Contrarian Stock Market Investing News - Featuring Bargain Stocks » sector ETFs http://www.contrarianprofits.com Access market-beating ideas from the world's top investment gurus on stock market investing, the gold market, ETFs, Forex trading and real estate values. Mon, 10 May 2010 15:10:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 The Best Performing Sector Of The S&P 500 Is… http://www.contrarianprofits.com/articles/the-best-performing-sector-of-the-sp-500-is/12331 http://www.contrarianprofits.com/articles/the-best-performing-sector-of-the-sp-500-is/12331#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:32:51 +0000 Charles Delvalle http://www.contrarianprofits.com/?p=12331 Years ago when I was in high school – having fun and chasing girls – the last thing I ever thought I’d enjoy was spending my mornings with a freezing cup of iced coffee, looking at how sectors of the S&P 500 performed over the past 365 days.

I’m convinced that if the old me met the new me, he’d want to slap me. But then again, the new me is getting paid. The old me waited for a $20 handout at the end of the week from his father.

Back to the topic at hand – take a look at the sector of the S&P 500 did the best this past year…

If you’ve just looked at this chart of the Consumer…

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I’m convinced that if the old me met the new me, he’d want to slap me. But then again, the new me is getting paid. The old me waited for a $20 handout at the end of the week from his father.

Back to the topic at hand – take a look at the sector of the S&P 500 did the best this past year…
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If you’ve just looked at this chart of the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR (NYSE:XLP) and thought to yourself “that doesn’t look good at all”, you’re not alone.

After all, you still would have lost about 15%. But you didn’t lose nearly as much as you would’ve had you put your money in any other sector.

For instance, you would have lost 32% had you put your money into the Energy Select SPDR (NYSE:XLE) instead. And the Financials Select Sector SPDR (NYSE:XLF) did dreadfully worse, losing about 68%.

The fact that the consumer staples have weathered this recession the best so far means that when things get better, they could be the first sector headed higher.

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