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Consumer Stocks Have Doubled The S&P 500’s Return This Year — Here Are The Winners: (XLY) 18.54% YTD

TedTed
in The Bullpen
FYI: Bloomberg on Thursday reported that its Consumer Comfort Index had risen to its highest level since 2001.

With other signs of robust U.S. economic growth, this is a good time to highlight the makers and sellers of consumer products that have already been posting strong sales growth.

Here’e Bloomberg’s latest report about the Consumer Comfort Index. The U.S. leading economic indicators point to a strong second half of 2018, and bond investors are also showing confidence that the nearly nine-year U.S. economic expansion will continue.

So which consumer companies are showing the best sales growth? We’ll get to that in a moment. First, here’s an illuminating summary of how all 11 S&P 500 SPX, +0.79% sectors have performed so far this year, followed by two related lists of winners and losers:
Regards,
Ted
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/consumer-stocks-have-doubled-the-sp-500s-return-this-year-here-are-the-winners-2018-09-20/print

Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-20/u-s-consumer-comfort-rises-to-new-17-year-high-on-economy-views
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