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Consumer Staples price increases are here to stay
Alternatives sector to consider apart from XLE?
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Considering adding some consumer staples. Would it be pointless when starting out?
Why is my ticker down? Add these sectors ETF’s to your watchlist to understand the big picture
Does anyone know of a Consumer Staple (XLP) ETF but 3x leveraged???
Let's take out Citron and MuddyWaters!
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XLE, XLP, short EURUSD, long/short strategies, short the market with long DTE options while long with shorter DTE, etc
👆 Hedge gang 🤙 I have non US ETFs, XLP, and XLU
Reformed bear here. I lost 800k in 2023. Please listen to me bears First...you are right. Your thesis is right. We are fucked...but they will stop at nothing to pump this. They will mortgage your children's future. They don't care. We will eventually have our lost decade though. So what do we do? Yolo puts? No... Just go for value QQQ Performance from 2000 to 2015 was ZERO % returns.. XLP was 300% XLU was 150%
Look at ovrr performance during the same period Don't do puts. Look at XLU and XLP names
Defensive stocks still fall, but may not fall as hard. SCHD is a broad fund that has a greater concentration of defensive sectors than most. XLU, XLV, XLP, XLE. Some of those are still above their 1yr SMAs….you can let the exuberance catch first, as people rotate out of them when they get cocky. Gold, I would not pick now. Corporate bonds suck. Long-term gov’t bonds suck. SGOV is the ultimate hedge, as it does not correlate, but it may not beat inflation. CTA does managed futures in commodities. Time in the market beats timing the market. I’m holding onto my Qs.
Vanguard Value ETF (VTV): Excludes growth-focused megacaps. This fund relies heavily on steady financials, healthcare, and energy companies. Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP): Provides exposure to companies that sell essential, day-to-day goods. It contains virtually no tech or AI holdings. Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund (VYM): Tracks a broad basket of dividend-paying stocks outside of the tech space. Invesco S&P 500 Revenue ETF (RWL): Weights S&P 500 companies by their actual revenue rather than their market capitalization. This heavily dilutes the impact of overvalued, AI-driven tech stocks.
XLP (consumer staples) is up more than QQQ and SPY
I’m taking gains, holding a small amount of my favorite newer companies and rotating the meat of my portfolio into late cycle sectors (XLP, XLV, XLU), materials which I think will hold value, and spaxx. I’m not a day trader so this market terrifies me lol. I’d rather be wrong and miss some gains than lose my shirt.
XLV, XLF, and XLP are all positive (health sector, financials, and consumer staples). This is a rotation into value from taking gains in semis and broader tech
$XLP (as always when markets tank)
Rotation. Plenty of other sectors are up 0.5% to 2% XLP XLV XLF XLB XLRV XLU
XLP, XLU and XLV.... Rotation to boomer stuff
XLP was green today 😏
I just know from trial and error. I don't know the exact limit but it's around there. And I don't think spy is in a bear market. Maybe sectors like IGV or XLP but spy is on fire
I'm sorry but someone here is going to have sell all their tech and buy XLP or DOW in order for this tech run to continue. Who's willing to sacrifice for the greater good?
XLP is catching a bid
SPMO, QQQM, SPHQ, XLV, XLU, XLP, SGOV, depending on you view of how the upcoming IPOs will affect the market. Ordered from bullish to bearish, but all 7 have positive expected returns.
XLP/XLF/ETHA/TLT. Boring ass shit for my boring ass portfolio.
You ever look at XLP at the beginning of a tech dip? +10% is common. It’s not going to be 1:1, but people do move money from one ticker to another.
Maybe. I can say that XLP continues to trade above it’s 1yr SMA. XLU is just under. I think XLV went back above. So yeah, not a lot of defensive stocks to hide in, not that that would save us anyway.
I’ve been scheming up a play around the idea that semis will see a large rotation out / underperforming sectors will see a large rotation in for quarterly rebalancing throughout second half of June. I’ve been slowly increasing my positions in XLV, XLU, XLI, and XLP by selling my SGOV
Here are some ETFs that are more defensive / capital preservation focused in nature: DGRO, VPU, XLU, VDC, XLP, SPLV, LVHD, SCHD, SPHD, JAAA
When my SPY finally gets called away on Friday, I'm going all in on XLU, XLP, and SCHD
XLP ripping is probably super bullish
XLP looking tasty.
I think the useful part here is the breadth/sector rotation point, not the “called the top” framing. XLP outperforming XLY, weak transports, falling A/D line, and low-volume index strength are all worth watching. But those are warning signs, not automatic sell signals. Markets can stay narrow and overbought for a while, especially if mega-cap earnings keep carrying the index. So for me the question would be what confirms the warning: breadth continuing to deteriorate, QQQ losing key levels, credit spreads widening, or earnings guidance rolling over. I’d treat this as a risk-management setup, not a guaranteed crash call.
