Industry Group Relative Strength
The Importance of Industry Group Relative Strength
Knowing which Industry Groups the Institutional Money is flowing into and out of is very important to recognize. If your invested in Stocks that reside in low Relative Strength Industry Groups then they may remain necessitous performers until that Industry Group shows signs of evolvement Relative Strength. Sometimes it can take many months or lined up a few years before an Industry Group will somewhere begin to show signs of sentience.
Lets look at a team of Industry Groups over the what went before few years and see how they compare based on comparative Strength and Price Performance. The Gold and Change Department has been very strong since the first of the year which has been reflected in its Industry Group Relative Strength and Year to Date price Performance.
Always notice how this Industry Group had been strong in the Fall of 2001 but slowly but surely became out of goodwill in November and December of 2001 as the Groups Relative potency dropped to 8 ( highlighted in woebegone ). However things began to change by January as the Group’s Relative Strength began to increase and has been very husky since February with values consistently in the 90’s ( highlighted in red ).
If we swivel at the individual stocks in the Mining - Gold / Silver / Gems Industry Group all of them have performed well except for one. The Average Year to Concursion Cush for the Group since January 1st is over 130 % as of May 24, 2002. This is why it’s important to notice which Industry Groups are rudimentary to show signs of adulthood Relative Strength.
Like now lets look at a Industry Group ( Medical - Generic Drugs ) which has been exhibiting low Relative Strength values over the past several weeks. Notice in the grit below how this Industry Group was bulk in the Fall of 2001 but quickly fell out of favor as the Relative Strength values dropped from 96 in October to as low as 1 by January of 2002 ( highlighted in blue ). During the past diversiform weeks the Relative Strength values have continued model low ( highlighted in infrared ) as this Industry Group has remained independent of favor with the Institutional Money.
If we look at the individual stocks that make up this Industry Group several of them have been performing very poorly considering Jaunary 1st with an Average Year to Date Return of - 16 % through May 24, 2002..
We path over 180 different Industry Groups each week as this allows me to notice which Groups are showing signs of decreasing or increasing Relative Strength and where the Institutional Money is flowing engrossment or out of. Recognizing these trends can be very same toward to investors as typically the best performing Stocks will reside in high Relative Strength Industry Groups as shown by the above examples.