Utility stocks have commanded unusual attention from investors lately, and the driving force is the AI build-out reshaping electricity demand across the country. Data centers require enormous, continuous power, and as hyperscalers…
As history has proven, markets go in cycles. There are bullish ascents up and bearish descents down. When they go up, everyone is buoyant because of the paper gains they are making.…
John Seetoo The American grid is being asked to do something it was never designed to do: power an artificial intelligence (AI) build-out, electrify transportation, support reshored manufacturing, and replace aging transmission lines all…
For most of its life, the Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLU) was the financial equivalent of a thermostat. You set it, you forgot it, and it quietly produced a check every…
Every major AI buildout has needed one thing before the servers could run: reliable power. The electricity grid is the binding constraint on how fast AI can scale, making utilities one of…
Utilities have long been the portfolio’s boring backbone: predictable dividends, regulated cash flows, and a tendency to hold up when riskier assets sell off. Fidelity MSCI Utilities Index ETF (NYSEARCA:FUTY) packages that…
The S&P 500 you own through a standard index fund is not as diversified as it looks. The cap-weighted version of the index hands roughly a third of your money to a…
Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS | GS Price Prediction) thinks risks of a market correction are increasing. Depending on who you ask, the markets have already corrected. It certainly feels that way with the…
Macro and geopolitical worries are rising, and even a “safe haven” like gold has not been spared from the wave of recent choppiness. Whether it’s the AI disruptive impact (think the Citrini…
Talk of a recession is once again dominating the headlines. The latest job report has just been released, showing a weaker than expected February print. Payrolls declined by 92,000 jobs and the…
History shows that midterm election years aren’t always great years for the S&P 500. Are you properly protected against the full blow of a 2026 market crash? Probably not, but there are…
The Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLU) generates income by holding dividend-paying utility companies and passing those dividends to shareholders. With 99.5% of assets concentrated in the utilities sector, the fund functions…
Michael Williams Constellation Energy Corp (NASDAQ:CEG | CEG Price Prediction) surged 10.33% this week, closing at $288.43 on Friday, February 13. The move reversed recent losses, though the stock remains down 18.35% year-to-date. Three…
With investors selling stocks after perfectly “good” quarters due to high AI spending plans, it really feels like tech stocks can’t win in this climate. Perhaps that’s the danger of having hefty…
Joey Frenette Index investors and so-called Bogleheads (those who love the Vanguard ETFs) may not be all too fond of the sector ETFs, especially when you consider that simply buying the S&P 500 covers…
