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Look at ETFs to safeguard your portfolio as declining consumer confidence, sluggish growth and persistent inflationary pressures increase the likelihood of the U.S. economy slipping into a recession in 2025.
Dividend stocks are today undervalued. Tech stocks are exciting, but dividend growth stocks are more rewarding. Here are a few of my favorite high-yielding blue-chip dividend stocks.
Talk about a topsy-turvy market. Tuesday's tariffs sparked more market jitters.
Small-cap ETFs are not a great place to seek refuge amid trade war tensions. Instead, insurance and utilities could be a great place to be invested, per some strategists.
The market is rotating towards non-tech dividend stocks, with dividend ETFs outperforming the Magnificent 7 so far this year. Elon Musk's DOGE initiative is more political theater than a serious effort, in my opinion, to reduce government waste, with exaggerated savings claims. Key economic metrics to monitor include housing starts, the Dallas Fed Weekly Economic Index, the Conference Board Coincident Index, total employment, and industrial production.
Valentine's Day is here, and gifting an ETF could be a great idea. Here's why.
Investors can seek safety in these ETFs as broad-based tariff tensions escalate.
If you're interested in broad exposure to the Utilities - Broad segment of the equity market, look no further than the Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLU), a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on 12/16/1998.
With President Trump introducing tariffs on China and China responding with retaliatory tariffs, the possibility of a trade war increases. Look at ETFs to play a defensive strategy to navigate through this uncertainty.
One of the top-performing sectors YTD has been financials, with the popular financial ETF, Financial Select Sector SPDR NYSEARCA: XLF, already up 6.5% as of Friday's close. Conversely, one of the sectors that outperformed for the first three quarters of last year, utilities, represented by the Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF NYSEARCA: XLU, has lagged financials and performed in line with the benchmark S&P 500.