Stocks have started the year in concerning fashion. Speaking of concerning, that is one of the words that can be used to described the early year performances by some of 2015's leadership groups.
For example, consumer discretionary was last year's best-performing sector as the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLY), the largest exchange traded fund tracking the consumer cyclical space, rose nearly 10 percent in 2015. Some familiar names drove XLY higher last year.
That group includes XLY's largest holding, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), as well as some of the Dow's best performers in 2015, namely Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD), McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) and Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE).
The new year has been a different ballgame for consumer stocks ...
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