Health Care Sector Trying to Bounce Back

I will often feature stocks rated buy or strong buy in highly rated sectors.  This one is a departure.  The healthcare sector is most commonly represented by the Select Sector SPDR Healthcare ETF, XLV. It faced a challenging year in 2024, underperforming the S&P 500 Index by a staggering 22.4%. This massive performance shortfall resulted … Read more

Sector ETF Major Provider Comparisons

What Can We Learn from Sector ETFs? My last blog focused on the 3rd quarter rotation from large cap-weighted growth ETFs to index ETFs that were more value-oriented, equally weighted and/or mid- and small-cap focused.  Sector ETFs are often used for rotation strategies in addition to being vehicles for long-term investment.  There are 132 sector … Read more