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Resiliency Is the Headline Thursday's market action can be summed up in one word: resiliency. Granddad Russell 2000, represented by IWM, held its 200-day moving average, showing surprising strength in small caps.

The Advance Retail Sales Report from the Census Bureau showed consumer spending was more robust than expected in February.

VanEck Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:RTH) gives investors a concentrated bet on the largest retail names in America, but that concentration is precisely what makes it worth understanding before putting money in. With the fund essentially flat year-to-date, down just 0.07%, while its more broadly diversified peer SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:XRT) has lost 6% over the... Consumer Sentiment at 56.4: The Number RTH Investors…

A smart beta exchange traded fund, the State Street SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT) debuted on 06/19/2006, and offers broad exposure to the Consumer Discretionary ETFs category of the market.

U.S. consumer spending has remained resilient, but there is a growing divide in who is spending and what they're spending on. In what many economists describe as a K-shaped economy, higher-income households have continued to prosper, allowing them to spend freely, while lower-income consumers have scaled back as elevated prices, lagging incomes, and rising debt have taken a toll.