Keeping An Eye On Performance

It is always important to keep a close eye on sectors which are performing well, over the long and very long periods of time. The reason? Often these sectors are places you have to have your investment dollar, especially within the companies that lead those particular sectors. Stocks move up in herding patterns and if you can keep a close eye on those groups which continue to be consistent outperformers and own stocks in those groups, you'll do far better than if you didn't. Here are some of the key figures based on 3Q data: