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As Power Industry Gets Facelift, Perhaps Utility ETFs Might As Well	The United States has an aging power grid, and efforts to bring it into modern times could benefit utility exchange traded funds (ETFs). The target is for electric power providers to spend $17 billion on upgrades by 2010, reports Steve Gelsi for MarketWatch. The alternative, if the industry doesn’t start making improvements, is increased blackouts and power-quality problems. Utility providers are stuck, though, between the effects of an economic slowdown and uncertainty about climate legis...	July 10, 2008
Global Sector ETFs: Utilities, Healthcare and Staples Are Providing Shelter	In the U.S. markets, traditional safe haven sectors have afforded some measure of protection; that is, the S&P Select Utilities (XLU), Select Consumer Staples (XLP) and Select Health Care (XLV) have not lost as much in 2008 as the heralded S&P 500 (SPY) benchmark proxy. ...	July 09, 2008
Utility ETFs Can Have a Home In Long-Term Portfolios	The utility sector is represented by a few exchange traded funds (ETFs), and in volatile markets, they've acted as a good hideout spot. Over the last five years, utility ETFs such as the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Utilities Fund (IDU) or the Utilities Select Sector SPDR (XLU) have seen wonderful price appreciations of about 100%, reports Billy Fisher for The Street. In 2007, the ETFs were up 13.5% and 16.3% respectively. This year, they've faltered some: IDU is down 6.9%, while XLU is down 6.2%. ...	April 03, 2008
Baby Boomers Might Consider Dividend ETFs	The first crop of baby boomers are reaching the age of retirement and will most likely shift their investment focus to fixed-income products, including bond exchange traded funds (ETFs). While fixed-income products provide dependable income, there's a drawback: they don't account for the eroding value of inflation. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the baby boom segment of the population will rise over the next 20 years, accounting for 42% of the population. This will drive a major deman...	March 25, 2008
Fast Money Recap: Miami Advice	Word On The StreetWord on the Street video.Miami: Latin America GatewayLatin money was the focus on the show tonight and this comes through the Miami. This is the bridge to one of the best investment opportunities on the planet right now. The developing world needs oil, ethanol and food. Companies like Brazil's Petrobras (PBR) and Argentina's Tenaris (TS) have the oil that is needed. Look at Latin American banks says Seymour. Banco Itau (ITU) or Banco Bradesco (BBD). You can also look to B...	February 29, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Tomorrow's PlaybookWhat is the next move as crude hovers near $100 and gold and platinum hit new highs? Dennis Gartman of the Gartman Letter joined the show to discuss his main points. Oil looks to be breaking out to the upside after thinking it would top out at $100. It has broken through and looks to continue to carry higher. Gold he is still long on and short of stocks. One against another has been a good trade. With copper he would be a buyer. Last his best trade is to be long gold and short...	February 21, 2008
Utilities Investing With ETFs	Public utilities offer value, profit and reliability when the market is at its worst, and so can the exchange traded funds (ETFs) that track them. However, Del Thiessen for Seeking Alpha cautions that they're not immune from downturns, even though they are less likely to suffer a precipitous drop when times are bad. In fact, he says, utility ETFs have several advantages over single stocks: diverse holdings, relatively low risk and they generate dividends. PowerShares Dynamic Utiliti...	February 06, 2008
Fast Money	Word On The StreetWeak economic data out of the service sector index helped take the stock market down Tuesday. The Dow plunged 370 points and the Nasdaq fell 73 points. Jeff Macke explained that the market was panicking on Tuesday, and investors have to sell the rips and buy the dips. Karen Finerman says she is going to wait and watch the market here before she looks to buy stocks. Guy Adam...	February 05, 2008
Select Sector SPDRs Assets Grow in 2007	A family of exchange traded funds (ETFs) grew larger in 2007, money-wise. Select Sector SPDRs' assets climbed $8.87 billion, or 51.95%, reports the Centre Daily Times. In terms of sectors, the Select Sector SPDRs Financials (XLF) pulled in the most assets, $5.02 billion - that's 122.94% growth. Wait a minute. Isn't the financial sector hurting? Then why are so many assets flowing into it? One possible reason, according to the director of wealth management at Select Sector SPDRs in an appea...	January 13, 2008
ETF Winners & Losers (July 6, 2007)	DJIA 13,611.68; +45.84 (+0.34%)S&P500 1,530.44; +5.04 (+0.33%)NASDAQ 2,666.51; +9.86 (+0.37%)10YR-Bond ...	July 06, 2007

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