Industry group |
1 month performance |
Building – Residential |
19.70% |
Finance – Consumer loans |
12.50% |
Retail – Apparel Shoes |
12.30% |
Banks – major regional |
11.30% |
Banks – southwest |
11.20% |
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Oil – US exploration |
-23.30% |
Oil Field Machinery EQ |
-26.60% |
Machinery – Electrical |
-27.20% |
Steel – Producers |
-29.70% |
Coal |
-65.57% |
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Money continues to slowly flow out of stocks. The one month |
RS rank is occupied by members of the retail and financial |
sectors. For first week since middle of July, they experienced |
stronger selling pressure. |
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The usual suspects at the bottom (commodity related industries) |
finished the week lower, despite showing some resilience as the |
weekend approached. The small bounce in Thursday and Friday |
is most likely due to short covering than a consequence of |
renewed funds’ long interest. |
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Market’s weakness is spreading slowly in all directions and there |
are fewer places to hide. If you are a retail investor, flexibility is |
your biggest weapon. There are no good or bad stocks, only |
good or bad trades. |
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