Year-to-date sector performance shows five up and four down. In a rather strange twist, the consumer discretionary and industrial sectors are up, but the technology and finance sectors are down. Performance for the S&P 500 reflects the net result for the nine sectors (down 4.28%).
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Arthur Hill, CMT, is the Chief Technical Strategist at TrendInvestorPro.com. Focusing predominantly on US equities and ETFs, his systematic approach of identifying trend, finding signals within the trend, and setting key price levels has made him an esteemed market technician. Arthur has written articles for numerous financial publications including Barrons and Stocks & Commodities Magazine. In addition to his Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation, he holds an MBA from the Cass Business School at City University in London.
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