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Electricity and coal stocks: NEE, NRG, VST, BTU, CNR, and XLU
Feel of sector rotation: Industrials/Materials heating up, Tech cooling off
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Sell puts on Consumer staples, and utilities stock.
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I was looking at the Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) chart from 2000. Its almost the similar situation as most stocks down 30-95% and only 4-5 tech stocks holding the index. Looking like we might be getting close to a second bear market rally.
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Compare XLU and XLK Fed is not hiking all meetings to push economy to recession
Things are breaking down in equities, but the silly weighting of the S&P and the fact that nobody cares about the russell or dow is making it very easy for people to ignore...as long as a few tech stocks prop up the Qs and SPY. If you look under the hood you'll note rate sensitive S&P stuff rolled over weeks ago. XLU, XLF, and XLRE(utilities, financials, and real estate). Meanwhile NVDA is down as is oracle, but nobody cares because META is up! yay! BTW if you had silver, platinum, or gold in your hand three years ago it has outperformed the S&P. Massively so in the case of silver.
I think what a lot of people don't realize is many sectors of the broader market are already correcting. The weakness is simply being masked by the silly weighting mechanism by standard and poor. Rate sensitive stuff is being hammered. Utilities, financials, and real estate. Guess what else is rate sensitive? ...technology. Just because it isn't being whacked yet... Bond yields have risen roughly 800% since 2020. Just because it takes time to do damage doesn't mean it won't happen. Anyone paying attention has noticed that bond yields have accelerated lately and at some point they'll be more attractive than equities. That's just how risk/reward calculations work. Go look at a chart of XLU, XLF, or XLRE and tell me there's not damage being done. These are the sectors most sensitive to rate changes and they're rolling over. Plan accordingly.
Yes, but what people don't seem to recognize...yet, is the entire financial landscape changed in 2020. The 40 year long bond bull market died six years ago and most still haven't got the memo. Yield on US 10y debt has increased by > 800%. We're in a new regime now...and equities generally haven't cared...yet, but they will. If you look at equities by sector you'll note that rate sensitive sectors are getting slaughtered under the surface...XLU, XLRE, XLF...utilities, real estate, and financials respectively. Only some narrow tech names are holding up the broader market. Now that doesn't mean there's a smackdown coming tomorrow, but smart money will be moving to the sidelines and eventually rotating out of pricey techs and into well run, high yielding equities, that are already smacked down. Nothing btw is being hammered more than the utility sector. Look it up yourself if you doubt it. That's what interest rates do...and most don't even notice till the hammer falls.
plz don’t buy META \*after\* one of its best months ever. And Google is pretty expensive. ITB/XLU are cheap, especially ITB
AI isn’t slowing down meaningfully for years. XLU/UTSL for the win
No secret home builders & utilities are interest rate sensitive. There are some demographic tailwinds for home builders, I’m buying ITB near the 52 wk low. But utility stocks have also been battered despite long term energy deals being signed by the likes of Open AI and a landscape of bottlenecked power generation for data centers. Buying XLU with aggressive limit orders if it keeps falling.
The grid was shot before AI. I've been buying XLU for years. Of course actual companies that are 100% crucial to our existence will never experience any level of meteoric returns the hysteria stocks do. So I'm really just wasting my money.
Or just use hedges like XLU, XLP, ACWX, VEA, GSG, GLD
I was planning on picking up some XLU October calls
Anybody else swing trade the sector etf trading ranges? Looks like XLU and XLI on the low end of their range. I'll probably grab some UTSL and DUSL tomorrow for a 1-2 week swing
How about something like 70% VT · 15% VXF · 5% XLP · 5% XLV · 5% XLU
The thesis hasn't changed. XLU either goes down .50 or so or goes up to 44-45. The magic lines have already determined it
Honestly going to start adding a lot of XLU here. Low risk and sitting on a magic line
XLU and like AAPL kinda sorta are the only things that are buyable right now. Maybe Uber if you're a contrarian and want to try to catch the falling knife
Utilities? XLU? China Tech? KWRB, KSTR, SMHC?
