

The real estate investment trust and utilities sectors were the biggest losers of the S&P 500's 11 key sectors, and their weakness was unanimous, as a big jump in Treasury yields helped lure investors away from the high-yielding sector.

REIT, utilities sector trackers suffer unanimous declines as Treasury yields jump

The XLU ETF has reached the upper end of its longer-term trading range, which means now is a good time to short it.
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