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Staples ETFs Down After Procter & Gamble Misstep

Shares of Dow component Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG), the world's largest consumer products company, are plunging by more than 4.5 percent Wednesday after the company forecast fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of 69 to 77 cents a share, below the 82 cents analysts are expecting.Emerging markets weakness is one reason for the disappointing outlook and while P&G's third-quarter results beat Wall Street estimates, revenue was light at $20.598 billion. Analysts expected $20.73 billion and the EPS beat appears attributable to cost savings more than other factors.P&G's Wednesday woes have trickled over to rivals such as Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL), Kimberly-Clark (NYSE:KMB) and Clorox (NYSE:CLX). Shares of Colgate-Palmolive are lower by more than two percent while Kimberly-Clark is off 1.2 percent. Clorox is down nearly 1.7 percent.Predictably, those glum performances are weighing on consumer staples ETFs a group of funds that have been market leaders for not just this year , but three years.The ...

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