FYI: The S&P 500 SPY ETF finished June down 2.49%, leaving it down 0.26% in the second quarter but still up 0.17% on the year. Below we highlight performance numbers (June, Q2 and YTD) for various asset classes using key ETFs that we track daily in our ETF Trends report (available to Premium and Institutional subscribers).
The Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) actually did worse than SPY and DIA in June, but it was up 1.39% in Q2 and remains up 3.7% YTD. Small and mid-caps are both outperforming large caps for the year as well. The Russell 2,000 (IWM) ETF finished June up 0.77% and is up 4.36% on the year.
Growth is far outperforming value this year, with the Smallcap Growth (IJT) up 7.03% YTD vs. a decline of 0.15% for Smallcap Value (IJS). Looking at sectors, Consumer Discretionary (XLY) was the only of the ten up on the month. Sectors like Utilities (XLU), Energy (XLE), Materials (XLB) and Technology (XLK) all finished the month down more than 4%. For the year, only two sectors – Consumer Discretionary (XLY) and Health Care (XLV) — have posted meaningful gains.
Regards,
Ted
https://www.bespokepremium.com/think-big-blog/2015-first-half-performance-numbers/Sector Tracker: (Click On YTD)
http://www.sectorspdr.com/sectorspdr/tools/sector-tracker
