Comparing Home Improvement Stocks in H1 2018
Fears of the US-China trade war escalating and Amazon’s (AMZN) expansion hit home improvement and furnishing companies hard in the first half of 2018. The SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (XHB), which invests ~24% of its holdings in home improvement and furnishing companies, fell ~10.6% in H1 2018, while the S&P 500 (SPX) returned 1.7%.