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Relative Weakness in Retail is Offset by Three Key Groups

Arthur Hill

Arthur Hill

Chief Technical Strategist, TrendInvestorPro.com

The PerfChart below shows one-month performance for ten industry group ETFs. Even though I am concerned with relative weakness in the Retail SPDR (XRT), this concern is offset by relative strength in three other groups. It has been a good month for stocks with the Home Construction SPDR (ITB) and the Internet ETF (FDN) leading the market higher. Both are up over 7% in since 22-Nov. Semis are also strong with the Semiconductor SPDR (XSD) rising over 5%.

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Arthur Hill
About the author: , 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. Learn More