Sector Comparisons
by Jay Pestrichelli on August 9th, 2012
As the market is a mere 1.2% away from a new high this year, we thought it would make sense to take a look at which sectors are performing the best and the worst. We’ll use the SPY (S&P 500 ETF) as the benchmark and compare it to the SPDR Sector ETFs.
Best performers over the past 12 months:
Best performers over the past 12 months:
- Consumer Discretionary: XLY (+25.3%)
- Technology: XLK (+24.8%)
- Healthcare: XLV (+23.4%)
- Consumer Staples: XLP (21.7%)
- S&P 500 (Benchmark): SPY (+19.6%)

Worst performers of the past 12 months:
- S&P 500 (Benchmark): SPY (+19.6%)
- Financials: XLF (+14.1%)
- Energy: XLE (+9.6%)
- Materials: XLB (+6.3%)

As a general practice, we also like to compare to some other asset classes. Here’s how equities are holding up against Gold, Treasuries, and the Euro:
- S&P 500 (Benchmark): SPY (+19.6%)
- Long-term Treasuries: TLT (+18.2%)
- Gold: GLD (-7.3%)
- Euro/Dollar: FXE (-14%)

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