XLF Bullish View Trailing stop lossXLF Bullish view
1. False break of long term support on Monthly chart
2. 5 days in the bottom price zone against the downtrend.
3. Gap Up break form 5 days consolidation on the support.
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About Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund
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Inception date
Dec 16, 1998
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Qualified dividends
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
SSgA Funds Management, Inc.
Distributor
ALPS Distributors, Inc.
ISIN
US81369Y6059
XLF offers efficient exposure to the heavyweights in the US financials segment. Its cap-weighted, S&P 500-only portfolio means that its concentrated in large banks and avoids small-caps. For many investors and traders, XLF has been the go-to ETF for financials exposure, although there are more comprehensive funds out there for long-term exposure. Note: XLF spun off its real estate exposure in September 2016, consistent with the GICS reclassification that elevated real estate to sector-level status. The change was material: Real estate comprised about 20% of the fund at the time. For each share held, XLF shareholders as of 9/16/16 received 0.139146 shares of XLRE, State Street Global Advisors' real estate ETF. (Immediately prior to the distribution, XLF had swapped its REITs for shares of XLRE.)
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Exposure type
Finance
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Top 10 holdings
Sunday Prep 10/10 - $XLF Pullbacks can Offer Long OpportunitiesFinancials still look extremely strong as well, making higher lows and higher highs. Pullbacks can very well offer long opportunities. We also may get some extension on it, since we just broke out. Depends on the overall market though, but the weekly chart looks great on this
Wedge Down on XLFAs seen on the graph, the price of the XLF ETF is creating a Down Wedge pattern. We recommend placing a long position.
Symmetric Triangle on XLFA symmetric triangular pattern is forming on XLF, on this pattern depending on how the price breaks, two different positions can be placed.
Ascending Channel in XLFIn the chart of XLF we can see and ascending channel, in wich we can open a long position.
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Frequently Asked Questions
An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a collection of assets (stocks, bonds, commodities, etc.) that track an underlying index and can be bought on an exchange like individual stocks.
XLF assets under management is 54.36 B USD. AUM is an important metric as it reflects the fund's size and can serve as a gauge of how successful the fund is in attracting investors, which, in its turn, can influence decision-making.
Since ETFs work like an individual stock, they can be bought and sold on exchanges (e.g. NASDAQ, NYSE, EURONEXT). As it happens with stocks, you need to select a brokerage to access trading. Explore our list of available brokers to find the one to help execute your strategies. Don't forget to do your research before getting to trading. Explore ETFs metrics in our ETF screener to find a reliable opportunity.
XLF invests in stocks. See more details in our Analysis section.
XLF expense ratio is 0.08%. It's an important metric for helping traders understand the fund's operating costs relative to assets and how expensive it would be to hold the fund.
No, XLF isn't leveraged, meaning it doesn't use borrowings or financial derivatives to magnify the performance of the underlying assets or index it follows.
Yes, XLF pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 1.36%.
XLF shares are issued by State Street Corp.
XLF follows the S&P Financial Select Sector. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
The fund started trading on Dec 16, 1998.
The fund's management style is passive, meaning it's aiming to replicate the performance of the underlying index by holding assets in the same proportions as the index. The goal is to match the index's returns.