RYU News and Press, Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities From 08/17/22

Gas is the least-overvalued utilities industry. Water and electricity subsectors are overvalued by about 30% relative to 11-year averages. FUTY: an alternative to XLU. 10 stocks cheaper than their peers in August. This monthly article series shows a dashboard with ag...

Broad-based utility ETFs often look alike; factor exposures reveal real differences. In protracted downturns (think: recessions), utility stocks historically fare better than issues in other sectors. Because of their price resilience, utilities offer long-term diversification bene...

Power companies across the U.S. are facing a shortage of transformers heading into peak hurricane season, when the critical gear for delivering electricity is most at risk of destruction, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Utilities say wait times for transformers, u...

The regulated-electric utilities have a lot of growth ahead of them amid the global energy transition. On the growth side alone, aside from the fact that we expect huge population growth globally, I think what you're seeing, particularly in North America, is that growth for the utilit...

This is one of the 2 most pricey sectors because it outperformed in the market downturn. Subsectors are overvalued by 15% to 25%. XLU fast facts. This monthly article series shows a dashboard with aggregate industry metrics in utilities. It is also a top-down analysis of...

As companies adjust to inflation, rising interest rates, and a likely economic slowdown, investors are struggling to compute future earnings and the impact on stock valuations. Broadening the sources of stability can help diversify risk and return potential. Geopolitical risk and ...

The strategic acquisition of Narragansett Electric Company helps PPL expand its operations in the United States. Strong Q1 2022 result, with a solid future outlook. I assign a buy rating for PPL after analyzing the financial statements and considering all the growth and risk facto...

Energy stocks, especially gas utility stocks, are precedented to outperform the market in times of high inflation. The Russia-Ukraine situation amid other geopolitical and macroeconomic factors are catalysts to high inflation and upward-spiraling energy prices. Southwest is a low ...

If higher prices, which have now broadened, are allowed to persist, they can become sticky. A wage-price spiral, where rising wages beget rising prices, which cause further pressure on wages, certainly could allow inflation to be a challenge for longer than expected. In general, tradi...

In a major setback to President Biden's climate change agenda, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to set standards on greenhouse gas emissions for existing power plants under the Clean Air Act. The 6-3 major...