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If you take the view that few if any of Trump's proposals will play out as hoped, Fehr recommends a defensive positioning, with a heavy weighting to bonds and large - capitalization, high - yielding stocks such as telecoms, utilities and consumer staples.

As rising rates and tariff talk threatened large multinationals and caused a stock market correction beginning in February, some investors have turned to domestically oriented utilities with steady cash flow as a potential safe haveAs rising rates and tariff talk threatened large multinationals and caused a stock market correction beginning in February, some investors have turned to domestically oriented utilities with steady cash flow as a potential safe haveas a potential safe haven.

As the broader stock market weakens, safe - haven utility companies are looking attractive again.

However, info tech stocks, utilities and consumer staple stocks (in that order) have shown good increases as well.

Bottom line: My recommendation for Canadian issues is to concentrate in the banks and other financials, utilities and telecoms at the expense of other sectors such as consumer staples and consumer discretionary stocks.

Tech stocks took a beating in what could be an ominous sign for the sector, while health care and utilities also fared poorly as investors demonstrated a preference for cyclicals over defensive.

As of February 26th, 2016, the total value of all utilities stocks in the United States came to $ 1.19 trillion, or about 2.8 % of the market.

Rate - sensitive utility stocks advanced as long - term interest rates continue a two - day decline.

We still rate the Utilities sector as Unattractive, and only three Utilities stocks earn our Attractive - or - better rating, but the new tax law does give a tangible benefit to the sector that the market doesn't seem to be factoring in to its valuation.

We advocate reducing popular positions where prices have moved beyond fundamentals (examples are gilts and bond - proxies such as utility stocks).

However, as rates begin to normalize, valuations on utility stocks, as well as other dividend - paying sectors, are likely to come down — a process already well underway.

Best says prime short targets are interest rate - sensitive stocks such as REITs, utilities and infrastructure, which have rebounded strongly from the November lows.

For instance, stocks with relatively safe dividends, such as utilities, have been heavily bought and bid up in price amid the investor search for income.

As FinTech evolves, the boundaries between currencies, stocks, and utilities have become blurred.

Case in point: Last week utility stocks, as measured by the Dow Jones U.S. Utilities Index, managed to buck the broader selling and post a small gain, according to numbers via Bloomberg.

He would also use any rallies to lighten up on stocks that perform like bonds, such as utilities or telecoms.

For example, last summer utility stocks lived up to their reputation as a low beta, low volatility sector.

High - dividend stocks such as utilities and phone companies fell; those stocks are often compared to bonds and they tend to fall when bond yields rise, as higher bond yields make the stocks less appealing to investors seeking income.

When market conditions favor wider diversification in the view of Hussman Strategic Advisors, Inc., the Fund's investment manager, the Fund may invest up to 30 % of its net assets in securities outside of the U.S. fixed - income market, such as utility and other energy - related stocks, precious metals and mining stocks, shares of real estate investment trusts («REITs»), shares of exchange - traded funds («ETFs») and other similar instruments, and foreign government debt securities, including debt issued by governments of emerging market countries.

The big push for utility stocks came from interest rates, which unexpectedly dove in 2014 as the Federal Reserve's end of quantitative easing didn't have the rate - raising impact that most investors had believed it would.

From our perspective, stocks in less cyclical sectors, such as utilities and consumer staples, generally offered much less value and appeared to be trading at steep valuations.

Another statistic courtesy of Mike Goldstein is that utility stocks, a high - yield group I call the most bond - like of all stocks, today sell for almost the same P / E multiple as the S&P 500.

Interestingly, in addition to the energy stocks, the utilities are up as are the telecom issues, both on apparent bargain hunting after recent losses.

Many of the top stocks trading positive are in utilities, which some traders treat as safe havens during periods of volatility.

I personally am not ready to jump into the pool of utility stocks just yet, as the motto «don't fight the Fed» comes to mind.

Unlike more defensive sectors (such as utilities), price gains for mature tech stocks have largely been led by earnings growth rather than by multiples expansion.

Stocks in the utilities sector offer one of the highest dividend yields as a group, around 3.6 % for the Select Sector SPDR Utilities Fuutilities sector offer one of the highest dividend yields as a group, around 3.6 % for the Select Sector SPDR Utilities FuUtilities Fund (XLU).

Recently, classic defensive stocks such as consumer staples and utilities have not lived up to their reputation.

