XLB Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund

$XLB $DECK $HBM Materials, week of Oct 19: 19 companies had notable news (25 filings and releases). 🏢 Results led the week: 6 materials companies reported results, and 4 of those 8 filings were labelled good for holders, 2 bad and 2 mixed ✂️ Deckers, owner of HOKA and UGG shoes, cut its yearly sales outlook to $5.700B-$5.725B from $5.86B-$5.91B as both brands slow ⚠️ Its profit outlook rose to $7.80-$7.95 a share, but only thanks to about $0.52 of tariff refunds; without them it sits below July's $7.35-$7.50 ✅ Copper miner Hudbay and Mitsubishi approved the $2.07B Copper World mine in Arizona; Hudbay owns 70% and expects to pay about $500M of it from 2028 🧾 Packaging maker Sonoco took an $829M non-cash goodwill charge (a write-down on old buyouts), swung to a $732M loss and cut its yearly adjusted profit target to $5.30-$5.50 a share

Industry Sectors ranked by price strength and price momentum as of the Nov. 2 close: $XLB

$XLB another beautiful example of how you can use the first gap to predict the entire move via .382 level. / and concerning today's gap, that is an exhaustion gap.

$XLB $GLW $HWM Materials, week of Oct 26: 27 companies made news worth knowing. 📈 Earnings led the week: 16 companies reported results, and 11 of those reports were good for holders, 4 bad and 6 mixed 🚀 Corning, the glass and fiber-optic maker, beat its own forecast with adjusted profit of $0.91 a share, up 36%, and expects $0.96 to $1.00 next quarter ⚠️ The catch at Corning is that its plain profit was $0.78 a share, since its adjusted figure counts the yen at locked-in hedge rates, drops real hedge gains and leaves out some tax items 🚀 Howmet Aerospace, a maker of jet-engine parts, grew sales 29% to $2.703B and raised its 2026 profit forecast to $5.50 a share from $5.27 💰 Howmet also added $5B to its buyback (buying back its own stock), which can shrink the share count 🧾 International Paper, the box maker, lost $1.10B in the quarter after a $1.38B write-down of its Europe, Middle East and Africa unit

Industry Sectors ranked by price strength and price momentum as of the Oct. 30 close: $XLB

$XLB The Materials Sector ETF continued its uptrend on Friday, showing strength in the face of a red market. #IBDPartner

Industry Sectors ranked by price strength and price momentum as of the Oct. 29 close: $XLB