Posts Tagged 'Year-to-date'

2 Undervalued Stocks In The Booming Wireless Industry

The wireless communications industry is currently the top performing industry on both the three-month and year-to-date (YTD) time frames. The industry’s three-month and YTD performances stand at 31.07% and 56.10%, respectively. The S&P, on the other hand, stands at a much lower 6.04% three-month return and a 14.86% YTD return.

 

Here is a graphical, YTD look at the wireless communications industry’s performance versus the S&P:

 

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6 Undervalued Utilities

Though the S&P 500 holds a stronger, 6.42% year-to-date (YTD) return than the utilities sector’s 2.95% YTD return, the utilities sector began outpacing the S&P 500 in June and appears to be continuing to do so.

The utilities sector holds a three-month return of 5.63%, a one-month return of 2.10%, and a one-week return of -0.85%; clearly outperforming the S&P 500′s three-month return of -2.45%, one-month return of 0.25%, and one-week return of -1.86%.

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6 Bargains In The Top-Performing Telecommunications Sector

The telecommunications sector is performing significantly well this year, with a year to date (YTD) return of 13.52%; over 5% above the S&P 500′s (SPDR S&P 500 Trust ETF: SPY) 8.35% YTD return.

 

As shown by the YTD view on the graph above, the telecommunications sector began to outperform the S&P 500 in May and has continued to do so. Below is a further breakdown of this performance comparison along the different time ...

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Finding Value in a 13.92% YTD-Return Industry: 5 Undervalued REITs

With a 13.92% year-to-date (YTD) return, versus the S&P’s 7.72% YTD return, the real estate investment trust (REIT) industry has significantly beaten the overall markets in recent months.

Even the well-performing NASDAQ, with its 12.75% TYD return, trails the REIT industry by over 1%, YTD.

REITs offer real estate investment diversity to investors in lieu of owning physical real estate. This along with their, at times, hefty dividends have helped ...

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