Long $XLU on less than expected rate cuts in 2025.Long AMEX:XLU on less than expected rate cuts in 2025. Growth is slowing but US will not see recession. Utilities should benefit in that macro environment.
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About SPDR Select Sector Fund - Utilities
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Inception date
Dec 16, 1998
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Qualified dividends
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Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
SSgA Funds Management, Inc.
Distributor
ALPS Distributors, Inc.
XLU, a hugely popular fund, only invests in utilities companies that are included in the S&P 500. This is both an advantage and a weakness. The fund dominates its segment, with huge assets and volume, but it's also more concentrated in a handful of large firms. Competing utilities ETFs offer broader exposure to the full market-cap spectrum, meaning XLU is not the best Fit to our neutral utilities sector benchmark. Still, XLU is a solid choice for exposure to the segment.
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Utilities
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XLU Could Be Headed LowerPressing on support with two major bars opening on their high and closing on there low. XLU is showing weakness after a double top bull leg in a larger bear trend. You might have to reread that a couple of time. There is also towards of pent up energy and momentum to the downside and an Anti formed
Double Bottom in UtesDouble bottom has completed within a broadening wedge in Utilities. Pattern length was 28 days. Price objective are 80.49 and 82
AMEX:XLU
$XLU BullishLooking like Utilities are on a run. They are testing the $82.13 We could scalp a trade from $81.45 to $82.13 for a $0.60 scalp and hold contracts above this level. Looking at the gaps, they have all filled, so upside potential is very likely with the AMEX:SPY rising. Trade the Trend and Follow th
XLU approaches top of its trading rangeXLU is showing signs that its recent rally maybe coming to close and start selling off for a period of time
XLU is currently one of the top sector ETFs for defensive move
Its turn around over the past year shows the rotational shift away from risk to defensive
Currently its recent rally is
xlu My XLU Weekly Art AMEX:XLU #xlu #stockmarket #trader #daytrader #learn #technicalanalysis #ta #myart #investor as we continue to the upside, marked reaction zone around 95. xlu
Opening (IRA): XLU October 18th 71 Monied Covered Call... for a 70.09 debit.
Comments: For lack of something better to do, looking to grab the Sept divvy if I can. Selling the -73 delta call against long stock to emulate a ~25 delta short put with the built-in defense of the short call. This isn't the greatest entry given price action, but am willi
utilities xlu Utilities will continue to rise #xlu AMEX:XLU #StockMarket #investor #technicalanalyst #trader #chart #myart xlu
Intuition stock $XLU longI need to make more of a practice of doing this, but I fight it for some reason. You can see prior ones were good for the most part, but I'm primarily just journaling this cuz it's working & I should keep track.
I was laying in bed before I got up on Monday morning and asked for a good stock. That's
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