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Re: Question on Trading S&P 500 sectors



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i suggest you go to the nasdaq-amex site and look into
the sp sectors, xle,xlk,etc.
they are not very liquid however.only the tech and energy are ok.





Barry Silberman wrote:

> Perhaps someone on the list could help with question on trading relative
> strength of the different S&P 500 sectors.
>
> 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.
>
> 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)
>
> 1-  Could someone tell me if there are other S&P sectors that trade which
> contain the other 353 companies?
>
> 2-  Are there other liquid indexes for EOD stocks you would recommend for
> use of this "Top - Down" approach?
>
> Thanks for any insights you can help me with.
>
> Barry