consumer staples ETF

With the Consumer Staples Select Sect. SPDR (ETF) (NYSE: XLP) up nearly 5 percent year-to-date and 6.4 percent over the past 90 days, there have been plenty of good times to be long the staples sector this year. However, with another bout of “sell in May and go away” potentially looming...

Underscoring investors' affinity this year for lower risk sectors, the Utilities SPDR (ETF) (NYSE: XLU) is by far the best-performing sector SPDR exchange-traded fund with a gain of 11.3 percent. Further cementing the notion low beta is in style this year, the Consumer Staples Select Sect. SPDR...