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This chart will appeal to all contrarians in this sub: Buy XLP?
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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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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
When you say you trade only the top 1% of companies, what does that mean? Like for example XLP is only 40 companies, the top 1% means only trading Walmart or Costco? I'm not understanding that part - what I'd rather do is see overall sector rotation patterns, and then find individual stocks that might not be part of the ETF basket that are good heavy hitting outlyers, but digging through that data takes a long time.
Maybe a pay day loan type company or consumer lending so long as it’s an asset light model with minimal retained credit risk. You could just buy puts…. Or short… or buy a short etf…. Or buy defensives like XLP and XLU. Or you can make a bet against me and I’ll give you $100 for every $1 drop in SPY and you give me $100 for every $1 gain. We can settle once a month. You can close the trade anytime at month end.
SCHD – 22.8% VWRA – 22.6% SHLD – 13.4% XLP – 12.2% BMRN – 11.1% VTI – 9.1% QQQ – 8.7% This is my attempt to reduce AI exposure to protect against a potential bubble.
True; all stocks will drop!! If you can decrease the % of high risk stocks in portfolio (sell), you can then be in dividend or mega caps that buy you time (days) —to then get all out! But it all depends on what crashes first of course. The 60/40 funds are safer. WMT is safe. There are safe plays ya just need to do homework and diversify. Healthcare, XLv, Gold, TLT, XLP, WMT, Euro, XLI
Changing sector weights to underweight sectors you think are more volatile probably won't be as helpful as you think. XLK (S&P 500 Technology) and XLC (S&P 500 Communications) have better 3 year alpha and Sharpe ratio than all the other S&P 500 sectors even though tech and communications are supposed to be riskier. XLP (S&P 500 Consumer Staples/Defensive) has worse returns and risk adjusted returns than IUSB (total USD bond market) over the past 3 years. Healthcare is another sector that's supposed to be safer, but the performance has been abysmal this year because of UnitedHealth. You thought DIA would be safer because it's supposed to be more spread across sectors, but UnitedHealth has noticeably dragged it down. DIA's limited holdings make it somewhat riskier than other index funds since it depends more on individual stocks. the DJIA is also weighted by price, which is a pretty nonsensical way to weight an index in the first place. If BRK-A was in DIA, it would be 99% of the portfolio. Ultimately, choosing to overweight a "safer" sector doesn't necessarily mean the value of your investment is safer, especially when adjusted for inflation. This also applies to asset classes, but at least a rate cutting cycle is beneficial for bond prices. Even foreign bonds are somewhat affected by rates in the US because foreign bonds are compared with US bonds. I used 3 year measurements because that's what my brokerage's app shows. Over the past 5 years, XLP has clearly outperformed IUSB.
REITs: VNQ, USRT, XLRE, et, Staples: VDC, FSTA or XLP
XLP (consumer staples) was flat on Friday. I heard that rare earths like MP (+8%) did well.
Its a rotation into consumer goods and staples in general, if anyone's gonna buy calls id go with XLP and PM.
The China news isn’t going to resolve in a week. The pop on the 20 year was telling. I expect bonds and gold to push at least in the short term. XLP would be something to keep on eye on.
Make them shut up before they dick over XLP too
rotation into tobacco and consumer goods and staples. calls on PM and XLP
IAU, XLP, OUNZ all green portfolio down 0.22%
Went long XLP instead of shorting, not working out well
XLP is great for this. add in DBC for commodities
pity those who keep buying defensive stocks on the dip PG, COST, KO, KMB, CPB, XLP etc took me a loss to realise no one buys defensives anymore, defensives in this era is GOLD and CRYPTO. im a victim, so anyone who is considering buying these to hedge be careful, zoom out and see for example KO trendline is going down to $45 over the next year
XLP calls tempting me, it's finally time
If you plot AZO %-off-high vs. SPY %-off-high, the only real difference is that AZO didn't tank hard during the great financial crisis. If you plot the Consumer Staples sector ETF vs SPY, they're basically the same chart. The max drawdowns are slightly smaller, but I doubt it justifies the relative long-term underperformance. (That being said, SPY's outperformance vs. XLP has come entirely due to post-COVID fiscal stimulus. Prior to 2020, the lifetime total return of XLP and SPY were virtually identical.)
I feel like consumer staples are due for a run soon. I’ve been taking some profits moving into XLP.
Steadily rotating my winners into XLP. Think that might be a good one to hold for a while.
PSA: I went long XLP just now. I have a 100% loss ratio the last two months and I'm down 20k. Do with this information as you will. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
With you broski think we will see a decent move here soon, powell speaks Tuesday aswell but I think may come sooner. Charts XLP IYK CAR squeezing hard really hard & as someone who trades these type of setups plenty in the past, they only come when the indexes are about to move strong.