Eh my hedges are performing a good bit better (XLP, XLU, ROW ETFs) and I don't have to sit around waiting for them to run
Prolly not in ‘26. SGOV CTA when low XLP/XLV/XLU when low or SCHD anytime
If you’re that cautious, why not DCA a blend of SGOV, AVDV, and either SCHD or XLP XLV XLU? Highest odds come from starting today.
No sweat…Covered calls aren’t the move. Take a look at options premiums. If a premium is $1 and the share price is $50, selling that call will protect against 2% of downside. They really work best in flat periods, but you have no way of predicting those. SPYI’s periods of outperformance will not make up for its periods of underperformance over time. Defensive sectors have lower downside risk in exchange for much lower growth and pay 2.5%. XLP, XLU, XLV. SCHD is heavily defensive and pays 3.5%. You could try buying those opportunistically while DCAing your more speculative moves. Defensives and SCHD have a lower likelihood of margin call than SPYI, and are a large part of my strategy of interest/dividend neutrality in my margin account. .
SFL EPOL HYG SCHD IXC XLU MO also pays a good dividend but I am worried about declining tobacco use
This sounds like a fun project, but I doubt you are going to find any obscure points that will improve your returns. I don't research and focus mainly on ETFs because I believe in some aspects of the efficient market theory, meaning that all companies are fairly valued and everything is priced in based on all available information. The key is really when the information, the underlying factors that drive the business change. I bought CBRL @ 25 knowing that they had a lot of debt, declining revenues and were trying to recover from a scandal. I invested 0.5 pct of my portfolio and made a nice profit. I also own the XLU ETF though I barely know anything about the utilities business. It increases in value as electricity prices, demand and inflation rise. I reinvest the dividend and have no idea what it is worth. GLTA
no. i will be happy with ELFY or XLU or AIPO. these places and new/existing homes need electrical upgrades. Europe is roasting w little HVAC penetration. electrical infrastructure upgrades are coming
I played the SQQQ game a while back and lost a bunch of money. Being long instead of short always wins over a longer timeframe. DRAM (memory stocks) and SMH (semiconductors) are the hotness, so just buying a little each week has a higher chance of paying off. Then for hedges, XLU is utilities, boring boomer stuff but it often has green days when the market is red. There's also XLP and XLE. Another good hedge is non-US ETFs like VEA, which is a big basket of European and Asian stocks Just something to think about
hell yes. feed my XLU you stud!
You're not just tech-heavy...you're tech-on-tech-on-tech. 😅 QQQM, QTUM, MRVL, and NBIS are all heavily tied to the same AI/semiconductor theme. Even when you own multiple tickers, they're often moving for the same reasons. If your goal is long-term diversification, consider adding exposure to: * Financials: XLF * Healthcare: XLV * Consumer Staples: XLP * Utilities: XLU * REITs: VNQ Honestly, before adding more stocks, I'd ask whether you need both QQQM and QTUM alongside individual names like MRVL and NBIS. You may get more diversification by simplifying rather than adding. One red day isn't a reason to sell MRVL, but if you're selling because you expected quick gains, that's different from a long-term investment thesis. For a 5–10 year horizon, I'd rather own a broader mix of sectors than keep stacking more AI and semiconductor exposure.
risk it for the biscuit. 2% gain on the same day XLU gained 1%. its a risky day Bob. Lets see if it pays off for him
My $XLU leaps are a safe haven
👆 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.
XLU is my hedge. Don't know if it's going to work, though...
I see what you’re saying. I guess for me personally it wouldn’t be worth it. I’d sooner write 1-month CSP’s for 1% on stuff like XLE, XLF, XLU, XLK. If assigned then write the CC’s and wheel it. I think anybody who writes CSP’s has to be prepared to wheel if we get a tail event. Strategy would likely yield 12% annual pretty consistently
Sure, there are a million thematic ETFs that won’t or mostly won’t include AI or tech stocks. XLI is all industrials. ITA is all defense/aerospace stocks. XLE is all energy stocks. XLU is all utilities. VCR is all consumer discretionary. You could also pick countries that don’t have any AI companies. ARGT is all Argentine stocks. EWA is all Australian stocks. EPOL is all polish stocks. For something that \*mostly\* avoids AI stocks, you could buy a dividend ETF like SCHD or VIG. These are all just examples. If you want to avoid AI exposure, there are a lot of ways to do it with low expense ratio ETFs.
no, they classify stocks into sectors, literally. It is not made up, and this is where they fall: CEG = Utility - IPP subsector NEE = Utility (and biggest component of XLU, not XLE) BEP = Utility - renewables GEV = Industrial - Special Industrial This is how they are classified by themselves. As i said, Energy is all oil and gas.
