Costco

Procter & Gamble

Walmart

Coca-Cola

PepsiCo

Philip Morris

Altria

Target

Colgate-Palmolive

Mondelez

Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund

XLP tracks a market-cap-weighted index of consumer-staples stocks drawn from the S&P 500.

First Trust S-Network Streaming and Gaming ETF

VanEck Vectors Digital Transformation ETF

Global X Funds - Global X E-commerce ETF

Amplify Online Retail ETF

First Trust S-Network E-Commerce ETF

iShares U.S. Consumer Goods ETF

ProShares On-Demand ETF

Proshares Online Retail ETF

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF

Valkyrie Bitcoin Miners ETF

Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund

2023 was a year of surprises. These are five key sector themes illustrated in charts that dominated the ETF world this past year.

2023 in Charts: 5 ETF Sector Stories

Invesco DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund

Vanguard Utilities ETF

With all the anticipation centered on possible interest rate cuts, the concept of targeting smart ETF choices as interest rate-proof investments seems irrational, if not outright absurd. Why go with a diverse ETF portfolio when risk-on assets like cryptocurrencies are responding so well to anticipated cuts?

3 ETFs to Buy if You're Skeptical About Interest Rate Cuts

Amplify Lithium & Battery Technology ETF

First Trust NASDAQ Global Auto Index Fund

Defiance Hotel Airline and Cruise ETF

Goldman Sachs Future Consumer Equity ETF

US Global Jets ETF

KraneShares Electric Vehicles & Future Mobility Index ETF

Kraneshares Global Luxury Index ETF

Tema Luxury ETF

Roundhill S&P Global Luxury Etf

Innovator Hedged TSLA ETF

United States Gasoline Fund LP

United States Oil Fund LP

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF

Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund

SPDR S&P Retail ETF

Good morning, VettaFi Voices! Last Friday, the holiday shopping season kicked off in earnest (while I hunkered down in my house eating turkey sandwiches and waited for the initial frenzy to pass).

VettaFi Voices On: The 2023 Holiday Retail Season

Recent data point to a record shopping season for Shopify (SHOP), which saw Black Friday sales grow 22% y/y. Additional reports from Adobe Analytics show a strong $9.8 billion Black Friday season.

Staples Counting on Discounts for the Remainder of 2023

Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund

Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund

With Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway increasing its cash reserves and Deutsche Bank forecasting a likely mild recession in the first half of 2024, look into ETFs to hedge against economic downturn.

ETFs in Focus as Buffett's Cash Surge Indicates a Likely Recession

Amplify AI Powered Equity ETF

ProShares Short Bitcoin Strategy ETF

SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF

Defiance Pure Electric Vehicle ETF

Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples ETF

Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF

Roundhill Meme ETF

ProShares Short Ether Strategy ETF

Invesco S&P 500 Enhanced Value ETF

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

Charlie Munger's investment philosophy, which prioritizes quality, selective investing, and a long-term perspective, can influence ETF investors to be discerning in their choices and avoid excessive diversification.

A Tribute to Munger With His Philosophy-Enriched ETFs

British American Tobacco

iShares Core High Dividend ETF

Hershey

Johnson & Johnson

Kimberly-Clark

Realty Income Corp

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

Dividend investing is struggling in the current macroeconomic environment due to high interest rates. The yield on T-Bonds disincentivizes investors from buying dividend companies, leading to a drop in their performance. Exceptions to this trend include investments with a high dividend yield on cost, undervalued companies with potential for capital gains, and companies with rapid growth in earnings and dividends.

All Dividend Companies Have One Big Problem In Common

United States Brent Oil Fund LP

Invesco DB Oil Fund

Direxion Daily S&P Oil & Gas Exp. & Prod. Bull 2X Shares

iShares U.S. Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF

VanEck Vectors Oil Services ETF

iPath Pure Beta Crude Oil ETN

Invesco Dynamic Oil & Gas Services ETF

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil

SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF

That's the latest advice from JPMorgan's chief market strategist Marko Kolanovic, who has put himself firmly in the “Year Without a Santa Claus” camp as he repeats his recent warning that the recent equity rally is out of steam.

This asset, not stocks or bonds, will be your best bet for 2024, says JP Morgan

Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF

Despite some signs of slowdown in the economy, the biggest stories in the market still revolve around big tech earnings and artificial intelligence.

Consumer Discretionary vs. Staples: What ETFs Can Tell Us

iShares U.S. Insurance ETF

Vanguard Real Estate ETF

Rising rate worries have been prevalent in the United States as the U.S. economy is recovering steadily and the inflation remains sticky.

Sector ETFs to Win/Lose Amid Surging Treasury Yields

Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF

YieldMax COIN Option Income Strategy ETF

Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF

First Trust Dorsey Wright Focus 5 ETF

SPDR S&P Global Natural Resources ETF

FlexShares Morningstar Global Upstream Natural Resources Index Fund

iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF

iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF

JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF

iShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF

Amplify Natural Resources Dividend Income ETF

YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF

Invesco DWA Momentum ETF

Invesco S&P 500 Pure Growth ETF

Invesco S&P 500 Pure Value ETF

SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF

SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETF

T Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth ETF

First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund

Yieldmax Tsla Option Income Etf

VictoryShares Free Cash Flow ETF

iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF

Vanguard Value ETF

Vanguard Growth ETF

Good Morning, VettaFi Voices! Growth has blown value out of the water in 2023. It's not even close. The Vanguard Value ETF (VTV) is up less than 1% year to date. Meanwhile, the Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG), the growth fund, is up 32%. That's a big difference, and clearly we're in a growth regime.

