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

2/3/2007

Weekend Sector Scan

 

Materials, Health Care and the Consumer stocks still looking good.

 

 

Industrials and Financials trying to move out, and Techs hold up, but are still a bit on the choppy side.

 

 

Energies and Utilities are coming up their right sides, recovering after their respective dips.

 

 

The numbers after yet another record-setting week:

 

Sector Symbol 8 Week % Chg. 4 Week % Chg. 1 Week % Chg. YTD % Chg.
Health Care XLV +4.5 +3.1 +1.5 +3.7
Consumer Discretionary XLY +3.9 +3.8 +2.3 +3.5
Financials XLF +3.3 +2.5 +1.6 +1.8
Basic Materials XLB +3.0 +7.0 +1.5 +5.2
Consumer Staples XLP +2.8 +2.5 +1.2 +2.6
Industrials XLI +2.5 +3.5 +2.8 +3.4
Technology XLK +1.5 +1.1 +1.7 +2.1
Utilities XLU +0.9 +2.7 +2.3 +1.0
Energy XLE -2.7 +4.9 +3.1 0.0

 

Charts courtesy of StockCharts.com

Posted: 9:28 am