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Consumer Discretionary Sector. February 2 nd , 2010 Sekhar Achanta,Tongyu Zhou. Recommendation. The Fund should underweight this sector when compared to S&P 500 index. The Fund should rebalance the sector by selling some retail sector stocks.
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Consumer Discretionary Sector February 2nd, 2010 Sekhar Achanta,Tongyu Zhou
Recommendation • The Fund should underweight this sector when compared to S&P 500 index. • The Fund should rebalance the sector by selling some retail sector stocks. • We see 20% - 50% returns in some select industries in this sector. • Automobile and components • Internet & Catalog Retail • Major positives for this sector is improvement is Consumer Confidence. • Biggest risk - Unemployment. • We recommend that the Fund should rebalance by selling 300 basis points of retail stocks in this sector and buy 300 basis points of automobile and components industry stocks and Internet and Catalog Retailing to keep the SIM weighting relative to the S&P500 at 6.99%.
Consumer Discretionary - Sector Details • The Consumer Discretionary Sector encompasses industries that tend to be the most sensitive to economic cycles. • Consumer Discretionary Sector manufacturing segment includes automotive, household durable goods, textiles & apparel and leisure equipment. • The services segment includes hotels, restaurants and other leisure facilities, media production and services, and consumer retailing and services. • Sector Size - The Market cap of the sector is $28.6 billion in the S & P 500 index. • The Total Market Cap of the sector is $2 Trillion.
Consumer Discretionary - Industries • There are 33 sub-industry indices in this sector, with Movies & Entertainment being the largest, at 15.2% of the sector's market value. • Industries in this sector • Auto Components • Automobiles • Distributors • Diversified Consumer Services • Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure • Household Durables • Internet & Catalog Retail • Media • Multiline Retail • Specialty Retail • Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods • Source: http://eresearch.fidelity.com/eresearch/markets_sectors/sectors/sectors_in_market.jhtml?tab=industries§or=25
Consumer Discretionary Sector- Top 10 holdings Source: https://www.spdrs.com/product/fund.seam?ticker=XLY
Consumer Discretionary Sector And Economic Cycles Source: http://seekingalpha.com/article/178437-sector-performance-and-the-economic-cycle
Correlation Coefficient R Consumer Spending Vs. Consumer Confidence
Correlation Coefficient R Consumer Spending Vs. Employment Rate
Correlation Coefficient R Consumer Spending Vs. Unemployment Rate
Correlation Coefficient R Consumer Spending Vs. CD Sector Performance
Consumer Discretionary Industries – Revenues and Earnings Growth Rates
Consumer Discretionary Top 10 Companies – Revenues, Earnings, Margins and FCF
Consumer Discretionary Sector- FCF Generation Compared to S&P
Recommendation • The Fund should underweight this sector when compared to S&P 500 index. • The Fund should rebalance the sector by selling some retail sector stocks. • We see 20% - 50% returns in some select industries in this sector. • Automobile and components • Internet & Catalog Retail • Major positives for this sector is improvement is Consumer Confidence. • Biggest risk - Unemployment. • We recommend that the Fund should rebalance by selling 300 basis points of retail stocks in this sector and buy 300 basis points of automobile and components industry stocks and Internet and Catalog Retailing to keep the SIM weighting relative to the S&P500 at 6.99%.