Investment Review - November 2020
- The major U.S. equity indices finished October with negative returns. The total return on the major indices for the month were: S&P -2.6%, Nasdaq -2.2% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average -4.5%.
- With 64% of the companies in the S&P 500 reporting actual results, 86% have reported positive earnings per share surprises and 81% have reported positive revenue surprises.
- The S&P Technology sector from the market bottom on March 23 through September 2 gained 81% leading all other S&P 500 sectors. Since the market peak through the end of October, the sector fell 12.7% with energy being the only sector that performed worse.
Sources: Bloomberg LLC, FactSet, U.S. Commerce Department, Bloomberg Businessweek, IHS iSuppli
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