This article was originally written by Jill Mislinski. Starting in January 2023, AP Charts pages will be maintained by Jennifer Nash at Advisor Perspectives/VettaFi.
As a result of the COVID-19 virus and its effects on the market, here's a short analysis of major ETF market sectors and the S&P 500 since February 21. We rounded up 8 ETFs representing different sectors and graphed the change in price since February 21. Three sectors proved to do better than the S&P 500 - consumer staples, healthcare, and technology, unsurprisingly. Scroll past the chart for an explanation of each ETF.
SPX - S&P 500
XLP - Consumer staples - Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund
VHT - Healthcare - Vanguard Healthcare Index Fund
FTEC - Technology - Fidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETF
XRT - Retail - SPDR S&P Retail ETF
JETS - Airlines - U.S. Global Jets ETF
VDE - Energy - Vanguard Energy Index Fund ETF
INN - Hotels - Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. REIT
PEJ - Leisure/Entertainment - Invesco Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment ETF
