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Best & Worst ETFs & Mutual Funds: Utilities Sector

February 1, 2013 – 12:48 pm

The Utilities sector ranks ninth out of the ten sectors as detailed in my Sector Rankings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets my Dangerous rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 8 ETFs and 35 mutual funds in the Utilities sector as of January 30, 2013.

By David Trainer | Posted in ETF Research, Mutual Fund Research | Also tagged American Century Quantitative Equity Funds Inc: Utilities Fund, Best & Worst, BULIX, California Water Service Group, CWT, Fidelity Advisor Series VII: Fidelity Advisor Utilities Fund, FUGAX, PEG, PowerShares S&P Small Cap Utilities Portfolio, Public Service Electric & Gas Company, utilities sector, Utilities Select Sector SPDR, XLU | Comments (0)

Best & Worst ETFs & Mutual Funds: Utilities Sector

October 11, 2012 – 1:00 pm

The Utilities sector ranks ninth out of the ten sectors as detailed in my sector rankings for ETFs and mutual funds. It gets my Dangerous rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of eight ETFs and 40 mutual funds in the Utilities sector as of October 11, 2012.

By David Trainer | Posted in ETF Research, Mutual Fund Research | Also tagged American Century Quantitative Equity Funds, BULIX, EVUCX, EVUDX, EVUYX, First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund, FUGAX, FXU, IDU, Inc: Utilities Fund, Integrys Energy Group, PEG, PRUAX, Public Service Electric & Gas Company, PUI, RYAUX, RYCUX, Rydex S&P Equal Weight Utilities ETF, Rydex Series Funds: Utilities Fund, RYU, RYUTX, TEG, UPW, VPU, VUIAX, XLU | Comments (0)

Utility Sector: Check The Ingredients Before Buying

November 1, 2011 – 8:59 am

High dividend yields are NOT enough to warrant investing in the utilities sector.
Too many investors put their hard-earned money in utility stocks with the assumption that relatively high-yielding dividends from stable business make a good investment.
The real question that investors in any equity security must ask is: does my expected return from a stock justify the risk of investing in it?

By David Trainer | Posted in ETF Research, Stock Picks and Pans | Also tagged dividend, DPL, DPL Inc., First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund, Focus Morningstar Utilities Index ETF, free cash flow, FUI, FXU, IDU, iShares Dow Jones U.S. Utilities Index Fund, New Constructs, New Constructs predicitve ETF ratings, PEG, PowerShares Dynamic Utilities, PowerShares S&P SmallCap Utilities Portfolio, ProShares Ultra Utilities, Public Service Enterprise Group, PUI, Rydex S&P Equal Weight Utilities ETF, RYU, UPW, Utilities Select Sector SPDR, utility sector, Vanguard Utilities ETF, VPU, XLU | Comments (1)

Five Utility Sector ETFs To Sell

July 26, 2011 – 8:28 am

We recommend investors avoid all utility sector ETFs. There are no ETFs in the utility sector with an attractive-or-better rating. None of the ETFs rank better than the S&P500.
Investors should sell the following dangerous-rated utility sector ETFs:

By David Trainer | Posted in ETF Research | Also tagged DPL, DPL Inc., Focus Morningstar Utilities Index ETF, FUI, FXU First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund, IDU, iShares Dow Jones U.S. Utilities Index Fund, PEG, PowerShares Dynamic Utilities, PowerShares S&P SmallCap Utilities Portfolio, predictive ETF ratings, ProShares Ultra Utilities, Public Service Electric and Gas Company, PUI, Rydex S&P Equal Weight Utilities ETF, RYU, UPW, Utilities Select Sector SPDR, Vanguard Utilities ETF, VPU, XLU | Comments (1)

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Most Attractive/Dangerous	56%	-3%
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