The Effect of Coronavirus on Key Market Sectors

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.

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 7 ETFs representing different sectors and graphed the change in price since February 21. Two 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

STOCKS IN THIS ARTICLE

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