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Archive for 'Sector Performance'

Sector Performance: Airlines Fly and Oil Dies, again.

For the 2nd week in a row, Airlines fly and Oil dies. Some of that came to a halt yesterday with oil rising a bit. Three of the top six stayed the same with Construction and Investment Banks, along with Airlines, remaining in the top 10%. The rest of the top performers for the […]

Sector Performance: Flyin’ High Again

Airline stocks rolled last week as the price of oil dropped. Four of the top 6 performing industries for the week of June 14-18 are those that have been hardest hit by the rising cost of gasoline and its effect on the consumer. Rounding out the rest of the top 10% best performing sectors were […]

Sector Performance: COAL regains the Number 1 Ranking

Last week 45 of the 59 industries we covered outperformed the S&P 500. We really like the Drug and Healthcare sectors. Last week we made two recommendations for our subscribers , one in Biotech and the other a Medical Device company, both are hanging in there despite the poor market conditions. In today’s Investment […]

ETF Screener: Is there a Doctor in the House?

In our weekly review of industry charts, seeking emerging trends, we have identified a few areas of strength in this market. We believe these sectors offer investors an opportunity to profit in the next 6-to-12 months.
Sectors with positive MACD readings include:

Sector Performance: 0 for 59

Last week only 2 sectors of the 59 sectors we follow managed to outperform the S&P 500.

Sector Performance: SIALing through 2008

Very few sectors outperformed the S&P 500 in last week’s turbulent trading. Coal remained the number 1 smoking performer. Soaps & Cosmetics moved up 4 spots to capture the 2nd ranking and Chemicals & Fertilizer dropped a couple of notches but remains in the top 10% of performers.
Three newcomers join the list this week, Finance, […]

ETF Screener & Sector Performance Review.

It’s no surprise with the HUGE spike in oil prices on Thursday and Friday of last week, we find oil stocks climbing back into the top performing sectors for the first week of June. Coal continues to cling to the top spot as Semiconductors and Soaps & Cosmetics round out the top 10%.

Sector Performance: The rise of the Dollar and the fall of the Oil Empire?

After a 1 week hiatus, we are back with our weekly look at sector performance.
The first thing we noticed was almost Oil related industries residing at the bottom of the ladder. Perhaps (hopefully) Bernanke’s commitment to the Dollar in yesterday’s testimony will help firm up the greenback and hold commodity prices and oil at […]

Sector Performance: Sunshine and Gains

Last week Green was as good as Gold as Alternative Energy Stocks basked in the sunlight out producing the S&P 500 by more 9% for the week. The Correct Call subscribers have shared in the warmth as we highlighted Solarfun last Friday as one of our stocks to trade on earnings. SOLF blew away […]

Sector Performance: Energy Back on Top and 1 Coal Stock Burning it UP.

After a hiatus, energy stocks have returned to the top of the charts with Coal Stocks leading the way. The top 10% of performing industries for the week were: