iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF (KXI)

Some consumer discretionary stocks have performed better than others. Luxury, homebuilding, and travel have been a bright spots.

The tobacco industry is undervalued, but its quality metrics are concerning. Food and personal care are overvalued by more than 20% relative to their historical baseline. KXI, a global alternative to ...

Inflation is hot across the globe. The Russia-Ukraine war, the supply-chain woes resulting from the pandemic and the resultant rally in commodity prices have amplified inflation.

Consumer Staples is the third-most overvalued sector. No industry is really attractive combining value and quality scores. Nonetheless, staple and food retail is the best-looking one.

For investors seeking momentum, iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF KXI is probably on radar. The fund just hit a 52-week high and is up 21.1% from its 52-week low of $52.79 per share.

This is the second most overvalued sector, and no industry looks really attractive. The most overpriced one is personal care products.

A consumer staple ETF (exchange-traded fund) is an investment fund that tracks a series of stocks in companies that produce essential goods and services. The definition of a "consumer staple" usually ...

40% of the online merchandise for U.S. retailers is on sale as we enter Black Friday week of 2022. The average percent discount in November is 36.3%; this has come down from the YTD levels of 37.6% an...

KXI trades at almost the same multiple as IYK. However, there is more downtrading risk and private label competition in European consumer staples stocks.

Global stocks have been on a wild ride this year due to rising recession risks.