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

12/9/2006

Weekend Sector Scan

 

Materials are still cruising, while the Energies took the week off and the Utilities made a nice pullback.

 

 

Consumer stocks, both Discretionary and Staples, are flirting with their recent highs but are still a little choppy.

 

 

Financials and Industrials weren’t quite able to clear their highs, and the Techs are still laboring a bit.

 

 

Health Care is unable to get off the ground floor.

 

 

The numbers as we move into the holiday season:

 

Sector Symbol 8 Week % Chg. 4 Week % Chg. 1 Week % Chg. YTD % Chg.
Energy XLE +11.7 +4.9 -0.7 +19.8
Basic Materials XLB +8.6 +5.5 +2.4 +17.4
Utilities XLU +6.4 +2.4 +0.1 +17.1
Consumer Discretionary XLY +4.3 +2.4 +1.6 +17.1
Consumer Staples XLP +3.0 +2.0 +2.1 +11.9
Technology XLK +2.5 +1.3 +0.3 +11.9
Industrials XLI +2.2 +2.4 +1.1 +12.4
Financials XLF +2.0 +1.2 +2.1 +14.3
Health Care XLV +0.3 +2.3 0.0 +4.8

 

Charts courtesy of StockCharts.com

Posted: 12:29 pm