Material Men: Materials ETFs Beating Broader Market
April 16, 2014 at 08:00 AM EDT
It is the third-smallest sector in the S&P 500, but in a sign of late-cycle behavior, the group has been strong against broader indices this year. The Materials Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLB) is up 1.8% year-to-date, a middling performance among the nine sector SPDR ETFs, but one that is...