For long term investors, which is the vast majority of people, particularly those trying to manage their own 401k funds, nothing much has happened. Most of the market continues to be negative sentiment from a long term perspective, and therefore high risk. Not a single entry window in any sector has opened yet.
It looks like it will take at least a few more months of upward movement before it is safe to expose funds to most sectors in this market.
So here’s the long term sector and industry recap going into May.
| Name | Symbol | Long Term Status | Long Term Stop Price |
| Big Caps | SPY | Hold Short | $126.26 |
| Dow Jones Industrials | DIA | Hold Short | $113.68 |
| Mid Caps | MDY | Hold Short | $137.63 |
| Small Caps | IWM | Hold Short | $68.91 |
| Bond, T-Bills | |||
| 20 Yr | TLT | Hold Long | $89.67 |
| Basic Materials | IYM | Hold Short | $61.25 |
| Gold | GLD | Hold Long | $76.34 |
| Gold Miners | GDX | Hold Short | $39.60 |
| Metals & Mining | XME | Hold Short | $50.91 |
| Industrial Industry | XLI | Hold Short | $32.86 |
| Transportation | IYT | Hold Short | $79.99 |
| Technology | QQQQ | Hold Short | $42.09 |
| Semiconductors | SMH | Hold Short | $29.53 |
| Consumer Cyclical | XLB | Hold Short | $34.27 |
| Retail | RTH | Hold Short | $91.42 |
| Energy | XLE | Hold Short | $63.24 |
| Oil Services | OIH | Hold Short | $143.60 |
| Financial | XLF | Hold Short | $26.21 |
| Real Estate | IYR | Hold Short | $63.07 |
| Home Builders | XHB | Hold Short | $23.59 |
| Broker Dealers | IAI | Hold Short | $41.33 |
| Consumer Non cyclical | XLP | Hold Short | $25.64 |
| Utilities | XLU | Hold Short | $35.29 |
| Healthcare | XLV | Hold Short | $31.33 |
| Biotechnology | IBB | Hold Short | $75.66 |
| World | EFA | Hold Short | $65.04 |
| Hong Kong | EWH | Hold Short | $15.60 |
| Japan | EWJ | Hold Short | $12.40 |
| Taiwan | EWT | Hold Short | $13.02 |
| China | FXI | Hold Short | $38.25 |
| Emerging Markets | EEM | Hold Short | $37.47 |
| Brazil | EWZ | Hold Short | $57.49 |
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