End of Month Look for MARCH 2022 in the $SPX (S&P 500) and its eleven Sectors.
Bracketed numbers next to symbols show last month’s (FEB 2022) place out of 12 symbols listed by percentage gain/loss.
Of note is this past month’s big winning sector: Utilities! Not only a double digits win of 10.34% but $XLU just moved from 3rd to 2nd place in the dividend yield rankings as well. MARCH was a great month with eleven winners and one loser ($XLF -0.13%). This is the exact opposite of February when there was only one gaining sector ($XLE - what else?) See new data next to previous two months data below:
Symbol MAR 22 FEB 22 JAN 22
$XLU +10.34% (7) -1.91% (4) -3.26%
$XLE +9.34% (1) +7.07% (1) +18.77%
$XLRE +7.82% (10) -4.80% (11) -8.63%
$XLB +6.12% (4) -1.27% (8) -6.80%
$XLV +5.74% (3) -0.97% (10) -6.86%
$XLY +4.43% (9) -4.07% (12) -9.53%
$SPX +3.58% (8) -3.14% (7) -5.26%
$XLI +3.44% (2) -0.84% (5) -4.79%
$XLK +3.34% (11) -4.88% (9) -6.84%
$XLP +1.78% (6) -1.41% (3) -1.48%
$XLC +0.74% (12) -7.44% (6) -4.80%
$XLF -0.13% (5) -1.38% (2) +0.03%
$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:
```
MAR 22 FEB 22
$XLE +3.29% +3.31%
$XLU +2.69% (3) +2.94%
$XLRE +2.57% (2) +3.00%
$XLP +2.31% +2.34%
$XLB +1.66% +1.76%
$XLF +1.66% +1.65%
$XLV +1.39% +1.44%
$XLI +1.28% +1.32%
$XLC +0.83% +0.84%
$XLK +0.71% +0.73%
$XLY +0.59% +0.61%
```