RHS News and Press, Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples From 11/16/19

One monthly result does not make a trend. Two? Still not a trend, but edging closer to one and more solid analysis. If making a claim based off the potential for one high frequency result is going out on a limb, then a second result confirming the first while not yet solid ground is at least a...

The Consumer Non-cyclicals sector ranks second out of the 11 sectors as detailed in our Q4'19 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. Last quarter , the Consumer Non-cyclicals sector ranked third. It gets our Attractive rating, which is based on an aggregation of ratings of the 137...

I admit I missed the upward move on the SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF ( XHB ), which has returned more than 40% YTD through Oct. 24. I've been expecting a slight uptick in housing and home sales but didn't expect stock prices on homebuilders to increase so dramatically - certainly not on the...

In this article, we will take a close look at two Consumer Staples ETFs. These are: Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF ( VDC ) Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF ( RHS ) You might recognize the first ETF right away. In fact, in the course of researching this art...

By Robert Hughes Retail sales and food services spending fell 0.3 percent in September following a 0.6 percent gain in August. Over the past year, total retail sales and food services were up 4.1 percent through September. For the third quarter, total retail sales were up at 1.5 from the s...

By Jill Mislinski Note: With the release of September Retail Sales and the Consumer Price Index, we've updated this commentary to include the latest Real Retail Sales. Official recession calls are the responsibility of the NBER Business Cycle Dating Committee, which is understand...

Online shopping has been growing at a rapid pace. But does that mean the end of brick and mortar is inevitable? Anita Bruinsma, Consumer Discretionary Analyst, TD Asset Management, shares her take on traditional retail. Original Read more ...

By Jharonne Martis The Refinitiv U.S. Retail and Restaurant Q3 earnings index is expected to rise 2.5% - considerably below last year's 18.6% Q3 2018 earnings growth. When looking at the earnings growth rates for Q3 for the 209 retailers tracked by Refinitiv, the Hotels, Restaurant & L...

According to the Census Bureau, auto sales in the US may be on the upswing. Rising 6.8% year-over-year in August, it was the highest rate in nearly three years for retail sales of automobiles. This follows an upward revised 6.3% increase during July, the best back-to-back months in the beleagu...

Underneath a mixed retail sales report for August some categories showed strength, while others lagged. More news on: Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF, Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF, Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF, Consumer stocks news, News on the U.S. economy, New...