Liquidity is the main thing I look at and a few sector ETFs are surprisingly solid — XLE, XLF, and XLP all have decent volume and tight spreads. KWEB is worth a look too if you're okay with the extra volatility that comes with China exposure.
Half XLP, half SPHQ.
I am. I've made 13 portflios fully endorsed by AI and all 13 have critical flaws against the very scenario I asked it to model against. It even picks terrible funds when given a choice. That said, I have managed to get some info from it - I learned that AI is not to be trusted for anything and I should go all in on XLP for the coming AI collapse (AI told me to use XMHQ for this scenario which is filled with second order tech exposure)
Alright boys gonna hold longs here on XLP wish me luck
A better question is, do you think you’re the only market participant that has stumbled upon news that there is a war? Did you look at XLE, APA, XLP, and RSPS charts?
If cautious: SPHQ 2k XLP 1k If turbo bullish: SPHQ 1k SPMO 1k QQQM 1k
Looks like a risk -off? Defensives (WMT, PG, XLP, etc) are pumping
XLP got crushed in the last hour friday cuz they knew the deal would fall through lol
Bagholding ETHA right now collecting peanuts cuz my cost basis is far OTM. Mostly cash gang right now, but I think I'm gonna sell some CSP's on XLF/XLP/TLT as a defensive play. I'm autistic so I don't know what I'm doing.
Everything correlates if a downturn goes long enough. But, managed futures, like CTA don’t always correlate, since it’s commodities. Consumer Staples/Consumer Defensive like XLP and RSPS have low correlation to SP500. Energy sector, utility sector, and healthcare sector have relatively low correlation. Things with low correlation tend to have the poorest performance long-term. CTA, XLP, and RSPS are among the small hedges I buy dips of occasionally. I can’t back that strategy up with data.
That’s why I bought XLP and not WMT or COST
Personally I think you are way overexposed to tech stocks. The conflict with Iran isn’t going away any time soon. The near and far effects of it are gonna tank the market. Growth stocks will suffer the most. Bonds are getting hit because of all the rate hike talks. Consumer staples stand to gain in the coming inflation. An etf like XLP (Disclaimer: I’m holding and buying into this weekly) would offer a defensive holding.
Consumer goods green and usually does well during recession. I bought some XLP on Friday and might add some calls on Monday.
I sold off half my oil stocks, half my mining stocks (everything except chevron at more than double purchase price), keeping BRK/B at same level, along with XLP. Sold ALL my VOO, QQQ that's not in IRA. Cash cushion created.
I don't think this is the start of a crash because I am not seeing the usual signs of a crash. For example, we are seeing the usual flight to safety like bonds or consumer staples. XLP has lost 10% since this war started.TLT is nearing all-time lows. Risky assets also aren't collapsing. BTC, for example, is higher today than at the start of this war. IWM is holding above its breakout levels. Until these dynamics change, I will continue to hold.
XLP's (staples) been low key getting smashed since March started, it's an interesting deal along with other stuff here and there that suggests the dispersion trade running out of tech was leaned on too hard. I think the main reason why this isn't fully flashing in the majors is actually semiconductors. If they weren't up 9.3% on the year, the Nasdaq would absolutely, 100%, be down 10%+ already. Overall, I was wondering if whether this could just be 2021 where the stuff going on in spec tech was mostly brushed off by the majors until 2022, but it seems like at the worst, it's going to be a slower 2022 instead (semis popped initially then as well actually) that doesn't get as bad. Hedging has most likely doomed us to a slow grind lower.
Just get calls on GLD, XLE, and XLP and thank me later.
defensive sectors XLP and XLU are up. Once they tank, SPY will be in 660s
1. 40% U.S. large-cap (VOO/SPY) and 20% international large-cap ex US (VXUS) is fine, but unless you have a proven track record with stock picking, 40% in individual stocks is high risk. Consider lowering that % until you have shown to be good at stock picking through both bull and bear markets. 2. U.S. defensive stocks (the consumer staples sector) have outperformed VOO YTD. Having narrowed your interest to stocks in that sector, also consider investing in the entire sector via an ETF, e.g. XLP. 3. Based on the last 1-month performance, now is a good time to invest in companies in the consumer staples sector. Also consider buying the entire sector or examine the companies in the consumer staples sector to find more companies of interest. 6. Yes, consider ETFs over individual stocks. The risk is much lower, the required effort is much less, and the profitably can be very good.
