The ETF's known as Select Sector SPDRs divide the S&P 500 stocks into nine industry sectors. Using these funds the investor and trader can target a particular industry or group of industries which they believe holds potential. Because of the dynamics of the market there are usually strong sectors and weak sectors at any point in time. This is obvious by reviewing these performance numbers.

Below you will see the Total Return for these funds over the past year. The S&P 500 ETF (SPY) has been included for reference. The default order is by Relative Strength but you can sort on any other column by clicking either the Ascending or Descending arrows. ( ).

Volume Filter dolVol21 ----- dolVol21 Vol60 > < 0 ----- 0 100,000 500,000 1,000,000 5,000,000 10,000,000 Right Column:      default ----- default Price Volume cGroup $vol-21 Rtn-10d Rtn-2mo Rtn-4mo Rtn-5mo Rtn-3-6-12 Rtn-YTD RRS-21 RRS-42 RRS-63 RRS-126 RRS-189 RRS-252 1stDate

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✓	Name	Symbol	RSf	Rtn-1d	Rtn-5d	Rtn-1mo	Rtn-3mo	Rtn-6mo	Rtn-1yr	$vol-21
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Utilities	XLU	86.54	0.15	1.91	1.99	-0.30	-3.10	21.58	1b
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Consumer Staples	XLP	84.83	-0.88	1.11	3.01	4.58	0.14	10.07	1b
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Financial	XLF	83.72	1.11	3.70	-4.32	-4.83	2.57	19.46	3b
	Select Sector SPDR - Communication Services	XLC	81.57	2.00	4.62	-6.17	-5.77	3.46	18.81	691m
	Select Sector SPDR - Real Estate ETF	XLRE	69.29	0.30	1.93	-1.77	-1.40	-5.78	16.12	376m
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Industrial	XLI	38.58	2.24	3.53	-4.07	-8.93	-6.56	7.54	2b
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Consumer Discretionary	XLY	32.79	1.99	5.36	-5.74	-16.12	-1.76	14.54	1b
	SPDR S&P 500	SPY	32.49	2.10	4.00	-5.00	-10.34	-6.33	10.09	54b
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Health Care	XLV	26.30	1.22	0.81	-5.42	-4.64	-8.80	-0.29	2b
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Materials	XLB	16.99	2.16	3.79	-3.79	-6.71	-13.63	-5.17	658m
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Technology	XLK	13.72	3.73	5.94	-5.92	-15.05	-11.30	6.30	2b
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Energy Select Sector	XLE	13.46	1.60	3.56	-11.47	-10.48	-7.59	-11.50	2b

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The dynamics of Relative Strength are illustraded below for the past quarter. From this you can visualize which funds are improving on a relative basis and which are deteriorating.

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Symbol	04/24	04/16	04/09	04/02	03/26	03/19	03/12	03/05	02/26	02/19	02/11	02/04	01/28
XLU	86.5	91.4	93.2	92.7	86.7	90.0	89.8	78.5	88.5	84.6	85.7	64.3	66.0
XLP	84.8	89.5	89.9	82.4	56.8	43.1	57.7	71.5	65.0	51.4	53.5	34.0	37.9
XLF	83.7	83.1	93.8	94.7	94.4	92.5	88.6	91.6	93.1	91.1	92.5	92.3	93.2
XLC	81.6	66.5	90.0	89.0	92.1	88.0	92.8	94.9	94.7	93.2	92.9	93.7	94.4
XLRE	69.3	72.9	66.8	85.7	77.1	68.4	59.6	76.5	66.0	50.7	57.1	43.1	44.8
XLI	38.6	41.4	57.9	76.7	72.7	74.3	52.1	44.7	56.7	66.1	70.1	71.4	75.0
XLY	32.8	24.1	47.5	40.8	34.5	21.1	37.0	87.1	91.2	91.1	92.1	96.0	96.4
SPY	32.5	31.9	48.7	37.8	43.7	39.4	45.0	70.1	80.2	80.3	80.7	81.4	83.2
XLV	26.3	40.3	46.3	45.8	42.6	55.8	38.3	46.0	27.2	19.5	17.6	30.8	28.7
XLB	17.0	19.4	19.7	28.4	19.5	18.9	15.2	14.9	12.6	19.0	14.4	17.3	13.7
XLK	13.7	11.4	14.1	8.2	9.5	11.4	18.5	29.2	59.0	76.0	74.2	73.8	70.1
XLE	13.5	12.7	17.8	89.1	88.7	83.4	45.4	10.9	13.4	28.9	34.4	44.7	22.4