The two sectors (and trades) that have continued to work well during the “recovery” are the defense sector and the defensive sector (i.e. healthcare).
The make-up of the above ETFS are as follows:
| PPA PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Port. |
| UTX – 6.53% |
| BA – 6.36% |
| HON – 6.35% |
| LMT – 6.30% |
| PCP – 5.83% |
| GD – 5.07% |
| NOC – 4.49% |
| RTN – 4.39% |
| COL – 4.17% |
| LLL – 3.93% |
| Total: 53.41% |
| RYH Guggenheim Equal Weight Healthcare ETF |
| ALXN – 2.16% |
| REGN – 2.06% |
| GILD – 2.04% |
| STJ – 2.04% |
| CI – 2.03% |
| CELG – 2.02% |
| AMGN – 1.99% |
| UNH – 1.99% |
| WLP – 1.97% |
| HUM – 1.95% |
| Total: 20.25% |
| XLV Healthcare Select Sector SPDR |
| JNJ – 13.37% |
| PFE – 10.02% |
| MRK – 7.45% |
| GILD – 4.73% |
| AMGN – 4.23% |
| UNH – 3.79% |
| BMY – 3.76% |
| ABBV – 3.64% |
| ESRX – 2.95% |
| CELG – 2.92% |
| Total: 56.86% |
As can be seen in the tables above, XLV is more heavily weighted toward large cap healthcare companies.
Notes: Charting data provided courtesy of StockCharts.com.
Disclosure: I own many of the shares listed above, indirectly, through the Vanguard Total Stock Market (VTI) ETF.
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