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.
XLU, maybe. If things get bad, though, all assets correlate.
I'll raise you Semiconductors & Hardware Architectures \\\* SMH \\\* SOXX AI Software & Cybersecurity \\\*IGV Energy, Power Grid & Infrastructure \\\* XLU
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
Oil Algo jokers jump on every rocket & missile to make volatility, it’s not old Oil market anymore. Index has only 2% energy stocks. USA consume~20 million barrels of Oil per day. USA produces ~ 13.5 million barrels per day Canada produce ~6 million bpd Venezuela~1 million bpd,peak capacity ~3 million bpd How much US- GDP impact by Iran &Ukraine war? OPEC bump again $XLE $SPY $QQQ $XLC $XLK $XLF $XLU $SMH
USA consume~20 million barrels of Oil per day. USA produces ~ 13.5 million barrels per day Canada produce ~6 million bpd Venezuela~1 million bpd,peak capacity ~3 million bpd How much US- GDP impact by Iran &Ukraine war? OPEC bump output again $XLE $SPY $QQQ $XLC $XLK $XLF $XLU $SMH
If you want defensive, I'd start with utilities other than NEE, like SO and DUK. You could also pick up some of the XLU etf which is about 10% NEE. They're interest rate sensitive but pretty impervious otherwise.
XLE and XLU both seem like they are turning. Bought the leveraged etf for both today
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.
Very slightly, but climbing since 7am. XLU has recovered too, while other risk assets sell. Don't read too much into premarket.
Am Bol. Tuesday: 1. Nurse hangover 2. Buy ASTS 5/29 $110c 3. Buy LUNR 5/29 $40c 4. Buy NOK Jan 27 $20c & NOK Jan 28 $20c 5. Stay long CRAK, XLU, DRAM, SMH, AAPL shares 6. Sell CSP weeklies on SPY and QQQ for theta lunch money[](https://www.investing.com/indices/italy-40-futures)
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
if you want utilities exposure with yield just buy/hold XLU. boomer move, but whatever
Bet on AI: \### 🧠 Core AI, Software & Robotics \* \*\*AIQ\*\* — Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF \* \*\*ARTY\*\* — iShares Future AI & Tech ETF \* \*\*BOTZ\*\* — Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETF \### 🏢 Digital Infrastructure & Security \* \*\*DTCR\*\* — Global X Data Center & Digital Infrastructure ETF \* \*\*HACK\*\* — Amplify Cybersecurity ETF \### ⚡ Power & Energy Layer \* \*\*XLU\*\* — Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund \* \*\*URA\*\* — Global X Uranium ETF
Rate my portfolio: AI powerplay Based on the portfolio image you provided, here are your 7 current exchange-traded fund (ETF) holdings, broken down by their function in your AI ecosystem thesis: \### 🧠 Core AI, Software & Robotics \* \*\*AIQ\*\* — Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF \* \*\*ARTY\*\* — iShares Future AI & Tech ETF \* \*\*BOTZ\*\* — Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETF \### 🏢 Digital Infrastructure & Security \* \*\*DTCR\*\* — Global X Data Center & Digital Infrastructure ETF \* \*\*HACK\*\* — Amplify Cybersecurity ETF \### ⚡ Power & Energy Layer \* \*\*XLU\*\* — Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund \* \*\*URA\*\* — Global X Uranium ETF
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
Msft going up while the indexes drills? Told you guys this is a utility grandpa boomer stock not a tech stock. Put msft in XLU etf and take it out from IGV.
XLU down 1%, obviously up 2% tomorrow when the peace proposal turns out to be a sketch of a mushroom tip on a Wendy's napkin.
Msft needs to change sector from Information Technology to either consumer staples or utilities. Move it to XLU with a 12% holdings from IGV.
