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10 Best And 10 Worst Performing Industries: Week Ending 5/9

Posted on 05/11/2008 05:42:22 | Link | Post Comment




From msn Money Investing:

10 Best Performing Industries:
Industry- -% Change One Month

Toy & Hobby Stores : 85.6%
Confectioners : 61.6%
Aluminium : 61.2%
Drug Delivery : 57.4%
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services : 57.0%
Business Services : 52.5%
Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration : 50.6%
Independent Oil & Gas : 50.3%
Railroads : 49.8%
Credit Services : 49.6%


10 Worst Performing Industries:

Drugs - Generic : -42.6%
Housewares & Accessories : -28.8%
Silver : -25.7%
Beverages - Soft Drinks : -22.9%
Telecom Services - Foreign : -22.6%
Music & Video Stores : -22.4%
Personal Products : -22.4%
Major Airlines : -22.1%
Water Utilities : -19.5%
Surety & Title Insurance : -16.5%

note: click on industry for specific names.

MSN Favored Sectors: Public utilities, Energy

My Favored Sectors: Basic industries

Industry trends usually continue for several months, so MSN's list of the past month's 10 Best and 10 Worst Performing Industries should give you some investment ideas. But, be sure to wait until a sector is on a Point & Figure "buy signal" before purchasing (and the market is above the 200 DMA ), but Do not ignore market risk!

BigCharts 1-Week 10 Best & Worst Performing Sectors & 3-month Top Performer from Marketwatch

With the help of this ETF screen, you can gauge which sector the money is flowing to and which exchange traded fund is making new highs.

Another screen: ETF screener, from the WSJ.

LET THE 200 DAY MOVING AVERAGES BE YOUR GUIDE TO BE IN OR OUT OF THE MARKET(S) Go to: Stock Charts.com for updates and to HeadlineCharts for their Weekly Point & Figure Saturday Bullish % Sector Watch for risk levels on the markets and on sectors. Read: Point and Figure Patterns

Read: How To Time the Market With Bullish Percent Charts

Bill Cara's Saturday Week 19 Re-cap & Bespoke's Sector Snapshot

Dr. Brett provides some ETF Resources for Traders and Investors

Wall Street Select's market sectors offers simple sorting functions.

Prophet.net's technical analysis glossary

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