Most utilities, packaged food and mature pharmaceutical companies possess characteristics often thought of as typical for value stocks: high free cash generation, high quality balance sheets and high dividend payouts.

As a result, the biggest losses went to high - dividend companies such as utility and real estate companies whose stocks become less appealing than bonds to investors seeking incomAs a result, the biggest losses went to high - dividend companies such as utility and real estate companies whose stocks become less appealing than bonds to investors seeking incomas utility and real estate companies whose stocks become less appealing than bonds to investors seeking income.

As of last week, the Market Climate for stocks was characterized by unusually unfavorable valuations and unfavorable market action (a deterioration from the prior week, primarily on the basis of interest - sensitive securities such as bonds and utilities, as well as measures of breadth and distributionAs of last week, the Market Climate for stocks was characterized by unusually unfavorable valuations and unfavorable market action (a deterioration from the prior week, primarily on the basis of interest - sensitive securities such as bonds and utilities, as well as measures of breadth and distributionas bonds and utilities, as well as measures of breadth and distributionas well as measures of breadth and distributionas measures of breadth and distribution).

... In terms of its peers, Consolidated Water generates a yield of 2.62 %, which is on the low - side for Water Utilities stocks.Next Steps: With this in mind, I definitely rank Consolidated Water as a strong dividend stock, and makes it worth further research for anyone who likes steady income generation from their portfolio.

Utility stocks have come under pressure in recent months as investors rotate out of stodgy dividend payers and into sexier tech names.

I think this is also worth keeping in mind, as many investors would judge utility stocks mainly by dividend yield.

Given that industrial stocks typically operate in boring and more predictable industries (think telecommunications, utilities, banking), industrial stocks often pay out a large amount of earnings as dividends, and these dividends grow as the earnings grow (in a relatively predictable manner).

«If you take the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU)[report], they said 2017 and onward is going to be a period of prosperity for Ghana and that is because of the foundation that we have laid, it's because of the work that we have done, we've eliminated a lot of the deficits that were created by huge subsidies on utility tariffs, we eliminated a lot of the subsidies that created huge deficits on the cost of petroleum products, today as I speak, Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) is running, and producing petroleum products for Ghana, we have enough stock of LPG, our tanks and strategic reserves for petroleum products are all full, and, so, we have ships standing offshore Ghana with petroleum products, but there is no space to offload those products, and, so, we've done a good job in stabilising various sectors of the economy.

«Scandals and perceived corruption in governance and the society generally, socio - economic hardships such as unstable currency, unstable power supplies — undermining both industrial and domestic ventures — executive bureaucratic delays in the public sector, especially at the ports, many industrial actions, protest demonstrations throughout the economy, sudden and high tariff increases for utilities, and ever - bloating national debt stock, have hall - marked the out - going year,» he observed.

Smith covers the Utilities sector, focusing on stocks such as Pinnacle West Capital Corp., Public Service Enterprise, and American Electric Power.

Embattled Vivendi chief executive Jean - Marie Messier welcomed the investment as a sign of confidence in the company, whose stock has tumbled this year amid concerns about the company's debt load and Messier's strategy for converting a water utility into a global media and entertainment leader.

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After leading the market for much of the year, defensive stocks such as consumer staples and utilities have been sliding since mid-summer.

Remember, as bond yields rise, bond prices fall, as do the prices of bond proxies such as utilities, REITs and other high - yielding stocks.

Some examples of defensive sectors include utility, pipeline, pharmaceutical stocks as well as stocks with high dividend payouts.

Of the 10 sectors that MSCI breaks the U.S. and World markets into - such as materials, energy and utilities - 8 of the categories are being led by global stocks versus their US counterparts (U.S. energy stocks and healthcare stocks are the two groups that are edging out their global benchmarks).

The S&P U.S. High Quality Preferred Stock Index exhibited more diversity in its composition, as it finished 2017 with a 59.4 % weight to Financials, followed by Real Estate at 18.1 % and Utilities at 12.1 %.

Prior to assuming his current responsibilities in September 2005, Mr. Simmons served as a utilities analyst covering the electric and gas utility stocks.

Defensive issue: Common stock of companies that are relatively unaffected by the business cycle, such as food companies, utilities, and tobacco companies.

Recently, classic defensive stocks such as consumer staples and utilities have not lived up to their reputation.