Week Ending 10/19/12 S&P 500, Asset Class & Sector Performance

If you were able to tune out all of the drama in the financial media this week then you were probably able to notice that it was a pretty good week for the broader market.  Value stocks, both domestic and foreign, had very good weeks.  Obviously Google (GOOG) dominated the headlines, but the market demonstrated that it made it through the first full week of earnings season pretty well. 

S&P 500 Index	0.34%
Asset Classes		Sectors
Domestic Large Cap Value	1.11%	Technology	-1.42%
Domestic Mid Cap Value	1.13%	Consumer Discretionary	0.86%
Domestic Small Cap Value	0.39%	Financials	1.00%
Foreign Large Cap Value	1.80%	Telecom	0.07%
Foreign Small/Mid Value	1.09%	Industrials	1.13%
Domestic Large Cap Growth	-0.31%	Utilities	1.59%
Domestic Mid Cap Growth	0.25%	Natural Resources	1.56%
Domestic Small Cap Growth	-0.37%	Real Estate	1.23%
Foreign Large Cap Growth	0.93%	Health Care	-0.51%
Diversified Emerg Markets	0.44%	Energy	1.27%
Gold & Precious Metals	-0.32%	Consumer Staples	0.06%
Real Estate	1.23%
Broad-Basket Commodities	-0.87%
Regions
Europe Stock	1.42%
China Region	0.93%
Japan Stock	2.56%
Latin America Stock	0.82%

Jon R. Orcutt is the founder of Allocation For Life, Author of The Allocation For Life Investment Newsletter, Author of "Master The Markets With Mutual Funds: A Common Sense Guide To Investing Success" and manager/creator of the AFL Models available to Allocation For Life subscribers at Folio Investing.