End of Month Look for February 2022 in the $SPX (S&P 500) and its eleven Sectors.
Only one sector, Energy $XLE, had a gain for the month of FEB 2022. Bracketed numbers next to this month’s loss shows last month’s (JAN 2022) place out of 12 symbols, listed by percentage gain/loss:
Symbol FEB 22 JAN 22
$XLE +7.07% +18.77%
$XLI -0.84% (5) -4.79%
$XLV -0.97% (10) -6.86%
$XLB -1.27% (8) -6.80%
$XLF -1.38% (2) +0.03%
$XLP -1.41% (3) -1.48%
$XLU -1.91% (4) -3.26%
$SPX -3.14% (7) -5.26%
$XLY -4.07% (12) -9.53%
$XLRE -4.80% (11) -8.63%
$XLK -4.88% (9) -6.84%
$XLC -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
See the monthly charts end of month, January 2022:
[https://twitter.com/peregreine/status/1498568656208474113](https://twitter.com/peregreine/status/1498568656208474113)
The 11 Sectors listed in descending order of dividend percentage yields end of FEB 2022:
$XLE +3.31%
$XLRE +3.00%
$XLU +2.94%
$XLP +2.34%
$XLB +1.76%
$XLF +1.65%
$XLV +1.44%
$XLI +1.32%
$XLC +0.84%
$XLK +0.73%
$XLY +0.61%