RHS, an equal-weight consumer staples ETF, continues its recent show of relative strength by hitting a new all-time high. After a year like 2015 that…
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Another Rung In The Bull Market Yanked Out
The relative strength of the consumer discretionary sector versus consumer staples had been a positive for stocks – not anymore. Some folks like to accuse…
Strength In Discretionary Vs. Staples Stocks Is A Positive…If It Were True
The apparent strength in consumer discretionary stocks relative to consumer staples is a function of a few mega-cap names – the action in the broad…
Boring Staples Sector First To The New High Finish Line
It may not be the flashiest sector, but consumer staples stocks are the first to score a new high following the recent decline. While the…
Good News/Bad News For Consumer Discretionary Stocks
Today we have 2 Charts Of The Day – 1 good and 1 bad – related to the consumer discretionary sector. This can be a…
Risk Has Begun To Rein
The following piece was originally posted in J. Lyons Fund Management Inc.’s February Newsletter at www.jlfmi.com. Investment in the riskiest assets has been on a…
Is Weakness In Consumer Discretionary Vs. Staples A Red Flag?
The economic cycle provides an outline for which parts of the cycle favor which sectors of the market. And while we are not economists, a…
Divergence in discretionary vs. staples stocks a red flag After a brief pause on Friday for Mr. Putin’s VIX day-trade, another V-bottom continues apace in…