Update 8/6..Energy is back with IRAN holding the cards. Healhcare still looks good without volatility . MedTECH looking better: ABT,BDX etc. Why is ILMN down today?
Update-1 8/4/26 12:37P…Biotech in a broad rally today helped by NASDAQ up 2.47% and many stocks on our Focus list are up over 2%: ABSI,COGT, RCUS, XNCR and XBI up 2.74% at 151.34
- And from Barron’s: More Biotech M&A is coming notable being expiration of patents; as well as AstraZeneca in early discussions with Bristol Myers.
- TECH ,Materials and Industrials are strong this week.
Update -1 7/25/26 Baseline for Portfolio allocation:
DOW 51947, DIA Up 7.95% YTD
S&P 500 7411.98, SPY Up 8.36% YTD
NASDAQ 24975.8 QQQ Up 11.38% YTD
XLV 162.57, Up 5.02% YTD
IBB 188.14, Up 11.48% YTD
ARKG 37.81, Up 30.51% YTD
XBI 150.63, Up 23.42% YTD
XLE 59.62, Up 33.35% YTD
XLK 175.88 Up 22.16% YTD
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Sector Snapshot : Have you Allocated more Energy and Healthcare?
This year you probably did not beat the market with an S&P 500 weighing as the market shifted to equal weight.
As of yesterday your portfolio would have done better by adding Energy and healthcare to account for IRAN War and dampen the Volatility coming from the Tech Sector. Over the past month the Healthcare Sector gained 6%, 3% YTD and Energy gained 9.5% for month and 32.4% YTD.
Here is a Sector tracker provide by State Street Investment Management.
Here are sectors for one month.
Of course this dosnt mean you should dump your chip stocks for energy because the WAR news can be volatile. Just be aware of Sector Rotation on a weekly basis.
7/24/26 How does equal weight of S&P 500 compare to market weight:
- S&P 500 Equal Weight (RSP) at 213.61 up 10.6% YTD, one M up 1.5%.
- State Street SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) at 738.93 up 8.35% YTD, one M up 0.77%.
- Next we’ll look at impact of S&P 500 by sector .