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I do know one thing, the options contracts for each of these are highly
NON-liquid......
very little trading.
the CBOE needs to do much, much more promotion of the sectors.....
I like your approach...I am try to do something similar with
options......but you can see the problem.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barry Silberman [mailto:barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2000 12:00 AM
> To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Question on Trading S&P 500 sectors
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> Perhaps someone on the list could help with question on trading relative
> strength of the different S&P 500 sectors.
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> General intended approach is to go long strong stocks within
> strong sectors
> and short weak stocks within weak sectors. However, have found only the
> following 6 S&P sectors accounting for only 147 stocks out of 500.
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> A- S&P Banks Index (BIX) (29 companies)
> B- S&P Chemical Index (CEX) (17 companies)
> C- S&P Healthcare Index (HCX) (34 companies)
> D- S&P Insurance Index (IUX) (19 companies)
> E- S&P Retail Index (RLX) (37 companies)
> F- S&P Transportation (TRX) (11 companies)
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> 1- Could someone tell me if there are other S&P sectors that trade which
> contain the other 353 companies?
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> 2- Are there other liquid indexes for EOD stocks you would recommend for
> use of this "Top - Down" approach?
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> Thanks for any insights you can help me with.
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> Barry
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