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 Fund - Consumer Discretionary	XLY	96.19	0.11	-3.98	6.59	14.35	27.08	27.56	787m
	Select Sector SPDR - Communication Services	XLC	93.97	0.29	-3.05	1.18	10.07	14.65	36.46	387m
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Financial	XLF	92.12	-0.19	-2.08	-3.49	7.46	17.72	31.43	2b
	SPDR S&P 500	SPY	85.32	0.60	-1.99	0.17	4.09	9.49	26.99	27b
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Technology	XLK	84.50	0.89	-1.40	1.97	6.47	5.30	24.77	1b
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Utilities	XLU	76.85	-0.48	-1.25	-7.12	-4.64	10.85	24.71	720m
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Industrial	XLI	67.71	-0.52	-3.22	-5.38	-1.10	9.45	19.39	978m
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Consumer Staples	XLP	46.86	-1.28	-3.30	-2.68	-4.79	2.49	13.93	765m
	Select Sector SPDR - Real Estate ETF	XLRE	33.84	-0.61	-4.86	-7.36	-9.63	7.97	4.93	207m
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Health Care	XLV	11.80	0.54	-0.40	-3.67	-9.96	-5.02	4.44	1b
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Energy Select Sector	XLE	11.72	-0.25	-3.82	-13.58	-5.59	-7.50	1.49	1b
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Materials	XLB	9.28	-0.60	-3.81	-9.08	-11.16	-3.61	1.29	443m

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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.

5-day Intervals 21-day Intervals

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Symbol	12/23	12/16	12/09	12/02	11/22	11/15	11/08	11/01	10/25	10/18	10/11	10/04	09/27
XLY	96.2	96.4	94.4	93.4	92.1	93.4	91.2	85.3	81.2	63.4	52.2	58.2	71.8
XLC	94.0	94.1	91.1	92.1	89.5	92.0	87.0	88.2	84.5	81.0	81.3	85.4	85.9
XLF	92.1	89.3	88.0	91.4	93.7	95.3	91.6	91.6	89.2	91.5	92.7	90.5	88.3
SPY	85.3	82.4	78.9	77.8	75.2	81.8	79.1	81.9	83.7	81.2	80.9	78.2	79.2
XLK	84.5	79.3	77.9	71.9	64.2	63.4	76.0	79.5	82.4	69.6	66.6	54.4	58.7
XLU	76.8	67.0	67.7	83.2	90.2	90.7	77.2	87.5	95.0	95.6	96.6	97.0	96.9
XLI	67.7	71.4	73.0	83.6	86.6	89.7	85.8	82.3	83.3	88.6	91.8	89.0	86.0
XLP	46.9	49.4	44.2	50.9	49.8	47.9	44.3	44.0	55.4	57.6	69.2	58.1	72.0
XLRE	33.8	46.2	50.7	59.6	68.5	68.4	64.6	73.1	88.8	88.4	83.7	89.5	92.4
XLV	11.8	7.3	7.9	11.7	11.3	11.0	32.3	31.6	33.4	42.2	52.8	45.0	45.0
XLE	11.7	23.0	45.9	53.7	62.2	56.2	44.1	21.6	9.1	10.0	27.1	27.5	6.6
XLB	9.3	12.5	36.1	46.8	48.1	43.8	52.7	53.3	57.9	69.7	63.8	56.1	67.0