Consider using a sector tracker to follow the top performing sectors. Within the U.S. YTD these are ETFs like XLB, XLE, XLI, XLP, XLRE, and XLU. YTD, all of these have significantly outperformed VOO. Here is a sector tracker for S & P 500 stocks. [Sector tracker | State Street](https://www.ssga.com/us/en/intermediary/resources/sector-tracker#currentTab=ytd)
Hey there, I had a Roth IRA rolled over, and I don't quite want to disclose the amount, but it's certainly getting me excited about what to put this into. After some brief (and I mean brief) research, I was thinking about three EFTs to diversify my stocks, as I am currently leaning pretty heavy in the tech sector (NVDA, VOO) XLV (Health Care Select Sector SPDR) XLI (Industrial Select Sector SDPR) XLP (Consumer Staples Select Sector) What are we thinking, reddit? I will be honest; I know a whole lot of nothing about stocks; I am mainly just trying to load this cash into each EFT for long term investing for the next forty years.
Actually I'm doing okay with XLP, JNJ, KO, MO, CL. I also own some high flyers that have been getting their asses kicked of late, but consumer staples has evened things out a bit.
Very much defensive for last month. Look at XLP and XLRE.
The AI bubble is deflating. PE is decreasing. Shifting to defensive XLRE and XLP.
Hi Dan and Matt, you guys are my heros. Let me nag you with 2 questions: 1. I am observing a historic parabolic expansion in Staples (XLP) reaching a 96 RSI, while small caps (IWM) are fracturing. In your experience as market makers, when 'Safety Sectors' reach this level of over-travel while the broad indices lose their GEX floor, does this typically signal the 'final flush' of institutional collateral? Does the rotation out of XLP typically serve as the final fuel for the downward tunneling in the indices? 2. Given that IWM liquidity is significantly thinner than the SPX/SPY, how do dealers manage a 'Short Gamma Deep-End' scenario? Specifically, when price crosses below the Zero-Gamma flip in IWM, is there a mechanical point where your hedging velocity (∂tΔ) becomes non-linear because you’ve exhausted the available RTY (Russell 2000 Futures) liquidity? Can I ask 2 more questions?
XLP and XLRE have been headed up
XLE and XLP for when he nukes Iran and we3
from my own port: XLP +1% today LMT +2% today those were the only survivors, dunno if there are others
Spy is at 695 but qqq is slowly grinding down. Spy is not going up because of tech but because if XLP and XLE.
Check out these ETFs XLB VCR XLI XLP XLE Thanks Value investor
* 44 years old * Currently employed ($140,000/yr) * 401(k) that is mostly in a target date fund, with about 40% sitting in a value fund, international fund, and mid-cap fund. All new contributions go to the target date fund. * Roth IRA that is kind of a mess because I've held it forever, but can be modeled as something like 80% VTI + 20% VXUS. * Only debt is my mortgage, which is 3.75% * Fully funded emergency fund (two years) I'm trying to be better with my money. Due to a rocky upbringing, I have a lot of purely psychological roadblocks when it comes to investing. I'd like to start putting more money into my taxable brokerage account, and I'm looking for advice on what I could do in terms of an "intermediate" risk profile that sits somewhere between HYSA/SGOV combination that I've been defaulting to lately and the portfolio I have in my retirement accounts. I've considered a mix of defensive sector ETFs (XLU/XLV/XLP) and heavily "filtered" ETFs like SCHD and VIG. I've also considered bonds, but after 2022 I feel like I don't understand the underlying mechanisms well enough to buy into that. Treasuries might also be an option. If anyone has any suggestions I'd love to hear them.
Hijacking a bit, but yeah... let's add FOMO to to the conversation too.. but first in an attempt to be helpful XLP or VDC are consumer defensive ETF's I'd probably recommend if they market turns more risk-on again if saving for a down payment on a house. More directly to u/Fun_Set_238 you took up a position in AGV (leveraged exposure) because you we're focused on making money quickly instead of the risk of losing money quickly. You probably thought about buying as it started to take off and than got fed a bunch of the metal reddits in your feed and listened to the inane echo chamber ramblings that some/most become. It's *always* about risk/reward. Next that money you had is gone you got the risk instead of the reward, accept that. The revenge trading is teaching you that. You lost a lot of money don't chase the losses, accept that it happened. You bet on black and it was red. It's done. Yes it really did happen that quickly, get control of yourself. On to your open calls. June 125$ SLV call is just going to bleed value since you bought during extremely high volatility (valued by Vega) and are going to going to start hemorrhaging Time Value (valued by Theta) holding an OTM for long (even if bullish on SLV *it's going to bleed* without rallying beyond All Time Highs). You could hope for a relief rally next week, but be prepared to cope. HYMC 55$ DTE March, is a risky maybe imo. I might hold that one next week, I'm bullish on gold honestly and silver could surprise and is more realistic. I'd be looking for the exit even on that if I were you though. You admitted you messed up and need advice. Here is mine. Good luck, to echo the comments, stop gambling. Might as well be at a casino with this ffs.
