During the last two market downturns, an investor that invested in an equal weighted composite of non-cyclical sectors (staples, healthcare, utilities, and telecom) lost an average of 13 % less than S&P 500 ® index, and the best performing defensive
sector averaged losses of roughly 20 % less than the overall market.
Not exact matches
U.S. stocks extended their recovery on Monday, with the major
averages more than halving their recent correction
losses on broad gains in virtually every
sector.
They ranked low on the Standard & Poor's 500 Composite Index: Energy shares sank 5.9 %, on
average, while materials
sector stocks collectively shed 5.5 % of their value; among the nine other equity
sectors, only telecommunication services and consumer staples companies posted larger
losses.1
Their portfolio simulation approach: (1) is restricted to the technology, industrials, health care, financials and basic materials
sectors; (2) assumes an extreme sentiment day for a stock has at least four novel news items (prior to 3:30 PM in New York) and is among the top 5 % of
average daily positive or negative events; (3) makes portfolio changes at market close; (4) holds positions for 20 days, subject to a 5 % stop -
loss rule and a 20 % take - profit rule; (5) constrains any one position to 15 % of portfolio value; and, (6) assumes round - trip trading friction of 0.25 %.
In particular, Germany, France, the U.K. and the U.S. have the highest degree of outward spillovers as measured by the
average percentage of capital
loss of other banking systems due to banking
sector shock in the source country...
When workers in the private
sector are facing pay restraint, a 1 %
average limit on annual increases is necessary to minimise public
sector job
losses.
If you start to breakdown the
average index into its underlying
sectors, It becomes easier to see what is driving the gains or
losses for the market index overtime.
On
average, CMBS holders incur higher
losses on loans from retail foreclosures than from other
sectors, according to Trepp.