Conclusion, Investment Implications, Strategy

“Profit stop” levels were “hit” today in three of our current long/overweight ETFs ideas as listed in Monday’s  (August 15th) Keys To This Week: Market Sectors & Industry Groups.  These three ETFs are:

  • SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (XBI): +16%
  • SPDR S&P Health Care Equipment ETF (XHE) +15%
  • iShares S&P Pharmaceuticals ETF (XPH): -1%
Analysis and Rationale

In the Monday August 15th Keys To This Week: Market Sectors & Industry Groups report, we aggressively tightened the protective stops on the long ideas listed in Table 2, entitled SECTORS & INDUSTRY GROUPS: PRICE / RELATIVE PERFORMANCE BASED OPPORTUNITIES, because many had quickly accumulated significant gains in outright and relative performance. 

The table below, an updated version of that table, shows that these stops were “hit” in three of these ideas:

  • SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (XBI)
  • SPDR S&P Health Care Equipment ETF (XHE)
  • iShares S&P Pharmaceuticals ETF (XPH)

Also note that many of these stop levels, listed in the Valid Above column, have been further adjusted upward since Monday’s report.