FUTY News and Press, Fidelity MSCI Utilities Index From 04/20/21

President Biden this week will pledge to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions at least in half by 2030, the Washington Post reports, as he convenes a virtual summit of world leaders Thursday aimed at re-establishing the U.S. as a leader in the effort to fight climate change.The expected pledge w...

Even during normal times, the Utilities sector is anything but sexy. In most times, investors can appreciate low risk and high yield, even when it comes at the expense of growth and price appreciation potential. The problem is, we're living at a time where the only things that see...

The U.S. power industry would comply with a proposed requirement that it eliminate carbon emissions by 2035, but it must be allowed flexibility on how to achieve the goal and the ability to miss compliance deadlines that prove unrealistic, says the Edison Electric Institute lobby group.The in...

A dashboard with industry metrics in utilities. Value and quality scores, and their evolution since last month. A list of cheap stocks. For further details see: Utilities And FUTY Dashboard For April

Global stocks rose in the first quarter, but volatile trading patterns reminded investors that the road to normal will be bumpy. Solid market gains masked rapidly changing market conditions. Perhaps the biggest overriding risk that surfaced in early 2021 is the power of a sentimen...

The U.S. markets are trading to the downside across the board, with the S&P 500, Dow, and Nasdaq all in the negative.Below is a mid-day sector summary of the S&P 500. Utilities have been the leading sector of the day, and utilities also have some positive performing exchange traded fu...

The U.S. markets are trading relatively flat, with the S&P 500, Dow, and Nasdaq bouncing back and forth from positive to negative.See below a mid-day sector summary of the S&P 500 along with a handful of top-performing utility-related exchange traded funds as they are today’s t...

For US Treasury investors, the starting place for inflation today is tough-there's not enough inflation-adjusted yield to cushion the pain. Treasury inflation-protected securities and similar inflation-linked bonds globally will outperform comparable-maturity Treasury bonds if inflati...

Natural gas will remain part of the power mix for years to come to help keep electric grids reliable and power affordable as they transition to cleaner forms of energy, the CEOs of Duke Energy (DUK) and Xcel Energy (XEL) told the CERAWeek by IHS Markit conference today.Duke's Lynn Good assert...

Despite the S&P 500 being up an impressive 18% in 2020, the utilities sector did not take part in the rally finishing the year flat. Reaves' John Bartlett has spent nearly 30 years closely tracking Utilities names through every type of investing environment. With a blue wave s...