Market Performance Extra

Commodities: 1 week performance

  • Oil the star performer this week
  • Oil does seem like a sector that is starting to wake back up, could be worth having
    a look at some of the beaten down oil stocks

10 Year Government Bond Yield

  • A pretty calm weak in bonds
  • When Italian bonds are being bought (yields going down) you know everything is pretty calm

International Stock Indices: 1 week performance

  • Lots of overseas countries outpacing the US this week
  • In the UK the big supermarkets were doing well
  • And Canada benefiting from its exposure to gold and mining companies

US Sectors: 1 week performance

  • Just like in Commodities the Energy stocks were leading the way


Top 5 Industry Groups

Industry

5 day % change

Coal

+13.17%

Diversified REITs

+9.53%

Gold Mining

+8.75%

Pharmaceuticals

+8.16%

Oil Equipment & Services

+7.99%


Bottom 5 Industry Groups

Industry

5 day % change

Health Care Providers

– 12.35%

Internet

-3.88%

Semiconductors

-3.73%

Automobiles

-3.49%

Trucking

-2.73%

  • Mix of commodity related stuff and defensive sectors (tobacco was at number 6) showing up in the top groups
  • Health Care Providers sharp drop was really down to one stock (United Health Group), which gapped down massively

Individual US Stocks