On Break

11/16/2008

BMB On Break

It’s time again for a little BMB R&R, especially with the market behaving as bizarrely as it’s been. Maybe if we stop watching it start to behave a little better…

Posting will be very light and variable over the course of this week, but we’ll put up an open thread each market day for our readers to comment on the day’s market activity or to post any interesting links they might run across.

Check the space below for whatever the latest might be during this ‘off’ time, and please visit the various sites in the ‘Links’ and ‘Regular Stops’ for up-to-date market news and analysis.

BMB will be back in full swing by next weekend.

Posted: 1:00 pm

5/15/2005

What’s Hot, What’s Not

Items of note on the latest industry moves:

  • A pretty tough week for many groups. 10 of 32 groups tracked were down more than 4% this week.
  • Tech stocks continue to show some life, bouncing back from the pounding they took earlier in the year.
  • Commodity related stocks got beaten up pretty badly this week, and were already in pretty bad shape.
  • Various health care groups still acting well.

 

Best Performing Industries
Last Week Last 4 Weeks Last 8 Weeks
Disk Drives +2.9% Internets +8.1% Biotech +6.7%
Semiconductors +2.9% Networking +7.7% Hospitals +5.8%
Networking +2.4% Semiconductors +6.7% Drugs +5.6%
Comp. Technology +1.5% Comp. Technology +5.9% Health Care Prods. +5.2%
Internets +1.3% REITs +4.4% Health Care +5.0%

 

 

Worst Performing Industries
Last Week Last 4 Weeks Last 8 Weeks
Steel -12.1% Gold & Silver -8.6% Steel -25.2%
Gold & Silver -7.8% Airlines -8.1% Gold & Silver -21.4%
Commodities -6.3% Steel -7.9% Paper -16.5%
Oil Services -6.1% Paper -5.2% Commodities -13.3%
Paper -5.4% Commodities -4.2% Disk Drives -11.5%
Posted: 8:15 pm

Dangerous Safety

BMB has been telling you that the bond market is out of whack. Jim Jubak agrees.

Posted: 8:11 am