I'll revisit this in January. I'll use a trailing stop loss on the stocks I choose to do this with, and still figuring out what that looks like. A lot of my stocks probably won't get hit, some sectors don't seem to move very much in the midterms, like my XL\* tickers, (XLE, XLU, XLV) but still researching.
All their cash is going to data center buildouts. Rotate into XLE, XLU, SLV, SOXQ.
Buying bonds during inflation ramps is a fools errand. Better to get some commodity exposure. Look at BCI or PDBC. Also, buy an sp500 index and a couple of sector funds like XLV or XLU and be done.
I think a lot of retail is just now starting to FOMO into the longer-term Data Center play, so semis are ripping along with XLE, XLU, SLV. Plus it's tech earnings season, plus the war. Always a confluence of factors.
VM what entry prices would you recommend for taking long positions in SLV, SOXQ, XLE, and XLU?
Wow.. XLU is being rugged so hard.. and it supposed to be defensive. 😒
A little over $150 in commissions. Real cost is the opportunity cost of selling cash covered puts when holding cash, notes, or defensives like XLU/XLE could have otherwise been deployed to invest in the stock market or something else.
If AI really eats the world we probably wanna own the utilities right? $XLU
Time to load up on XLU & Friends 🤫
Internet/Social Media investors are not generally interested in the easy money. This distinguishes them from people like Buffet or old school retail investors who just say OK there is an oil war in the Middle East I will buy oil stocks. Social Media people will do nothing or buy puts, based on the correct assumption that oil prices will decline at some point. But when? These people also don't touch things like WBD at $20 during a bidding war or NFLX below $100 today. These are just boring money making trades, but not real conversation starters. Long XOM XLU AMLP SFL April/May calls on OILK Puts on JETS
The only possible action in this situation is to make money and walk off into the sunset with the gun loaded and the suitcase shut. OILK XLU QID XOM Short JETS
Yeah that’s my thesis. The one piece I don’t know how to factor in is, if we drawdown further market-wide, will feet and oil do so too. And how much: That goes for things like OXY, LNG, XLE, XLU, ET, etc.. not sure if I should expect them To get smacked this week or if they’ll trade sideways a bit and then rip harder.
It depends on your goal/preference as well as resilience/sustainability. One example: for someone who can make additional 200k every year (like a surgeon), he'd hope the market goes into recession for the next 5-10 years so he can scope cheap assets. Unquestionably he would be willing to pour his $400k cash into QQQ today. But for someone close to retirement, the perspective is totally different. He would probably want to invest in assets like XLU or XLE with for steady dividend payout as well as hedge against inflation.
RedditAdvice : The street is just thinking OIL price yet the LNG price affects industries across the rest of the world too, and N.A. LNG is much cheaper than everywhere else, EU and ASIA is more than double the U.S. price, the "energy spread" acts as a structural subsidy giving U.S. based industry a clear cost advantage to others. Historically it has been as much as 5x higher. **Chemicals & Fertilizers, Heavy Manufacturing -i**nexpensive gas-fired electricity for domestic investment in steel, glass, and plastic-resin production for exports and culling the overseas competition both domestically and abroad. TheEnergyWar will continue till morale improves. I speculate Russia, Turkey, Iran and Houthis with Chinese tech support for this new Axis of Opportunity. This is volatility off the charts brewing. $EONR $TSLVF is all I own. Am sidelined from everything else now yet see major upside in XLF next week along with Energy sectors, XLU is not favoured as much as many companies are tied to AI and that could be indirectly and directly affected from Israel (INTC) and Taiwan (TSM). It's a stock pickers market now, no indices for me, thankyou. AI&I
"some stocks move harder than others" is this your answer? they have fallen 10% more than others in XLU. nasdaq "crushed" 2% lol
Lmao you keep answering your own question but don’t understand it. It’s remarkable. IT IS THE MACRO. XLU was beaten up today. How is a company in this industry not affected by what is happening. When the whole sector is hit it’s not the individual company. Some stocks move harder than others. Stop hurling insults like a child if you have zero idea what you are talking about.
Utility prices will be going up due to inflation/the fed potentially hiking interest rates which will cause less consumer demand. XLU got slaughtered today. I bought vistra at 155 and immediately lost $700 lol.