I’ve been steadily taking profits out of big winners like Shopify and the quantum computing stocks and moving it into lagging ETFs like XLP and XLV.
Not UPS. A correction generally means econ contraction, and UPS gets hit hard. You want consumer staples -- XLP.
XLP is cheap today for those looking for a safer option that'll give them 2-3% in the next few weeks.
XLP is always a safe investment, probably yielding sub market returns but almost never yields negative returns on any meaningful timeline.
Hence why I’ve been loading up on XLP. And a little XLV. They’re very reasonably priced right now and their time will come, and in the meantime I see them flat at worst case, they will never significantly drop in value
XLK is up 13%YTD XLP is up 1%YTD The tech trade is still on.
Can we get an XLP rotation pleeeaaaassseeee
XLP is right on the cusp of either gapping up or dumping, WMT earnings tomorrow will decide. Might be a good play as its safe boomer stock index and the market looks shaky.
HTZ is going to keep running here. XLP calls are the other half of my port for safety
XLP is the perfect play, its consumer staples AKA “safe” stocks. It’s broken above huge resistance and is being talked about by Will Meade on X. WMT is biggest holding and they have earnings tomorrow. Stars are aligning
XLP curling back up after breaking through resistance, WMT earnings tomorrow, if good could make XLP calls 10 baggers
I guess all in HTZ and XLP Whose with me? XLP for boomer safety flocking and HTZ for the amazon news rip
Its time to embrace your inner boomer and still be a degen. XLP weeklies will/ are printing
Theres currently flocking to safety stocks, consumer staples funds type stuff. Lot of call outs on XLP yesterday that it was breaking resistance for a huge breakout. Load on calls, check it out.
Did you hear me? I said XLP calls and we are going to print all the way to the bank.
XLP calls, consumer staples, Will Meade called them out yesterday, chart calling for a huge breakout and investors are most likely going to flock to safer stocks at this point too. Calls printing
XLP/IWM its not too late. Oct. And Dec exp. R2k has the highest recorded short interest in history. Today was the start of deleveraging. Any dip here is a fucking blessing take it. Yeah I know its all small caps garbage and only 10 stocks matter Yada Yada. But there is still excess liquidity in the system and the market is pricing in fed easing and credit conditions as loose as they are, getting looser. Russel stocks balance sheets will bolster and risk will be sought out the curve. New ath by eoy.
XLP sept monthly and dec monthly calls. 82$ and 84$ strike respectively.
Look again. It just moved back above it. If we start moving down significantly, I’ll be allocating some to XLP
XLP, VPU, XLE Consumer staples, utilities, energy
I don't see it reflected in $XLP, what I see is that staples lost some money this week. So where do you see it?
Idk, options charts say vast majority of ppl are buying puts on WMT. Are you buying longer calls? I plan to do 15 minute calls on WMT and/or puts if it trends downward for more than 2hrs around noon. & I agree about XLP interesting to see where it goes next
Planning to do a fat WMT debit call position. XLP looks interesting and ready to go with IV quite low on these contracts. Will offset decay with META and NFLX PCs if there's a dip tomorrow
Schd. Rcat, PPTA, RTX, XLP. Only started less than a year ago, and I don't have alot to invest so my position all still growing. Mostly going for dividend or growth, with some speculative choices that may do well for me (like Rcat and PPTA)
I usually watch $VIX, bonds, DXY, and sector flow. If VIX is rising, yields are falling (TLT up), and defensives like XLU/XLP are outperforming, it’s usually a sign of a risk-off tone. Around June 28–30, we had exactly that — made me more confident leaning bearish on TSLA. If you want to know more, you can chat with me.
how is it red? my portfolio is all green CPB MDLZ PEP MCD UNH STZ TAP FDX XLP
XLK already at new all time highs for a while now. That don't happen before the start of bear markets. Usually it would be XLP breaking out while the S&P continues up and technology lagging.
WMT and CL have been pretty range-bound too — might be worth a look. Also maybe try XLP ETF if you’re really looking to avoid single stock risk.
if you trade spys and q's and have tradingview these should be mandatory S5T(W,I,H), VIX, SKEW, XLP/XLY, SPY/VIX, QQQ/DIA, SPY/TLT
Glad I ignored the Naysayers and bought those XLP calls yesterday ahead of the Costco news
Buying XLP calls ahead of Costco’s earnings report 👀
EWW, XLU, and XLP have kept me ahead of sp500. I just don’t know when to rotate to the next theme, I am very apprehensive here.
