Dorsey Wright Utilities Technical Leaders Index

The combination of the utilities sector ranking as easily the best-performing sector this year, interest rates that appear to be remaining low for the foreseeable future and investors' overt preference for defensive sectors, it stands to reason that some market observers view utilities stocks...

Nearly six months into 2016, many investors know the deal with utilities stocks. The sector with a reputation for lulling the investment community to sleep is, in a good way, betraying that reputation. Just look at the Utilities SPDR (ETF) (NYSE: XLU). XLU, the largest utilities exchange-traded...

A rocky start to the year for equities coupled with speculation that the Federal Reserve will be slow to raise interest rates this year, if the central bank does so at all, have been boons for rate-sensitive asset classes and sectors. Utilities stocks and exchange-traded funds epitomize those...