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No Place Like Homes: Watching Those Sector ETFs That Rally

Published 03/20/2022, 12:42 AM
Updated 07/09/2023, 06:31 AM
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Let’s take a look at, until recently, my favorite short—the real estate fund iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF (NYSE:IYR). I still have a large position on this (June $112 puts) and the analog is holding nicely.

IYR Chart

Here is a closer look at recent activity. I’m somewhat irked at the stock climbing Thursday and Friday, but considering how explosive a rally we’ve had (literally about four thousand points on the Dow in the span of a couple of weeks) I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised.

IYR Chart

Incidentally, there are other ETFs out there with very similar patterns (since they are also based on homebuilding/real estate) such as SPDR® S&P Homebuilders ETF (NYSE:XHB):

XHB Chart

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