Group Watch
Group Watch - Only 12 Groups Up In Latest Week
Four Consumer Discretionary and three Utilities groups were among those seeing green in a week that saw the major indices decline.
Mixed Week For Materials Groups
Aluminum and Precious Metals are the two best performers in the latest week, but Commodity Chemicals and Steel were among the worst three groups.
Mixed Week For Retail-Oriented Groups
- Internet Retail is near the top, while General Merchandise Stores, Hypermarkets & Super Centers and Department Stores are near the bottom for the week.
- Similarly, Home Entertainment Software was the week's top group, while Consumer Electronics was near the bottom.
Coal and Power Groups Lead
- Internet Retail remains the best performing for the year at +94.6%.
- Precious Metals is still the worst performer for the year at -53.0%.
Health Care Groups Remain Strong
- Internet Retail remains the best performing for the year at +93.3%.
- Precious Metals is still the worst performer for the year at -49.3%.
All Groups But Two Up For The Week
- Internet Retail remains the best performing group of the year.
- Precious Metals was +1.9% for the week but is still the worst performer for the year at -45.0%.
Another Rough Week For Biotech Groups
- Internet Retail (+82.1%) remains the best group YTD, while Precious Metals (-46.0) is the worst.
Health Care Performance Diverges
- Three Health Care groups (Distributors, Facilities and Supplies) landed in the top ten performers this week, while both Biotechnology groups and Health Care Technology lagged in the bottom ten.
Materials & Industrial Groups Lead In Latest Week
Internet Retail (+81.8%) remains the best group YTD, while Precious Metals (-41.8) is the worst.
Energy & Materials Groups Rise In Strong Performance Week
Internet Retail (+79.2%) remains the best group YTD, while Precious Metals is the worst.
Tough Week for Biotechnology Groups
Internet Retail remains the best group YTD, while Precious Metals is the worst.
Health Care Groups Strong In Down Week As Obamacare Takes Effect
Internet Retail (+82.5%) remains the best performer YTD, while Precious Metals is the worst. Despite the S&P 500 being down 1.1%, 41 out of 120 groups in our universe were up for the week.
Areas Of Strength In Down Week
31 out of 120 groups were up in the latest week. Internet Retail (+80.1%) remains the best performer YTD, while Precious Metals is the worst.
Another Worst To First Week As Precious Metals and Homebuilders Lead Strong Weekly Performance
Precious Metals is the worst group year-to-date but best in the week. Internet Retail is the best performing group YTD.
Most Groups Up in Latest Week
Precious Metals are the worst group over the past week and for the year-to-date. Internet Software & Services is the best performing group YTD.
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