I love XLP, in good times and bad I’ve always loaded up. Solid dividend and steady continuous growth. Not explosive but steady Eddie and pretty much guaranteed long term.
Well, yeah. Risk on environment means yields go up. People sell safe to buy risk. Same reason why XLP and GLD are pulling back. Money is rotating into tech/growth stocks.
learn about market sectors and where the current rotation is. looking at the SP500 weekly 50WMA, we are in a bear market, so equities is not a good place tobe. The rotation right now is in metals, BTC, and international stocks, and defensives, because DXY is getting hammered, bonds are getting dumped because of tariffs wars. Yields are still high, so bonds may be a good place to park cash. Gold is overbought and retracted a bit, but looks like it may continue up. Some investors want gold futures to retract to 3200 before jumping in again. Look at gdx. Defensives are another place to move into, like XLP, XLU, XLV etf's.
TLT (unless the bond market continues to be dog shit). SGOV Any XLP or aristocrat dividend stocks are worth looking at. Shorts and puts.
Nothing great, for sure. International markets are performing better than US ones, and they're up YTD while US is down quite a lot. So that's an option. I like developed markets, so something like VEA or VGK for just European markets. In the US, some sectors haven't fallen quite as much as others. Consumer defensive is up a bit and utilities are flat. XLP and XLU are funds that cover those sectors. International fixed income is also doing pretty well right now. Funds like EMLC, WIP, BWZ, and that cohort of funds. And preferred shares haven't been hit as hard. VRP is a fund in this class that I like. Preferred shares are definitely more of an income investment, though. Not a growth opportunity. But they tend to do a good job at holding value. But everything is subject to sudden reversals, so nothing is particularly safe.
Some FX coverage, unhedged global bonds. Defensive US equities (XLP, XLV). But yes also gold and Asia.
I typically follow a “Ramseyesque” style where I put 25% in growth stocks (for instance SPYX), aggressive growth (ESML or even FTEC), international (EFAX) and dividend (SCHD or XLP). I tend to focus on index funds that have a historically good rate of return, are fossil fuel free, and are passively managed. As an environmentalist I do lean toward that anyway, but it also gives the added benefit of being shielded from the volatility of oil. If an oil spill happens it won’t be my investments that take the hit. I can’t stress enough how important the international portion of your investment is. This protects your financial assets from being too heavily dependdependent on the US economy. Your job, your home’s value, your US equities are all dependent on the domestic economy. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket!
was XLP redacted? why?
GLD TLT XLP XLU Soft commodities. Shorts and puts.
VOO / SCHD / XLK in something like 60/20/20, maybe drop each 5% and add XLP for consumer staples either the uncertainty we are heading into right now
Gold, miners, XLP/ XLU/ XLE.
I actually think this is margin calls because XLP is getting liquidated finally. But then, I'm not sure why big coin is holding up well.
TLT GLD PG KO XOM XLU XLP Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
Even XLP (consumer staples) can certainly shave off some P/E. Everything is going to take a haircut.
Thanks! I’ve already put some in EFAX for my international and have considered putting some in XLP. Maybe split 50/50? My 401k is heavily invested in US stocks and only about 19% is in international. It’s also about 20% tech so I’ve considered staying away from tech and going for either something like XLP or SCHD although I’m not thrilled with the fossil fuel companies in the fund.
XLP and anything in it like KO and PM.
XLP focuses on consumer staples - aka the things people will buy because they have to buy no matter what economic conditions are. Some people see things like XLP as recession safe havens.
Why is the XLP the only sector making gains? (Consumer staples) Can someone tell me the reasoning behind that given today's absurd news?
Staples sector (XLP) the only one green in AH. Welcome to the recession, boys, strap in.
Also, XLP being the biggest loser today makes absolutely NO sense at all, long term. Buy this dip on that. Shit is going to get very bad for the American consumer in the next 6 months.
Not bad I’m looking at XLP calls. Top 3 holdings are Pepsi, Coca-Cola and Proctor and Gamble. They all have earnings in the last week of April and as we all know these consumer staple stocks perform well in an economic downturn.
Given the political landscape in the US, consider international stock ETFs (e.g. VEA, IEFA). If you stay domestic then utilities (XLU), healthcare (XLV) and consumer staples (XLP) would be less volatile options. Nobody has a magic ball... cash may be a good short term strategy if you subscribe to the idea that Trump is being wreckless (and not slowing down his antics).
Great write-up! Using ratio charts like SPY/GLD and SPY/TLT to gauge market sentiment is a solid strategy. The XLY/XLP ratio is also a valuable indicator for consumer behavior shifts. Thanks for sharing these insights!
If Presi really cares about America, place tariffs on all XLP products and SPY will pump. We are literally inversely correlated.