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Best & Worst ETFs & Mutual Funds by Sector

Individual sector reports (ie. “Sector 4Q17: Best and Worst”) available to Pro members and above. All other reports free. Get access here.

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October 11, 20170Comments

Utilities Sector 4Q17: Best and Worst

The Utilities sector ranks ninth out of the 11 sectors as detailed in our 4Q17 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets our Neutral rating.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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October 11, 20170Comments

Telecom Services Sector 4Q17: Best and Worst

The Telecom Services sector ranks seventh out of the 11 sectors as detailed in our 4Q17 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets our Neutral rating.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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October 11, 20170Comments

Real Estate Sector 4Q17: Best and Worst

The Real Estate sector ranks tenth out of the 11 sectors as detailed in our 4Q17 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets our Unattractive rating.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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October 10, 20170Comments

Materials Sector 4Q17: Best and Worst

The Materials sector ranks sixth out of the 11 sectors as detailed in our 4Q17 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets our Neutral rating.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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October 10, 20170Comments

Information Technology Sector 4Q17: Best and Worst

The Information Technology sector ranks third out of the 11 sectors as detailed in our 4Q17 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets our Neutral rating.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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October 10, 20170Comments

Industrials Sector 4Q17: Best and Worst

The Industrials sector ranks fourth out of the 11 sectors as detailed in our 4Q17 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets our Neutral rating.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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October 6, 20170Comments

Health Care Sector 4Q17: Best and Worst

The Health Care sector ranks eighth out of the 11 sectors as detailed in our 4Q17 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets our Neutral rating.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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October 6, 20170Comments

Financials Sector 4Q17: Best and Worst

The Financials sector ranks second out of the 11 sectors as detailed in our 4Q17 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets our Attractive rating.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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October 6, 20170Comments

Energy Sector 4Q17: Best and Worst

The Energy sector ranks last out of the 11 sectors as detailed in our 4Q17 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets our Very Unattractive rating.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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October 6, 20170Comments

Consumer Staples Sector 4Q17: Best and Worst

The Consumer Staples sector ranks first out of the 11 sectors as detailed in our 4Q17 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets our Very Attractive rating.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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October 6, 20170Comments

Consumer Discretionary Sector 4Q17: Best and Worst

The Consumer Discretionary sector ranks fifth out of the eleven sectors as detailed in our 4Q17 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets our Neutral rating.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
Best & Worst Sector Rankings
October 3, 20172Comments

Sector Ratings for ETFs & Mutual Funds: 4Q17

At the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2017, only the Consumer Staples and Financials sectors earn an Attractive-or-better rating.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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August 3, 20170Comments

How To Avoid the Worst Sector Mutual Funds 3Q17

The large number of mutual funds has little to do with serving investors’ best interests. Here are three red flags investors can use to avoid the worst mutual funds.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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August 3, 20170Comments

How To Avoid the Worst Sector ETFs 3Q17

The large number of ETFs has little to do with serving investors’ best interests. Here are three red flags investors can use to avoid the worst ETFs.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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August 3, 20170Comments

How To Find the Best Sector Mutual Funds 3Q17

Finding the best mutual funds is an increasingly difficult task in a world with so many to choose from. How can you pick with so many choices available?
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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August 3, 20170Comments

How To Find the Best Sector ETFs 3Q17

Finding the best ETFs is an increasingly difficult task in a world with so many to choose from. How can you pick with so many choices available?
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
August 3, 20170Comments

Cheap Funds Dupe Investors – 3Q17

Investors are good at picking cheap funds. We want them to be better at picking funds with good stocks. Both are required to maximize success. 3Q17.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
July 31, 20170Comments

Health Care Sector Mutual Funds Enter the Danger Zone

70% of Health Care sector mutual funds are rated Unattractive or Very Unattractive. This particularly risky fund allocates heavily towards speculative stocks and charges high fees based on past performance that managers are having an increasingly difficult time replicating.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
July 26, 20170Comments

Look to the Sky for Industrials Sector Value

Our Robo-Analyst technology drills down to the stock level of all 7,000+ ETFs and mutual funds under coverage. In the process, we uncovered an attractive ETF that traditional, backward-looking fund research overlooks.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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July 18, 20171Comments

3Q17 Sector Ratings Recap

At the beginning of each quarter, we rank each sector from best to worst with our Sector Ratings Report. The following is our analysis of each sector for the third quarter of 2017.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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