The consumer discretionary sector, the fourth-largest sector weight in the S&P 500, was the best-performing group in the benchmark U.S. index last year as the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLY) was the top performer among the nine sector SPDR exchange trade funds with a nearly 10 percent gain.
In fact, XLY was last year's best diversified consumer discretionary ETF as its fortunes were boosted by the likes of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD) and McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD). XLY is home to several of last year's best Dow stocks, including Home Depot, McDonald's and Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE).
Not surprisingly, investors are now faced with the specter of paying up for the privilege of getting involved with XLY and its high-flying components.
The S&P 500 currently ...
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