Two factors often determine stock prices in the long run: earnings and interest rates. Investors can't control the latter, but they can focus on a company's earnings results every quarter. We know ...

A smart beta exchange traded fund, the First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX ETF (FXD) debuted on 05/08/2007, and offers broad exposure to the Consumer Discretionary ETFs category of the market.

The consumer discretionary sector (XLY) has advanced 2.8% year-to-date, slowly recovering since the April lows after inflation rebound fears, tariffs, and lower consumer sentiment. According to ...

The Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR® Fund ETF faces heightened risk heading into Q4 2025 due to weakening consumer sentiment and labor market deterioration. Rising tariffs and inflation are ...

For those looking to find strong Consumer Discretionary stocks, it is prudent to search for companies in the group that are outperforming their peers. Has Hasbro (HAS) been one of those stocks this ...

As the stock market was trading lower on Thursday, stocks in the consumer-discretionary sector were getting hit the hardest. The S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary Sector index was down around 2.2% on ...