Week Ending 9/7/12 S&P 500, Asset Class & Sector Performance

*** The market obviously responded nicely to news out of Europe and hopes of QE3 (though I don't consider that bit of news positive).  Perhaps most noteable was the action on Wednesday before Thursdays big market move.  On Wednesday Small Caps surged.  It has been a while since small caps have led the way.  For the last two years we have been in a strong large cap S&P 500 market.  The moves we have been seeing recently are broad-based and I consider this a sign that the market has much more room to the upside.

S&P 500 Index	2.28%
Asset Classes		Sectors
Domestic Large Cap Value	2.30%	Technology	2.56%
Domestic Mid Cap Value	2.82%	Consumer Discretionary	1.96%
Domestic Small Cap Value	3.36%	Financials	3.22%
Foreign Large Cap Value	2.95%	Telecom	2.47%
Foreign Small/Mid Value	2.86%	Industrials	2.51%
Domestic Large Cap Growth	2.48%	Utilities	1.64%
Domestic Mid Cap Growth	2.99%	Natural Resources	3.86%
Domestic Small Cap Growth	3.38%	Real Estate	1.42%
Foreign Large Cap Growth	2.61%	Health Care	2.76%
Diversified Emerg Markets	2.48%	Energy	2.41%
Gold & Precious Metals	6.08%	Consumer Staples	1.32%
Real Estate	1.42%
Broad-Basket Commodities	1.06%
Regions
Europe Stock	3.75%
China Region	1.36%
Japan Stock	-0.16%
Latin America Stock	3.85%

 

 

Jon R. Orcutt, founder of Allocation For Life, is an asset allocation strategist and author of “Master the Markets with Mutual Funds: A Common Sense Guide To Investing Success”; Manager/Creator of the AFL Model Portfolios available for members of Allocation For Life in self-directed accounts at Folio Investing

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