VettaFi Voices On: The Nature of Value

Those who have tracked my work over the last decade know I'm a huge fan of intermarket analysis and using relative price movement to analyze what's really happening beneath the market's surface. Why does this type of analysis matter?

Consumer Staples Stocks Are Issuing a Key Stock Market Warning

Amazon

Global X Health & Wellness Thematic ETF

Church & Dwight

Advisorshares Restaurant ETF

Group 1 Automotive

McDonald's

Retail sales in the United States grew 0.7% sequentially in September 2023, following an upwardly revised 0.8% uptick in August and beating forecasts of a 0.3% advance.

5 ETF Areas & Stocks to Win on Upbeat September Retail Sales

The consumer staples sector, known for its stability and essential role in daily life, represents companies producing household goods like food, beverages, and personal care products.

Consumer Staples Find Support, Signal Opportunity

Campbell Soup

General Mills

Kellogg

Kraft Heinz

Eli Lilly

McCormick

Novo Nordisk

Invesco Dynamic Food & Beverage ETF

J. M. Smucker

Simply Good Foods

Tyson Foods

Hostess Brands

Bernstein analysts set out to determine that, analyzing online data to better understand changes in eating habits — and to evaluate which food companies may be most affected. They published the results in a report Friday.

What exactly are patients taking new weight-loss drugs eating and what are they avoiding? Bernstein asked them.

U.S. stocks in the consumer staples sector have been getting hammered this year as investors fled dividend-paying shares in favor of higher yields and less risk in the U.S. Treasurys.

Consumer staples is the S&P 500's second worst performing sector in 2023. Why it still doesn't look attractive despite cheap valuation.

PepsiCo (PEP) reported robust third-quarter 2023 results, wherein revenues and earnings surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate.

PepsiCo Earnings Beats Overall, Lifts View: ETFs to Benefit

The consumer staples sector has historically performed well during tough economic times. The Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund ETF is currently oversold based on the Relative Strength Index. Historical data suggests that the XLP could see significant upside performance in the coming months.

The Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund ETF Is Due For A Massive Rebound

US equities could go higher into year-end and possibly challenge or beat previous highs. Consumer staples sector, represented by XLP, is not recommended due to its underperformance and unattractive valuation. XLP's chart is awful and has a negative correlation to soaring interest rates.

XLP: I'd Rather Have Coal In My Stocking

Amplify Travel Tech ETF

First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF 

ALPS Global Travel Beneficiaries ETF

Global X Millennials Thematic ETF

VanEck Vectors Retail ETF

With 44 million borrowers collectively owing about $1.7 trillion in student debt, the resumption of repayment is set to curb discretionary spending by debt-burdened consumers. With Retail ETFs set to take a beating, look into other ETF areas that might be affected.

ETFs in Focus as Student Debt Curbs Consumer Spending

First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Fund

iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF

SPDR MSCI USA StrategicFactors ETF

American Century STOXX U.S. Quality Value ETF

SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF

Invesco S&P SmallCap Quality ETF

Surpassing the $1.7 trillion mark, student debt has emerged as one of the most significant facets of consumer borrowing in the past decade. With about 44 million debt-burdened consumers, look into which ETF categories are affected and which types investors can capitalize from.

ETFs That Could Be Impacted by the Student Loan Payment Restart

The Consumer Staples sector has significantly underperformed the S&P 500 during 2023. This, combined with the possibility of recession, may lead to compelling value in this sector. In this article, I begin by offering an overview of the Consumer Staples sector in general, both in terms of advantages as well as drawbacks. From there, I dive into two quality ETFs in the space. In the end, I pick what I consider to be the winner between the two.

XLP Vs. VDC: 2 Compelling Choices For SWAN Investors

Alerian MLP ETF

SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF

Innovator S&P 500 Buffer ETF - October

Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETF

Manager Directed Portfolios - iM DBi Managed Futures Strategy ETF

Amplify CWP Dividend & Option Income ETF

iShares Robotics & Artificial Intelligence Multisector ETF

MUSQ Global Music Industry ETF

Flexshares US Quality Low Volatility Index Fund

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF

ROBO Global Robotics and Automation ETF

ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF

Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF

Neos S&P 500 High Income ETF

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol USA ETF

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF

Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF

Hello, VettaFi Voices! Whenever I read about the economy in 2023, the one word that comes up repeatedly in various forms is “uncertain.

VettaFi Voices On: Risk Management in an Uncertain Economy

Agree Realty

Alexandria Real Estate Equities

Crown Castle International

Extra Space Storage

iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF

Public Storage

Rexford Industrial Realty

W. P. Carey

Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund

REITs have dropped by about 30% since early 2022, much more than other defensive, debt-utilizing sectors like utilities and consumer staples. Interest rates are unlikely to increase significantly further from here, while REIT fundamentals remain strong, aside from the notable exception of office buildings. I highlight 6 of my favorite blue-chip REITs with investment-grade credit ratings, low-leveraged balance sheets, and strong long-term growth prospects.

REIT Crash: The More They Drop, The More I Buy

American Eagle Outfitters

Retail sales in the United States grew 0.6% sequentially in August 2023, beating forecasts of a 0.2% advance.

6 ETF Areas & Stocks to Win on Upbeat August Retail Sales

News for Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund ETF (XLP)