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The financial services sector, the S&P 500's third-largest sector allocation, is the midst of its usual earnings avalanche and while the bank reports haven't been bad, there has been a familiar theme: companies guiding lower on net interest margins. What Happened Slack net interest...

The Energy Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLE), the largest equity-based energy exchange traded fund, is up almost 4% this month and ahead of the sector's big-name earnings reports, some traders see opportunity with the bellwether energy ETF. What Happened The $12.44 billion XLE holds 29 stocks and...

The latest market segment to take center stage in the U.S.-China war is the rare earths space. The previously moribund VanEck Vectors Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF (NYSE: REMX) followed up Monday's heavy volume gain of 6 percent with an almost 5 percent pop on Tuesday. What To Know The...

Investors looking to add some European exposure to their portfolios without incurring significant headline risk and volatility may want to consider Switzerland. Several large-cap Swiss stocks trade in the U.S., and investors here can access Swiss equities in basket form via the iShares MSCI...

Mortgage real estate investment trusts, also known as mREITs, are an income-generating asset class that has been made more accessible to a broader swath of investors thanks to exchange traded funds. The largest mREIT ETFs and the underlying securities themselves are high-yield assets, making them...

Japanese stocks haven't been immune to the downside experienced this year by ex-U.S. developed markets equities. In fact, Japan is one of the worst ex-U.S. developed markets offenders as highlighted by a year-to-date loss of 5.62 percent for the MSCI Japan Index. While Japanese stocks are among...

The iShares MSCI Italy ETF (NYSE: EWI) plunged Tuesday. EWI, the largest dedicated Italy exchange traded fund listed in the U.S., tumbled 5.82 percent on more than triple the average daily volume. EWI's Tuesday tumult represents essentially all of the fund's year-to-date loss, but since the...

The iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF (NASDAQ: EUFN) is down just over 1 percent year-to-date. While it's not alarming decline by any mean, it's a broad view: a more focused look at EUFN reveals the exchange traded fund resides about 11 percent below the 52-week high it set in February....

The consumer staples sector's 2018 woes are well-documented, but fresh data points underscore the sector's struggles. Last Friday, the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLP), the largest exchange traded fund tracking the sector, fell 0.62 percent. That may not sound like much, but...

The U.S. dollar remains a dud among developed currencies in 2017, but there the downtrodden greenback has the potential to pare its losses into the end of the year. The PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (NYSE: UUP) is up nearly 2 percent over the past month, a move that has trimmed the...

This has been a rough year in the oil patch. The United States Oil Fund (NYSE: USO) is lower 10 percent and that is with the benefit of a 6 percent gain over the past month. Of course, that means pain for the energy sector. Energy, the seventh-largest sector weight in the S&P 500, is the worst-...

As has been widely documented, the U.S. dollar is an epic disappointment this year in the currency world, ensuring the same can be said of the PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (NYSE: UUP) among currency exchange-traded funds. UUP, the ETF proxy for the U.S. Dollar Index, is down more...

Heading into Tuesday's trading session, the iShares MSCI Australia ETF (NYSE: EWA) was up 7.1 percent year to date. That performance sounds solid, but when noting Australian stocks are more volatile than their U.S. equivalents and broader benchmarks of ex-US developed market equities,...

Emerging markets are surging again this year, proving last year's resurgence was no fluke. For tactical traders and investors who use single-country exchange-traded funds, there is some good news. That being, it is possible to outperform broader emerging markets benchmarks without embracing the...

The technology sector, the largest sector allocation in the S&P 500, will be delivering some big-name earnings reports this week. Typically, that could mean the potential for increased volatility for exchange-traded funds tracking the sector, including the Technology Select Sector SPDR (NYSE:...