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FYI: A look under the hood reveals a wide divergence in the performance between the 11 stock market sectors. In fact, about half of them—five of 11 sectors—are down for the year. The worst of the bunch is down by 8.9% so far in 2018, while the best is up 11.9%. Regards, Ted http://www.etf.com/sections/features-and-news/top-performing-sector-etfs?nopaging=1