{"id":6739,"date":"2024-01-05T08:57:28","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T14:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schenkelberg.investments\/?p=6739"},"modified":"2024-01-05T08:57:47","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T14:57:47","slug":"u-s-sectors-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schenkelberg.investments\/?p=6739","title":{"rendered":"<strong>U.S. Sectors<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Top performing U.S. S&amp;P 500 sectors as reported by Koyfin for the Fourth Quarter of 2023 include Real Estate (18.8%), Technology (17.7%) and Financials (13.9%). Laggards for the Fourth Quarter include Energy (-6.4%), Consumer Staples (5.5%) and Health Care (6.4%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Top performing U.S. S&amp;P 500 sectors as reported by Koyfin for the full year 2023 include Technology (56.0%), Communications (52.8%) and Consumer Discretionary (39.6%). Laggards for 2023 include Utilites (-7.2%), Consumer Staples (-0.8%) and Energy (-0.6%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Growth oriented sectors took center stage for the full year 2023.&nbsp; Growth stocks showed the ability to continue growing earnings despite rising interest rates.&nbsp; Strong cash positions helped technology stocks who not only continued to grow, but also benefit from rising interest rates.&nbsp; Higher interest rates provide greater return on cash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top performing U.S. S&amp;P 500 sectors as reported by Koyfin for the Fourth Quarter of 2023 include Real Estate (18.8%), Technology (17.7%) and Financials (13.9%). Laggards for the Fourth Quarter include Energy (-6.4%), Consumer Staples (5.5%) and Health Care (6.4%). 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