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XLU performs poorly in rising interest rate environments due to its dependence on low rates.
The State Street Utility Sector Spider ETF or XLU tracks the utility sector responsible for the power generation required by AI infrastructure.
That XLU chart is some ugly. I thought you were supposed to be safe. uh in not I don't really think that's the case in uh interest uh rate raising environments because they're so uh dependent on on rates being low.