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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✓	Name	Symbol	RSf	Rtn-1d	Rtn-5d	Rtn-1mo	Rtn-3mo	Rtn-6mo	Rtn-1yr	$vol-21
	Select Sector SPDR - Communication Services	XLC	84.14	0.42	0.75	6.24	-0.59	4.40	23.05	424m
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Industrial	XLI	82.42	0.06	1.08	8.84	4.76	-0.00	17.54	1b
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Utilities	XLU	80.59	1.02	2.27	3.83	3.41	1.22	17.36	842m
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Financial	XLF	79.54	0.22	1.45	4.51	-2.34	0.23	25.31	2b
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Consumer Discretionary	XLY	78.05	-0.54	0.58	8.38	-1.00	-2.78	22.84	791m
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Technology	XLK	62.37	-0.31	0.68	9.97	2.39	-0.99	7.41	1b
	SPDR S&P 500	SPY	59.39	-0.11	1.08	6.28	-0.81	-1.36	11.95	38b
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Consumer Staples	XLP	57.48	0.88	1.88	1.22	-0.30	1.42	10.50	1b
	Select Sector SPDR - Real Estate ETF	XLRE	40.72	0.10	2.71	1.04	-2.67	-4.99	16.29	170m
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Materials	XLB	14.37	0.01	0.55	2.92	-2.73	-8.70	-3.75	347m
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Health Care	XLV	6.20	0.21	1.60	-5.57	-10.94	-8.36	-5.89	2b
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Energy Select Sector	XLE	5.90	-0.89	-0.24	1.28	-10.41	-13.78	-9.48	1b

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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	05/30	05/22	05/15	05/08	05/01	04/24	04/16	04/09	04/02	03/26	03/19	03/12	03/05
XLC	84.1	84.7	84.8	83.1	84.9	81.6	66.5	90.0	89.0	92.1	88.0	92.8	94.9
XLI	82.4	84.6	82.5	77.6	54.5	38.6	41.4	57.9	76.7	72.7	74.3	52.1	44.7
XLU	80.6	74.5	81.3	86.6	87.9	86.5	91.4	93.2	92.7	86.7	90.0	89.8	78.5
XLF	79.5	83.1	88.1	87.4	83.0	83.7	83.1	93.8	94.7	94.4	92.5	88.6	91.6
XLY	78.1	78.9	78.1	47.5	30.5	32.8	24.1	47.5	40.8	34.5	21.1	37.0	87.1
XLK	62.4	49.1	67.7	34.7	29.3	13.7	11.4	14.1	8.2	9.5	11.4	18.5	29.2
SPY	59.4	56.0	61.1	47.5	39.9	32.5	31.9	48.7	37.8	43.7	39.4	45.0	70.1
XLP	57.5	55.2	56.6	77.5	81.0	84.8	89.5	89.9	82.4	56.8	43.1	57.7	71.5
XLRE	40.7	31.6	51.1	68.7	77.4	69.3	72.9	66.8	85.7	77.1	68.4	59.6	76.5
XLB	14.4	17.0	12.6	13.5	15.5	17.0	19.4	19.7	28.4	19.5	18.9	15.2	14.9
XLV	6.2	5.9	5.0	9.9	18.4	26.3	40.3	46.3	45.8	42.6	55.8	38.3	46.0
XLE	5.9	6.2	11.6	9.9	9.2	13.5	12.7	17.8	89.1	88.7	83.4	45.4	10.9