The amount of energy needed to power AI is insane,to power bitcoin even more. This is why Venezuela and Iran have been subjects of late. Bitcoin miners are finding it more lucrative to go the AI route. Thus, Bitcoin crashes, and people move to consumer staples, utilities, energy, and materials. These 3 ETFs were up today, XLE,XLB,XLP.
Software stocks collapsed and Defensives soared. Many traders are betting on Software to bounce and Defensives to pullback. Software etf $IGV Call volume hit a new record high today, while Consumer Staples etf $XLP Put volume soared
Right, I'm done with this volatile-ass market. I aged about 40 years this week so I'm going back in with a boomer port: $BRK.B $XLP $XOM $LMT $AAPL $GOOG $TSLQ See y'all next week 👵
Check out the XLP ETF, it’s rocketing upwards after consolidating for a couple years.
Even XLP is down bloodbath coming for the defensive
XLY vs XLP not looking to hot
Consumer defensivesm sector up .7% in premarket right now (XLP)
Jobs numbers continued to be bad. If Jobs = Bad, Recession is here/coming. Also accelerated rotation into defensives. XLP and XLE flying are never good things for the economy.
Consumer defensive sector index (XLP) is up 12% YTD
I saw the XLP move the first day which was a jump 3% and I thought. Man.. I want to buy calls on this, but felt like i'd get rug pulled the next day. Nope, another 7% since. My best performing stocks have been TGT, UPS, and GIS. Who would have thought lol.
Keep these on your watch list. XLI, XLP, XLE, XLK, XLB, XLV. XLF, XLC, XLU. Seems to be going mostly into energy materials healthcare and financials
fun fact, consumer defensive stocks have never had a % day high since trump took office, this is a clear sign of trend reversal. buy GIS, CPB, XLP, SCHD now before its too late, the charts are going inverse, tech is going to start crumbling so valuation can be cheap again to be bought, but that will take years, in the meantime GIS will go up from $40 to $70, CPB from $25 to $50, look at the charts, they dont lie. ur just at the start of a consumer defensive and dividend aristocrat bullrun
Defensive sector XLP was up +2%, Tech sector XLK was down -2% Happened in 2000-2001 dot-com bust & Jan 2025 (before liberation day).
i'm full porting XLP fuck this
Top 4 sector performances today. It looks like a market rotation to me. $XME (metals & materials) + 4.27% $XLE (energy) +2.7% $XLU (utilities) + 1.7% $XLP (cons staples) +1.9% $XLK (tech) minus - 2.57%
I can't tell you where ARKK will be in 2 years, but I can tell you that it is a high volatility etf. That means it might go up a lot or down a lot. What you're looking for is 20% in 2 years, or roughly 9.5%% per year. If you expect average returns over the next 2 years, the S&P500 and the NASDAQ would both do well enough and not expose you to a crazy amount of risk, but there is still the risk of the markets dropping substantially if things go downhill. The safest things you could put your money in would be etfs like SGOV, VRIG, and CSHI, but they're only going to return 3.5-5% per year which would result in you having closer to 275k than 300k. I think the best middle ground would be to play with housing etfs which is likely to have less beta compared to the price of the house you end up buying because it's in the same sector (Plus O has averaged around 13% per year since the year 2000). Additionally you could do something like XLP since it tends to do fairly well even when the markets pull back and also still makes around 6.5%/year on average. That being said, this is not financial advice and I am not a financial advisor. Do your own research and don't just blindly do what someone on reddit suggests.
$XLV and $XLP. Strong on Friday..should continue
Interesting. I had a look at mcap weighted staples versus discretionary (GIC classification) alongside XLY/XLP. Over the last month it confirms what you're saying (the ETFs are fairly representative). Over a year, on the other hand, mcap weighted staples seem to diverge from the ETF performance positively. I'd have to dig deeper to understand exactly why. But it would suggest that the XLP's negative performance over 12 months is not very representative of the sector. Analysis here: [https://www.sharestep.co/pub?tid=ts\_mkrfd10v](https://www.sharestep.co/pub?tid=ts_mkrfd10v)
Campbell's, CPB. Going into a 2026 late cycle/recession. Jobs numbers are NOT as good as the data is showing (Powell confirmed in his last press session). Currently at 10 year lows, and XLP has been flying. When poor, bet on soup.
