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With consumer prices rising, it’s important for advisors and investors to understand the role the Consumer Staples sector plays in a diversified portfolio, especially in these times of higher than usual inflation.
When inflation doubles, as the U.S. economy has seen over the last 12 months, consumer spending habits typically shift to frugality. Buying new Nike shoes and Coach purses can be put off, but spending on essentials like toothpaste, not so much.
The Consumer Staples ETF (XLP) tracks a market-cap-weighted index of consumer staples stocks selected from the S&P 500 and can be reflective of the shift in consumer spending toward basic consumer staples versus discretionary services. XLP’s top holdings* are Procter & Gamble (14.45%), Pepsi (10.31%), Costco (9.65%), and Coca-Cola (9.47%). Rounding out the top 10, all with significant weightings, are Walmart, Mondelez (one of the world’s largest snack maker who owns Nabisco and Cadbury), tobacco companies Philp Morris and Altria, Colgate-Palmolive, and Target.
A Walk Through the Grocery Store
XLP represents a typical walk through a grocery store or the stores themselves. This is a very simple ETF to understand under the hood.
XLP delivers a representative basket of consumer staples firms. Because XLP pulls its stocks from the S&P 500 rather than the broad market, the fund’s holdings are nearly all large caps, which investors may appreciate for their familiarity and stability.
The Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR fund seeks to provide exposure to stocks in the following industries: food and staples retailing, beverage, food products, tobacco, household, and personal products. The index is rebalanced quarterly to meet diversification requirements.
XLP was launched in 1998, making it a stalwart on the ETF market. The ETF has been through recessions, the Great Financial Crisis, and today’s choppy economic times. With over $17 billion in assets under management and a low-cost expense ratio of 0.10%**, XLP offers advisors and investors an easy and inexpensive way to access this basket of large-cap companies that service basic consumer needs.
ETF investing can be simple to understand and convey to clients with a fund like XLP. The constituents are everyday products and the retailers where consumers patronize.
The key is understanding the role XLP can play in a diversified portfolio, and that it is one that has been battle tested during uncertain economic times and rising inflation. The consumer will always need basic consumer goods.
DISCLAIMER: This is a work of research and should not be taken as investment or financial advice. Therefore, Select Sector SPDRs or the publisher is not liable for any decision made based on the publication.
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