What A Week!

The bull market returned (at least for the week) as every index produced sizeable gains. The Dow gained +3.1%, the S&P 500 +3.6%, Nasdaq +3.5%, and the Russell 200 +3.9%.

Looking over this week's top performing sectors there are few surprises: oil & gas, metals, mining, long-distance carriers, steel, energy, trucking, auto manufacturers, water utilities, movie production, brokers, information technology, construction, waste management, retail, grocery stores, asset management, and software. The underperformers were in cable tv, drug stores, tobacco, copper, defense, lumber, and some REITs.

As for stocks, this week's top winners were ABN, ACAD, ACS, ALJ, ARXT, ASTI, AUXL, AVR, BAK, BELFA, BIOV, CCIX, CHIP, CHTP, CHTT, CQP, CTIB, EBS, EFUT, FFHL, FNET, FTGX, GROW, GRRF, GSIC, GTN, HAYZ, HRT, ICFI, IFS, IMCL, IOC, KRON, LNOP, MSON, OSCI, OSIR, PANL, PRKR, PXR, REFR, RIV, ROCM, SGG, SILC, SMRT, SMXC, SNDA, SNX, TBV, TGX, THE, TSTC, VII, VYYO, WFR, WPTE, WRES, and XIDE. Meanwhile, these stocks found a way to go down with just about everything else going up: ACET, ACHN, ACY, AIXD, BDAY, CBLI, CECE, CNTY, CVTX, DMC, DVSA, EEE, GCOM, HBP, INPC, IRIX, ISLN, JBL, JRC, JST, KNOT, MDV, MIPI, MOD, NT, NYMX, PQE, PRTS, PSPT, RBN, RFIL, SCHL, SPC, SRI, STEC, SWKS, SYX, TECUA, TRGL, TWM, USBE, and VOLC.

With temperatures climbing into the 60s here in Minnesota it looks and feels like Spring. I hope wherever you are you can find time to have some fun this weekend and enjoy the season. After the last month or so, we all deserve it. See you next week.