December trading comes Tuesday and with the arrival of the 12th month comes plenty of conjecture about a Santa Claus rally and the January Effect. The arrival of December is also likely to bring speculation that this is a fine time of the year in which to be long consumer discretionary and retail stocks and the corresponding exchange traded funds.
Sector investors might be surprised to learn that consumer discretionary and retail ETFs can be duds at this time of the year. Those investors might also be surprised to learn about which sector funds are, on a historical basis, potent in December. All those investors need to do is look back on which sector ETFs thrive in November for a guide as to what expect in December.
Year-to-date, the Materials Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLB), the largest ...
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