FUTY News and Press, Fidelity MSCI Utilities Index From 08/27/19

(Source - Pexels ) I have a keen interest in ETFs where narratives on behalf of the investment community are nearly unanimous. The Utility sector has perhaps one of the most widely believed of these heuristics: "Utilities are stable, recession-proof, and will always pay high dividend...

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed. - Abraham Lincoln If the bond market is to be believed, investors are bracing for recession. If anything, it looks like the trade war is escalating as China and the U.S. both decided t...

Utility stocks (NYSEARCA: XLU ) have not been rising as much as might have been expected this month given the recent sharp drop in bond yields, WSJ 's Jessica Menton writes. More news on: NextEra Energy, Inc., American Water Works Company, Inc., The Southern Company, Energy stocks news,...

A group of 29 states and local governments has filed suit against the Trump administration's move to roll back Obama-era climate rules for power plants. More news on: Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF, Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF, Reaves Utility Income Fund, Energy stocks news, News on ...

The utilities sector ( XLU +1% ) remains strong throughout this afternoon's sharp stock market downturn, and its showing ties back directly to the downward shift in Treasury yields. More news on: Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF, Dominion Energy, Inc., CMS Energy Corporation, News on ETF...

Since 1946, the Federal Reserve has initiated 13 rate-cutting cycles. Yet not all investors were convinced early on that lower interest rates would help overcome their investment woes. That's because the S&P 500 rose in only eight of these 13-month periods... - The Seven Rules of ...

U.S. uranium producers recoup a little of last Friday's losses that followed reports Pres. Trump would decline to issue quotas for domestic uranium production, which the White House later confirmed ; UUUU +2.3% , URG +4.9% and UEC +6.1% after all lost more than a third of their...

Most of the money coming back to the stock market following the 2018 selloff has gone into companies with steady dividends and earnings that are less dependent on economic booms, particularly utilities and particularly over the past four weeks, writes Jon Sindreu at WSJ 's Heard On The St...

The utilities sector ( XLU -0.2% ) is a notable laggard in today's broad stock market rally, as a sharp drop in longer-term Treasury yields is balanced with a gain in AES Corp. ( AES +0.7% ) after a BofA Merrill Lynch upgrade. More news on: Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF, The ...

In one of the most significant steps yet by the Trump administration to roll back Obama-era climate policy, the Environmental Protection Agency releases its much-anticipated final rule gutting Pres. Obama's signature Clean Power Plan for cutting carbon emissions from coal plants to comba...