Tuesday’s ETF To Watch: iShares Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Index Fund (IYC)
While the economy continues to tread water, many investors have grown increasingly bearish on the retail sector, assuming that consumers will cut back on discretionary purchases in the...
View Article3 ETFs To Be Influenced By Black Friday (XRT, IYC, RTH, WMT, TGT, BB)
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, the nation’s single busiest shopping day is about to unleash, and whether or not the retail sector will get a boost this holiday season is ambiguous,(...)Read...
View ArticleFour ETFs Influenced By McDonalds’ Performance (PBJ, IYC, VCR, XLY, MCD, YUM)
The world’s largest restaurant chain, McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE:MCD) reported increases in revenues and net income for the fourth quarter, meeting analyst expectations and giving support to the(...)Read...
View ArticleA List Of The Top Ten (10) Retail ETFs (RTH, XRT, XLY, FXD, AMZN, NFLX, HD)
David Fry: Our goal in this profile is to help investors wade through the many competing ETF offerings available. Using our long experience as an ETF publication, and nearly 40 years in the investment...
View ArticleBuyer Beware When It Comes To U.S. Retailers (IXC, IXP, IXN)
Russ Koesterich: While the US labor market has improved recently, it has yet to lead to any real acceleration in US consumption.(...)Read the rest of Buyer Beware When It Comes To U.S. Retailers (IXC,...
View ArticleAmazon.com, Inc.(NASDAQ:AMZN): Ready To Dominate The Cloud
Steve McDonald: According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, cloud-based computing is the fastest expanding business at Amazon.com, Inc.(NASDAQ:AMZN). They call it AWS (Amazon Web Services)....
View Article3 Consumer ETFs To Watch On Consumer Sentiment Drop
Despite the upbeat tone in the market following the decision of the Fed to hold off on tapering, the drop in the U.S. consumer sentiment comes as a slight downer. Driven by fears of a possible...
View ArticleETFs To Watch On Comcast Corporation and Time Warner Inc Deal
While continued sluggishness in retail and job growth data lately cast ominous clouds over the health of the U.S. consumer discretionary sector, the recently signed deal between Comcast Corporation...
View ArticleStarbucks Is Going To Start Selling Alcohol And Do It Better Than Anyone Else
The latest challenge facing Starbucks Corporation(NASDAQ:SBUX) is a shift in traffic away from mall locations. In January Schultz explained that mall customers were gone and not coming back. When...
View ArticleNetflix, Inc. To Raise Fees As Aereo Fights For It’s Life In Washington
It’s a big week for the future of “television.” Popular TV streaming company, Aereo, is arguing for its life in front of the Supreme Court today and yesterday Netflix, Inc.(NASDAQ:NFLX) announced it...
View ArticleETFs On A Roll For Hot Cyber Monday
Sweta Killa: The burst of early discounts, long promotional deals, and an improving economy have enticed shoppers to splurge since the start of November. As such, fewer people have shopped in stores...
View ArticleForget Black Friday; Buy These Cyber Monday Stocks
Lawrence Meyers: It’s sort of quaint the way investors and the media keep talking about Black Friday. See, Black Friday really isn’t much of a big deal anymore. Now it’s all about Cyber Monday....
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