Closed out my GLD options and 95% of my AGQ position. Threw some of that cash into miners, leveraged Biotech, Target, MORT, XLP, RKT, UPS, Still waiting on some other plays to cash out within the next quarter or two. Thinking of closing out SPY/QQQ when SPY gets to $700-$710 and then just buying back on a fat dip
XLP up huge today. Big boys fleeing into safety.
https://www.reddit.com/r/stocks/comments/1q07m21/comment/nwz0hbm/?context=3&utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button XLP to 79.85.
Robotics $AMZN $SYM Defense/Aerospace $AVAV $KTOS Healthcare $OSCR $UNH Consumer Staples $XLP
Also XLY is flat and XLP isn’t even down half a percentage. “Pounded like a porn star”
That is all fine and good but the XLY is a laggard 8% for the year and the XLP is hot garbage for 2025 (which, to be fair, could just mean that investors are not seeking safety). That is not gangbusters. If there are low expectations, it is not hard to beat on earnings.
PHYS, EEM, IEFA, VEA, IWM, XLK, XLP, XLV some tech now maybe, in shares
Buy staples? XLP? This is WSB sir
Two things can be true: - Black Friday sales are at a record - Retail sales growth is moribund, based on +3% y/y Black Friday sales. Sales are **supposed** to be at a record. Not only is CPI inflation generally positive (3% this year), but population growth means we should be exceeding this at minimum to show real growth at. Here are data for the last five years for consumer facing sector ETFs (XRT, XLY, and XLP) vs. the broader index (SPY) and tech stocks (XLK and XLC), which have actually driven returns. | Total Returns | Name | 2025 YTD | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-| | XRT | SPDR S&P Retail ETF | 6.66% | 11.78% | 21.54% | -31.64% | 42.63% | | XLY | Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund | 6.09% | 26.51% | 39.64% | -36.27% | 27.93% | | XLP | Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund | 2.90% | 12.19% | -0.83% | -0.83% | 17.20% | | XLK | Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund | 23.67% | 21.63% | 56.02% | -27.73% | 34.74% | | XLC | Communication Services SPDR Fund | 20.25% | 34.70% | 52.81% | -37.63% | 15.96% | | SPY | SPDR S&P 500 ETF | 17.62% | 24.89% | 26.19% | -18.17% | 30.52% | I'm not sure what investor used to historical 11% returns from the S&P 500 and recent >20% returns can see US tech stocks absolutely ripping >20% again this year, developed international markets return ~30%, and emerging markets >30% can get excited about seeing low-single digit returns from consumer-facing stocks and say "hell yes, sign me up for this shit". And unlike health care, which was beaten down recently but recovered, this is entirely driven by fundamentals, not sentiment.
This sub and the wider investing public is (understandably) fixated on tech/AI, myself included. I'm buying META, CRM, RDDT, and a biotech penny (unnamed - rule 7). But keep in mind $100 made in a boring ass legacy company is the same as $100 made in MAG7. [XLP](https://www.google.com/search?q=xlp+stock&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS984US984&oq=xlp&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqDggAEEUYJxg7GIAEGIoFMg4IABBFGCcYOxiABBiKBTINCAEQABiDARixAxiABDIOCAIQRRgnGDkYgAQYigUyEwgDEC4YxwEYkQIY0QMYgAQYigUyDQgEEAAYkQIYgAQYigUyDQgFEAAYgwEYsQMYgAQyBggGEEUYPDIGCAcQRRg80gEIMTU5OGowajeoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) Consumer Staples is a good buy. I bought 2,000 shares of boring old Campbell's (CPB). PG has had a big pullback but reliably makes $80B/yr in revenue. Just something to keep in mind during the latest tumult.
Up 24,000% on a XLP $70 put I bought like a month ago. Markets crazy! I figured with the orange man taking all Walmarts money errbody gonna be hurtin. Damn ole mighty if I would have just PUT a couple hundred more!!!
Any non tech defensive buys people are eyeing? I have some soup stock (CPB). XLP Consumer Staples in green today.
PG. consumer staples are going nowhere. But I only buy ETFs so it’d be XLP all day long.
The most boring company in the history of the world - Campbell's (CPB) - throwing me some green in a sea of red and still paying me a fat dividend. XLP possible safe haven for those who don't want to hold cash (SWVXX paying over 4% though - ahead of inflation).
consumer defensive sector, ie $XLP
I’ve done the same, but through sector etf’s XLK,XLE,PRNT,XLP. As long as you’ve put thought into it and rebalance regularly enough you’ll be in good shape