Market Sectors

Bespoke Investment Group updated their S&P 500 market sectors on Friday.  Below are the ten major  market sectors by their percentage in the index.

Technology, financials and health care are the three largest components in the index.  Health care with a 17% performance year-to-date is also the best performing sector in 2014, followed by utilities {15.7%} and then technology a distant third {roughly 7%}.   Energy is way down now and has lost nearly 24% of market value in 2014.  

*Link:  Bespoke:  Big Shifts in S&P 500 Sector Weightings.  

**Sector performance date is from Stockcharts.com.

+Long ETFs related to the various sectors shown above or long these via exposure to ETFs related to the S&P 500.