CHART OF THE DAY: A Breakdown Of October's (Ugly) Stock Market Returns

11/01/16 07:37AM EDT

CHART OF THE DAY: A Breakdown Of October's (Ugly) Stock Market Returns - sector performance 11 1 16

October was a nasty month for investors blindly buying the S&P 500.

Stocks broadly were down -1.9% on the month. Meanwhile, Healthcare got absolutely shellacked and was easily the worst performer, down -6.6% on the month. 

The chart above has the complete S&P 500 sector breakdown. As you can see in the Chart of the Day below (from today's Early Look), our favorite long, Utilities (XLU), and short, Financials (XLF), shows a nice spread of +1220 basis points of outperformance for Utes. Also notable, the #LateCycle sectors, those most prone to the continual slowdown of the U.S. economy, were hit the hardest. 

Here are the highlights:

  1. Financials (XLF) +2.3%, earning its entire return for 2016 YTD in OCT = +2.0% YTD
  2. Utilities (XLU) chugged along, closing +0.9% in OCT at a league leading +14.2% YTD
  3. Healthcare (XLV) took up the #LateCycle rear, down a big -6.6% in OCT = -6.5% YTD
  4. Energy (XLE) got tagged into month-end, closing -2.8% for OCT = +13.7% YTD
  5. Consumer Discretionary (XLY) sucked #LateCycle wind too, down -2.4% OCT to -0.1% YTD

CHART OF THE DAY: A Breakdown Of October's (Ugly) Stock Market Returns - 11.01.16 EL Chart

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