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Dow Jones U.S. Economic Sector Review
Written by Journal of Indexes Staff   
Tuesday, 21 October 2008 00:00
HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE RETURNS
  Total Return(%) Annualized Total Return(%)
Industry 1-Month 3-Month YTD 2008 1-Year 3-Year 5-Year 10-Year Since Inception
Basic Materials -1.26 14.14 10.57 32.86 22.45 24.89 21.70 9.27 10.19
Consumer Goods -8.83 -8.57 -12.75 9.69 -9.57 4.19 7.97 3.11 8.41
Consumer Services -10.08 -4.73 -11.08 -7.18 -21.02 -1.51 2.84 1.46 7.72
Financials -17.32 -16.41 -27.11 -17.66 -39.45 -8.12 0.30 1.42 10.38
Health Care -4.46 -1.13 -11.96 8.36 -9.92 1.86 4.06 3.55 8.76
Industrials -10.77 -5.38 -10.66 13.57 -10.73 8.17 11.53 3.97 8.88
Oil & Gas 2.67 18.20 10.84 34.84 26.35 26.84 30.43 16.04 15.72
Technology -9.33 3.32 -12.90 15.70 -7.86 6.55 8.06 1.70 11.58
Telecommunications -11.67 -3.13 -17.31 10.04 -21.11 7.46 7.96 -1.90 5.37
Utilities -0.95 8.58 -2.02 17.76 5.97 12.08 16.74 7.89 9.02
 
DOW JONES U.S. INDUSTRY REPRESENTATION
Industry Market Cap
(USD Billions)
Weight in
DJ U.S. Index
Basic Materials 611.69 4.59%
Consumer Goods 1,194.20 8.96%
Consumer Services 1,377.09 10.33%
Financials 1,940.66 14.56%
Health Care 1,512.46 11.35%
Industrials 1,792.41 13.45%
Oil & Gas 1,943.62 14.59%
Technology 1,941.96 14.57%
Telecommunications 392.73 2.95%
Utilities 618.05 4.64%
 
CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS: U.S. INDUSTRY INDEXES VS. U.S. TMI AND SIZE INDEXES
Industry 1000 3000 5000 8000 4000 2000 0001 9000 6000 7000
Basic Materials 0.3653                  
Consumer Goods 0.5300 1.0000                
Consumer Services 0.2943 0.7015 1.0000              
Financials 0.3098 0.6482 0.8017 1.0000            
Health Care 0.5643 0.7526 0.5402 0.5271 1.0000          
Industrials 0.2592 0.7486 0.8233 0.6694 0.4620 1.0000        
Oil & Gas 0.4924 0.2504 0.0984 0.0607 0.2659 0.2576 1.0000      
Technology 0.4400 0.7085 0.7093 0.5248 0.5668 0.8157 0.4482 1.0000    
Telecommunications 0.4112 0.6435 0.7214 0.6925 0.4939 0.7392 0.2400 0.6714 1.0000  
Utilities 1.0000 0.5300 0.2943 0.3098 0.5643 0.2592 0.4924 0.4400 0.4112 1.0000
 
DOW JONES U.S. INDUSTRY REPRESENTATION BY SIZE (IN BILLIONS USD)
Industry DJ U.S.
Large-Cap
Market Cap
DJ U.S.
Large-Cap
Weight
DJ U.S.
Mid-Cap
Market Cap
DJ U.S.
Mid-Cap
Weight
DJ U.S.
Small-Cap
Market Cap
DJ U.S.
Small-Cap
Weight
DJ U.S.
TMI
Market Cap
Basic Materials 399.31 3.97% 161.63 6.67% 50.75 5.95% 611.69
Consumer Goods 925.18 9.21% 201.57 8.32% 67.45 7.91% 1,194.20
Consumer Services 1,035.05 10.30% 246.67 10.18% 95.37 11.18% 1,377.09
Financials 1,405.51 13.99% 405.42 16.73% 129.73 15.21% 1,940.66
Health Care 1,246.26 12.40% 175.59 7.24% 90.62 10.62% 1,512.46
Industrials 1,118.98 11.14% 485.11 20.01% 188.32 22.07% 1,792.41
Oil & Gas 1,621.44 16.14% 237.76 9.81% 84.42 9.90% 1,943.62
Technology 1,568.33 15.61% 267.91 11.05% 105.73 12.39% 1,941.96
Telecommunications 327.78 3.26% 63.56 2.62% 1.38 0.16% 392.73
Utilities 400.07 3.98% 178.62 7.37% 39.36 4.61% 618.05
Total 10,047.91 75.41% 2,423.84 18.19% 853.13 6.40% 13,324.88
Source: Dow Jones Indexes. Data is based on total return index values as of 6/30/08. Correlations are monthly correlations for June 2005 through June 2008.

 

 

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