Market Action

Performance rundowns for The Leuthold Group’s equity market sectors ranked by November performance.

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After wavering in neutral several weeks, Major Trend Index turned negative November 24...Go to sidelines. Market rallied strongly in November but fund investors uncharacteristically stayed on the sidelines. Is this increased caution or seasonality?

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Only nine of the 75 sectors tracked moved higher in October. Small caps shifted back to underperformers by going down more than the Big Cap Indices. Technology was devastated.

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Major Trend Index downshifts to neutral. Big loss in Technical measures due to late October sell off. We are in a critical market period...Have Mr. And Ms. Main-Street become more skittish after experiencing a dose of downside risk?

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Contrary to August, when the S&P 500 was beaten by 93% of the sectors tracked, September saw more normal action.

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Big caps lost favor in August, as the S&P 500 beat only five of the 72 sectors, while the DJIA only managed to outperform two sectors.

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On a YTD basis, the DJIA and S&P 500 indices have now beaten more than 75% of the sectors we track. Big caps have so far clearly dominated over most of 1997.

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In June, the DJIA and S&P 500 again exerted their dominance, as each outperformed about 70% of the sectors we track. On a YTD basis, these two market indices have now beaten about 80% of the sectors.

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There was a significant role reversal in May, as small caps significantly outperformed large caps. As a result, about 65% of the sectors we track outperformed the DJIA and S&P 500.

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Narrowness in the stock market was very evident in April, as the DJIA’s 6.3% gain was better than 70 of the 78 sectors we track (90%).

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Impressive rally did not alter Negative status of Major Trend Index. S&P 500 beat 90% of sectors in April. Earnings holding up well in Q1, but margins likely to shrink as the year progresses.

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Breadth improved in March, with 41% of the sectors outperforming both the S&P 500 and the DJIA. During the first two months of 1997, only 18 of 71 sectors were able to outperform these measures.

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Year to date, both the DJIA and the S&P 500 have outperformed 55 of the 73 sectors we track (75%).

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Technology was a big winner in November, with 8 of the top 20 sectors being technology related.

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While September was a surprisingly strong month, October was just confusing. Year-end cross currents seem to have started early this year. Major Trend Index now just barely in neutral territory with a ratio of 0.95.

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A performance rundown for The Leuthold Group's equity market sectors (and other measures) ranked by October performance.

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September a surprisingly strong month, with 4%-5% gains for most market indices. Significant MTI improvement, but still a ways from Neutral.

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Performance rundowns for The Leuthold Group's equity market sectors (and other measures) ranked by third quarter performance.

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Performance rundowns for The Leuthold Group's equity market sectors (and other measures) ranked by August performance.

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Performance rundowns for The Leuthold Group's equity market sectors (and other measures) ranked by July performance.

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