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. ( ).

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Viewing data as of 2024-05-09 10:44 am ET (10 min updates).

✓	Name	Symbol	RSf	Rtn-1d	Rtn-5d	Rtn-1mo	Rtn-3mo	Rtn-6mo	Rtn-1yr	$vol-21
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Financial	XLF	89.22	0.41	2.64	1.57	6.97	24.57	31.02	2b
	Select Sector SPDR - Communication Services	XLC	88.21	0.21	2.60	-0.66	3.25	20.83	40.37	494m
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Industrial	XLI	86.69	0.76	2.77	0.98	7.64	25.02	28.21	1b
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Utilities	XLU	83.47	0.82	4.38	9.29	18.97	17.72	6.61	944m
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Materials	XLB	79.97	0.95	3.33	-0.03	10.79	20.39	18.78	422m
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Technology	XLK	79.89	-0.15	3.80	-0.08	-0.10	17.48	37.47	1b
	SPDR S&P 500	SPY	78.56	0.33	2.75	0.93	4.46	19.62	28.11	34b
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Energy Select Sector	XLE	75.66	0.96	1.55	-3.88	11.99	14.16	21.13	1b
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Consumer Discretionary	XLY	41.27	0.70	1.34	0.28	0.48	10.85	22.24	794m
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Consumer Staples	XLP	36.93	0.59	1.74	3.58	5.08	13.18	3.26	1b
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Health Care	XLV	32.78	0.53	1.68	0.88	-0.53	12.19	9.65	1b
	Select Sector SPDR - Real Estate ETF	XLRE	25.91	1.86	2.80	0.45	-0.76	11.88	5.50	361m

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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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Viewing data as of 2024-05-09 10:44 am ET (10 min updates).

Symbol	05/09	05/02	04/25	04/18	04/11	04/04	03/27	03/20	03/13	03/06	02/28	02/21	02/13
XLF	89.2	86.4	89.7	87.4	83.5	89.0	90.4	89.0	87.8	83.5	85.5	85.2	80.9
XLC	88.2	88.8	84.7	93.5	92.1	92.8	92.4	93.4	93.5	91.8	91.6	94.5	93.3
XLI	86.7	84.4	87.3	86.4	83.9	84.5	84.8	83.7	79.9	80.9	82.9	81.4	79.1
XLU	83.5	53.4	54.2	41.7	23.5	27.2	27.8	11.9	9.9	11.3	9.9	9.6	8.1
XLB	80.0	62.8	73.2	76.2	71.6	70.1	69.1	69.5	70.5	56.7	56.3	51.6	42.8
XLK	79.9	74.2	77.4	81.2	90.1	88.8	89.3	90.7	92.2	92.7	91.7	92.6	94.1
SPY	78.6	77.9	79.0	81.5	82.1	81.2	83.9	84.1	83.9	83.5	83.4	84.4	83.7
XLE	75.7	77.5	88.4	88.8	86.2	77.4	65.9	67.4	49.8	28.0	27.6	31.7	13.6
XLY	41.3	55.4	57.4	36.6	52.6	45.8	60.9	53.1	53.8	63.8	77.0	72.3	73.9
XLP	36.9	29.9	42.4	37.3	33.6	29.1	41.7	40.0	41.8	40.7	36.5	34.1	23.4
XLV	32.8	32.7	37.7	36.3	36.2	40.8	64.6	60.5	64.6	68.8	71.0	73.8	66.9
XLRE	25.9	14.0	14.4	9.9	19.1	28.2	40.1	32.5	42.7	46.3	47.6	48.6	42.3