April 3, 2012

Update On Sectors

So here's an update and comparison to my last post on sector weightings.

By market value:

3/23 post Today
Tech 17.7% Tech 16.0%
Gold 6.2% Gold 6.4%
Telecom 10.1% Telecom 9.8%
Consumer Staples 16.2% Consumer Staples 16.6%
Energy 6.2% Energy 5.4%
Industrials 5.1% Industrials 3.8%
Materials 6.8% Materials 7.0%
Health Care 0.5% Health Care 0.6%
Financials 6.7% Financials 6.7%
Trading 0.6% Trading 1.9%
Cash 24.0% Cash 25.7%


No major changes there.  Now by "risk" as outlined in prior post:

3/23 post Today
Tech 5.2% Tech 3.6%
Gold -0.4% Gold -0.4%
Telecom 15.1% Telecom 15.5%
Consumer Staples 29.3% Consumer Staples 29.9%
Energy 15.2% Energy 16.7%
Industrials 16.1% Industrials 6.0%
Materials 5.9% Materials 6.0%
Health Care 1.1% Health Care 0.3%
Financials 8.9% Financials 8.6%
Trading 3.7% Trading 13.8%
Cash 0.0% Cash 0.0%


2 items stick out.  The large jump in trading "risk" I will explain in another post.  The other item is industrials - I dumped my long calls in Boeing (BA).  BA has not been trading well and I was stopped out.  My rule is 50% loss in premium on long options that are designated as investment (time frame is weeks and/or months).  Perhaps what I mean by "investment" should be explained in another post also.