God damn. Would have been down like 6K today but XLB, XLI, and XLU puts brought it down to like -$600. That was a rough one.
I’ve got XLU calls that jump from .3 to 2.5 every night but haven’t been able to get anything sold at that rate 🤦♂️ Must be some MM activity we are privy to
Change your focus *now*, **XLU XES XLE TAN WIN** are the only 5 areas to concentrate on, oil supply isn't as important as oil delivery, TheWar is choking out EU Asia and the far east, higher for longer oil will make book in those 5 areas now, Everything else is in danger, not a fan off any other areas now.
My only green holdings rn are XLU and crypto for whatever reason. XLU in particular is shrekking the fuck out
Yes & No. The odds are better than the casino. And you do need skin in the game to learn. But you have to learn voodoo like tech analysts & charts and never fall in love w/ a stock. Go w/ ETFs over stocks for 75% of your port. Diversify. Buy sectors that go against your thesis. Hedge with ETF's like Gold & Crude Oil. 40% of the market cap of the $QQQ and 30% of the $SPY is in the 6-10 tech stock names everyone here buys. Buy stocks that hedge against the $SPY like $CAT, $DE, $GLD, $XLU, $XLE. Sure these might be the wrong stocks or ETF's to buy as they might go down. But they are a hedge against our tech heavy 401k's. Good Luck.
I do suggest buying ETF's that are not the $SPY and $QQQ. The AI big tech stocks are too concentrated into both indices. There are problems under the hood that Trump is going to be unable to cover up for much longer. Why not DCA into $VT or better yet a World ex US ETF like $ACWX? Taiwan Semi makes up 4% of most World Ex US ETF by market cap and Samsung is nearly 2%. But there are no other stocks above 2% in most World Ex-US indices. That's the danger that could tank $QQQ and $SPY. They are both over-concented w/ over 40% market cap in 6-10 stocks. You live in Canada right? You don't have the USD. Maybe $GLD? $XLU?
SMH SPMO VEA EUAD BLOK / IAUM BRK.B ORLY XLU DBMF, this is my investing protfolio, 50% for attack and others for stable. I'm working on this for 2 years many times modified until last month.
I will primarily focus on the Iran conflict and its implications for the oil market. Additionally, I believe XLU is exhibiting strong momentum. Right now, my top tech stock picks are FIG and NVTS, as they effectively address the critical power challenges faced by chip technology.
I would look at $VT. If you invest world stock ETF you are going to get more industrials, materials, etc b/c unlike US stocks, world indices lean more to non tech stocks. Plus you still get US tech stocks. Now that is the smart move. If you want to play around w/ 25% then I've been buying gold, $EWY (South Korea), $EWJ (Japan), $IGF (world infrastructure), $TLT (US Treasuries), $XLU (utilities). But $VT might be the best if you are looking to diversify now.
SCHD and XLU saved my ass today.
XLU and XLE have been the GOATS in my port. Would be at like…$-4K right now instead of $-1500ish if it weren’t for them.
Damn, up 6% on TLT, XLV, XLU. Its like defensive positioning is a thing. Weird that bonds continue to take the inflation in stride though...something must be deflationary in the 8-12 month term (provided a rug pull isnt imminent) equation...AI, layoffs, midterms, tariffs ending maybe. Big money is putting volume into that narrative.
The main take away I got was that data centers / infrastructure is the main driver of consumption and not the consumer. This is a shift from consumers leading consumption. They really didn't recommend any names, just buy my fund. I am not against the data center trade. I own $DE, $CAT, $XLU, $IGB, and $HAL all indirectly due to the data center build out. I am just not buying the fricking chip names like $NVDA or the big spenders like $MSFT and $AMZN. I am buying the stocks selling the equipment & energy not the buyers that are spending.
The only 5-star, lead-pipe lock reinvestment strategy right now, is XLU (Americans getting squeezed hard from relaxed regulation, uber-late-stage-capitalism, localized data-center power-draw being paid for by ordinary citizens, and price-gouging gone wild), and precious metals miners.
Whoa, that's not good. Gold and silver miners, and XLU for the 2026 win.
Buy the picks & shovels over $NVDA. I like $CAT and $DE but they ain't cheap. $IGF and $XLU which I also own are less riskier ETF's.