10/11 Financial Sector Update

1 Mo: 1.74% 3 Mo: -18.55% 1 Yr: -18.26% The financial sector saw a slight gain this past month, coming in under the S&P500 which saw about a 3.5% gain. Some of the larger financial banks are seeing modest gains over the past month, however. Namely, Wells Fargo has reached a 10.76% gain over the past...

Financial Sector Update

1 Mo: -5.3% 3 Mo: -18.6% 1 Yr: -16.9% This past month was another down month in the Financial Sector, coming in around -5.3%. Perhaps one of the bigger news coming out of this sector is Warren Buffett’s investment of $5 billion into Bank of America, that caused the stock to gap up...

Sector Basic Materials:

Industry   Market Cap 3 Mo Perf. 6 Mo Perf. YTD Perf. 1 Year Perf. Gold & Silver   $483.6 M -2.76% -1.69% -7.86% +13.35% Paper & Paper Products   $556.6 M -10.45% -11.77% -4.49% +16.28% Chemical Manufacturing   $6.6...

Sector Energy:

Industry (Energy)   Market Cap 3 Mo Perf. 6 Mo Perf. YTD Perf. 1 Year Perf. Oil Well Services & Equipment   $3.1 B -15.06% -16.08% -8.65% +20.49% Oil & Gas – Integrated   $20.2 B -16.06% -14.50% -4.18% +11.29% Oil & Gas Operations   $1.5...

Sector: Energy

Energy Sector Industry 3 Mo. 6 Mo. 1 Yr. Oil Well Services & Equipment -4.56% -6.77% +33.49% Oil & Gas Operations -8.94% -6.65% +23.72% Coal -24.30% -26.74% -3.98%   The price of Oil has fallen to low 70’s, could be a good opportunity for some of these big name oil companies....

Sector: Basic Materials

Basic Materials    Industry Size Market Cap 3 Mo Perf. 6 Mo Perf. YTD Perf. 1 Year Perf. Gold & Silver 304 Companies $488.8 M +0.44% -0.22% -7.05% +16.01% Paper & Paper Products 31 Companies $613.7 M -0.16% -2.64% +4.87% +28.50% Chemical Manufacturing 196 Companies $6.7...