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The Best Sectors to Own When Everything’s Down
“Recession-proofing” comes up, unsurprisingly, with every recession. Some experts suggest investments in the consumer staples or utilities sectors, although there’s no definitive answer. To get a sense of which areas of the market might perform the best in times of trouble, Preethi Parmar, a Morningstar senior research and communications analyst, looked at how sectors performed relative to each other during recent down years. The table at right shows the number of years of negative performance for 12 sectors from 1992–2009 and the sectors’ average negative returns during this time period. The media sector had the most years of negative performance (seven), with an average return of negative 21% during years that had negative returns. The hardware sector
experienced five years of negative returns with an average return of negative 30.5% during those years, the highest average negative return within the group. The best performer under poor market conditions: consumer goods. The consumer goods sector experienced only four years of negative performance in the past 18 years, with an average return in negative years of negative 8.9%. There’s also some interesting sector data to be found in individual years of poor returns. In 2002 (when all sectors experienced negative returns), the hardware sector had the worst returns (negative 41.3%). The worstperforming sector in 2008 (another year when all sectors were down) was financial services (negative 50.1%). However, consumer goods performed the best among all 12 sectors in both of these years, with returns of negative 4.1% in 2002 and negative 22% in 2008.
Years of Negative Performance, 1992–2009
Sector Number of Yrs (Negative Rtns) Avg Rtn (Yrs with Negative Rtns)
Business Services Consumer Goods Consumer Services Energy Financial Services Hardware Health Care Industrial Materials Media Software Telecommunication Utilities U.S. Market
4 4 5 4 5 5 6 4 7 5 6 5 4
–19.6% –8.9% –15.2% –16.7% –18.2% –30.5% –13.8% –19.4% –21.0% –27.2% –22.4% –19.5% –20.0%
Sector categories are represented by the Morningstar Sector Indexes. The U.S. market is represented by the S&P 500 Index.
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Contents
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Contributors
Letter From the Editor
What Aspects of Health-Care Reform Will Most Affect Your Clients?
Bonds, Chicago Style
Investment Briefs
Which Risk Are You Managing?
Eye on the Prize
Advisors Can’t Rely on Fidelity Alone
Health Care Gets Back to Business
An Opportune Time to Bet the Pharm
Reform’s Impact on Other Health-Care Industries
Top Takeover Targets in Biotech
After Reform, Narrow-Moat Firms Have Strong Prospects in Diagnostics
Health-Care Investing Alive and Well
Quest for Knowledge
Four Picks for the Present
How to Make Your Bond Portfolio Inflation-Resistant
Weeding Through the Energy Patch
Uncertainty and Value in Basic Materials
Stock Market Doom-Busters
Hunting Down European Debt-Dodgers
Mutual Fund Analyst Picks
50 Most Popular Equity ETFs
Undervalued Stocks With Wide Moats
VA Sales Slip a Bit in First Quarter
New at Morningstar
Star Wars, the Sequel
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2010 - Contents
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2010 - New on MorningstarAdvisor.com
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2010 - Contributors
Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2010 - Letter From the Editor
Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2010 - What Aspects of Health-Care Reform Will Most Affect Your Clients?
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2010 - Bonds, Chicago Style
Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2010 - 13
Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2010 - Investment Briefs
Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2010 - 15
Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2010 - Which Risk Are You Managing?
Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2010 - 17
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2010 - Eye on the Prize
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2010 - Advisors Can’t Rely on Fidelity Alone
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2010 - Health Care Gets Back to Business
Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2010 - An Opportune Time to Bet the Pharm
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2010 - Reform’s Impact on Other Health-Care Industries
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2010 - Top Takeover Targets in Biotech
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2010 - After Reform, Narrow-Moat Firms Have Strong Prospects in Diagnostics
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2010 - Health-Care Investing Alive and Well
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2010 - Quest for Knowledge
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2010 - Four Picks for the Present
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2010 - How to Make Your Bond Portfolio Inflation-Resistant
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2010 - Weeding Through the Energy Patch
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2010 - Uncertainty and Value in Basic Materials
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2010 - Stock Market Doom-Busters
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2010 - Hunting Down European Debt-Dodgers
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2010 - Mutual Fund Analyst Picks
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2010 - 50 Most Popular Equity ETFs
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2010 - Undervalued Stocks With Wide Moats
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2010 - VA Sales Slip a Bit in First Quarter
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