FUTY News and Press, Fidelity MSCI Utilities Index From 11/19/19

More than just a beaten-down corner of the market, the utilities sector (NYSEARCA: XLU ) offers "the best risk-adjusted return opportunities of any sector over the long term," says T. Rowe Price head of investment strategy David Giroux. More news on: Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF, Ame...

Entergy Texas ( ETR +0.5% ) is the highest scoring utility in J.D. Power's annual customer satisfaction rankings in the electric utility industry, which finds a widening gap between the highest and lowest individual names. More news on: Entergy Corporation, The Southern Compa...

Fitch Ratings outlines a stable outlook for the U.S. power and gas utility sector in 2020, citing a constructive regulatory environment and low natural gas prices which are likely to hover ~$2.75/MMBtu. More news on: Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF, Reaves Utility Income Fund, Vanguard ...

By Jeff Weniger, CFA The stock market is having a moment of truth. Frequent readers of our blog may note that figure 1 looks like the chart I presented in my August post, which discussed U.S. large-cap growth stocks' 13-year bout of outperformance . Many growth stocks populate so-called...

Pres. Trump has granted a 30-day extension to the deadline for the U.S. Nuclear Fuel Working Group to make recommendations on how to support domestic nuclear fuel production, the U.S. Department of Commerce says. More news on: Energy Fuels Inc., Ur-Energy Inc., Cameco Corporation, Commod...

By Jean-Hugues de Lamaze, Senior Portfolio Manager at the Ecofin Platform of Tortoise in the UK, in London Today, we would like to talk about utilities worldwide. A key day to speak about utilities actually as we just heard this morning additional negative news about California’s PG...

The Dow Jones Utility Average jumped 1.1% in today's trade to hit a record high , bucking losses in the broader market, helped by the 7th straight daily drop in the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield. More news on: Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF, American Water Works Company, Inc., Sempra...

The utilities sector ( XLU +0.4% ) trades in positive territory following the Fed's move to lower interest rates by 25 bps, as expected. More news on: Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF, PG&E Corporation, Pinnacle West Capital Corporation, Energy stocks news, News on ETFs, Read m...

Nine utility companies file a legal challenge against the Trump administration's plan to cut carbon emissions from power plants which replaces the much tougher Obama-era rule. More news on: Consolidated Edison, Inc., Exelon Corporation, National Grid plc, Energy stocks news, News on ETFs...

(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...