June

Just two trading days have been notched in June, but U.S. stocks are off to a solid start in the final month of the quarter. That could be seen as an encouraging sign give June's reputation for being unkind to stocks. While some sector exchange-traded funds can be decent performers this month,...

The Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLF), the largest exchange-traded fund dedicated to financial services stocks, rose 1.3 percent on Thursday, but the ETF is perilously close to turning negative on a year-to-date basis. Only one other sector, energy, is in the red this year. Two factors...

For all the talk about selling in May and going away, May 2017 proved to be a good month for U.S. stocks as the S&P 500 gained about 1.2 percent. June is here, which could bring some retrenchment for stocks if the sixth month of the year holds true to historical form. Over the past 20 years,...