

U.S. holiday retail sales are expected to grow by as much as 4.8% this year, Deloitte said on Thursday, as rising disposable incomes help support spending in the crucial shopping season despite consumers' continued focus on value.

Volatility Shares and Roundhill have both filed for 32 NHL team ETFs. I think investors, hockey fans, and gamblers should avoid all of them, whichever issuer wins. I ran the 2025-2026 season through the FutureSports methodology. The index rankings and the NHL standings line up about 91% of the time. Most stats carry equal positive and negative attribution, but penalties and clinches do not. That one-way scoring drags the whole league about 2% lower by season end.

Cetera Investment Advisers decreased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) by 12.5% during the undefined quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 51,321 shares of the company's stock after selling 7,363 shares during the

Looking for broad exposure to the Consumer Discretionary - Broad segment of the equity market? You should consider the Vanguard Consumer Discretionary Index Fund ETF Shares (VCR), a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on January 26, 2004.

Eurizon Asset Management Hungary Ltd. purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) in the undefined quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 2,500 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $898,000. Vanguard Consumer Discretionary

Consumer services are notably undervalued with strong quality, while auto/components remain fundamentally unattractive. Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF is cheaper than XLY on valuation metrics due to small-cap inclusion, but both ETFs deliver nearly identical long-term risk-adjusted returns. Eight stocks cheaper than their peers in July.

If you're interested in broad exposure to the Consumer Discretionary - Broad segment of the equity market, look no further than the Vanguard Consumer Discretionary Index Fund ETF Shares (VCR), a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on January 26, 2004.

The Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR | VCR Price Prediction) and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLY) track US consumer discretionary stocks, both are market-cap weighted, and both hold Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) as anchor positions.