End of Month Look for APRIL 2022 in the $SPX (S&P 500) and its eleven Sectors.
Bracketed numbers next to symbols show last month’s (MAR 2022) place out of 12 symbols listed by percentage gain/loss.
Symbol APR 22 MAR 22 FEB 22 JAN 22
$XLP +2.31% (10) +1.78% (6) -1.41% (3) -1.48%
$XLE -1.69% (2) +9.34% (1) +7.07% (1) +18.77%
$XLB -3.54% (4) +6.12% (4) -1.27% (8) -6.80%
$XLRE -3.56% (3) +7.82% (10) -4.80% (11) -8.63%
$XLU -4.30% (1) +10.34% (7) -1.91% (4) -3.26%
$XLV -4.89% (5) +5.74% (3) -0.97% (10) -6.86%
$XLI -7.61% (8) +3.44% (2) -0.84% (5) -4.79%
$SPX -8.80% (7) +3.58% (8) -3.14% (7) -5.26%
$XLF -9.94% (12) -0.13% (5) -1.38% (2) +0.03%
$XLK -11.02% (9) +3.34% (11) -4.88% (9) -6.84%
$XLY -11.96% (6) +4.43% (9) -4.07% (12) -9.53%
$XLC -14.13% (11) +0.74% (12) -7.44% (6) -4.80%
$SPX = S&P 500 Composite
$XLB = Materials
$XLC = Communications Services
$XLE = Energy
$XLI = Industrial
$XLF = Finance
$XLK = Technology
$XLP = Consumer Staples
$XLRE = Real Estate
$XLU = Utilities
$XLV = Healthcare
$XLY = Consumer Discretionary
The 11 Sectors listed in descending order of dividend percentage yields end of FEB 2022. Numbers in parenthesis show last month’s rank by dividend yield and a change in position. If there is no number in parenthesis following a percentage, then that sector is in the same descending order spot it was in last month.
Dividend yield percentages:
APR 22 MAR 22 FEB 22
$XLE +3.35% +3.29% +3.31%
$XLU +2.81% +2.69% (3) +2.94%
$XLRE +2.66% +2.57% (2) +3.00%
$XLP +2.26% +2.31% +2.34%
$XLB +1.72% (5) +1.66% +1.76%
$XLF +1.85% (6) +1.66% +1.65%
$XLV +1.46% +1.39% +1.44%
$XLI +1.39% +1.28% +1.32%
$XLC +0.97% +0.83% +0.84%
$XLK +0.80% +0.71% +0.73%
$XLY +0.67% +0.59% +0.61%