Top Stocks 2014: Semiconductor Memory Chips, Oil & Gas Refining

Find best performing sector stocks of week 16 2014. Top stock industries are Semiconductor Memory Chips, Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing, etc.

Top Stocks

This post will look into the top performing stocks, industry, sector, and market capitalization. You can adjust your investment in your brokerage or retirement accounts (IRA). Major market indices have recovered some of their losses in 2014. The S&P 500 index has a weekly return of 1.75%. NASDAQ Composite has a weekly return of 1.02%.

Best weekly performance of industry stocks of week 16, 2014 (April 14, 2014 – April 20, 2014) are:

1. Semiconductor Memory Chips – 10.10%
2. Internet Service Providers – 6.62%
3. Toy & Hobby Stores – 5.29%
4. Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing – 4.39%
5. Appliances – 4.15%
6. Trucking
7. Aerospace/Defense - Major Diversified
8. Independent Oil & Gas
9. Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
10. Beverages - Soft Drinks
11. Rental & Leasing Services
12. REIT - Hotel/Motel
13. Rubber & Plastics
14. Aerospace/Defense Products & Services
15. Photographic Equipment & Supplies
16. Specialty Chemicals
17. Investment Brokerage - National
18. Beverages - Brewers
19. Internet Software & Services
20. Industrial Equipment & Components

No.	Name	Perf Week	Perf Month	Perf Quart	Perf Half	Perf Year
1	Semiconductor- Memory Chips	10.10%	0.37%	5.11%	40.07%	151.24%
2	Internet Service Providers	6.62%	-13.33%	-1.51%	1.33%	93.04%
3	Toy & Hobby Stores	5.29%	27.06%	36.51%	66.52%	134.80%
4	Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing	4.39%	2.71%	7.38%	23.16%	23.54%
5	Appliances	4.15%	2.97%	-2.51%	15.31%	39.19%
6	Trucking	4.15%	1.93%	3.40%	14.32%	36.81%
7	Aerospace/Defense - Major Diversified	3.99%	-0.14%	5.40%	29.99%	69.47%
8	Independent Oil & Gas	3.96%	8.84%	13.13%	7.66%	34.81%
9	Oil & Gas Equipment & Services	3.92%	8.48%	13.18%	9.77%	39.45%
10	Beverages - Soft Drinks	3.40%	5.40%	2.89%	6.23%	2.16%
11	Rental & Leasing Services	3.38%	1.38%	7.87%	28.60%	41.34%
12	REIT - Hotel/Motel	3.33%	2.79%	6.96%	15.97%	25.44%
13	Rubber & Plastics	3.32%	0.03%	2.71%	13.15%	41.89%
14	Aerospace/Defense Products & Services	3.31%	2.18%	1.31%	16.61%	50.36%
15	Photographic Equipment & Supplies	3.30%	-2.08%	-6.19%	-1.05%	9.30%
16	Specialty Chemicals	3.30%	0.28%	6.62%	17.37%	43.36%
17	Investment Brokerage - National	3.29%	-5.46%	-6.72%	2.27%	30.36%
18	Beverages - Brewers	3.11%	8.71%	5.01%	9.57%	8.14%
19	Internet Software & Services	3.07%	-2.07%	-8.58%	-8.06%	12.06%
20	Industrial Equipment & Components	3.03%	2.19%	-0.71%	17.57%	51.89%

Semiconductor Memory Chips and Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing Stocks

Looking into top semiconductor memory chips & internet service providers stocks can provide an insight what stock market will bring during upcoming summer season. Retail or institutional investors may want to rotate to this sector to avoid bad performance.

Top Semiconductor Memory Chips Stocks of week 16 are:

1. Micron Technology Inc. – 10.29%
2. Rambus Inc. – 10.11%
3. Spansion Inc. – 4.13%
4. Integrated Silicon Solution Inc.
5. SemiLEDs Corporation

No.	Company	Ticker	Perf Week	Perf Month	Perf Year	Perf YTD	Price
1	Micron Technology Inc.	MU	10.29%	-0.29%	159.05%	9.93%	23.91
2	Rambus Inc.	RMBS	10.11%	15.05%	82.37%	29.99%	12.31
3	Spansion Inc.	CODE	4.13%	4.95%	68.54%	34.20%	18.64
4	Integrated Silicon Solution Inc.	ISSI	2.35%	2.43%	69.82%	18.69%	14.35
5	SemiLEDs Corporation	LEDS	-2.68%	-21.01%	-2.68%	15.96%	1.09

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Top Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing Stocks of week 16 are:

1. Phillips 66 Partners LP – 12.12%
2. CVR Energy, Inc. – 12.11%
3. Tesoro Corporation – 9.91%
4. Syntroleum Corp. – 9.34%
5. Western Refining Inc. – 8.72%
6. Delek US Holdings Inc.
7. Valero Energy Corporation
8. Adams Resources & Energy Inc.
9. HollyFrontier Corporation
10. Alon USA Energy, Inc.

No.	Company	Ticker	Perf Week	Perf Month	Perf YTD	Price
1	Phillips 66 Partners LP	PSXP	12.22%	17.31%	52.94%	57.66
2	CVR Energy, Inc.	CVI	12.11%	18.07%	12.61%	48.03
3	Tesoro Corporation	TSO	9.91%	2.34%	-9.17%	52.88
4	Syntroleum Corp.	SYNM	9.34%	6.42%	17.40%	3.98
5	Western Refining Inc.	WNR	8.72%	1.38%	-2.02%	41.27
6	Delek US Holdings Inc.	DK	8.02%	5.72%	-8.12%	31.25
7	Valero Energy Corporation	VLO	7.84%	3.05%	11.69%	56
8	Adams Resources & Energy Inc.	AE	7.30%	3.53%	0.04%	68.32
9	HollyFrontier Corporation	HFC	7.20%	3.89%	4.01%	50.8
10	Alon USA Energy, Inc.	ALJ	6.93%	0.51%	-4.43%	15.74
11	PBF Energy Inc.	PBF	6.75%	4.70%	-9.00%	28.3
12	Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP	CLMT	6.52%	10.22%	8.57%	27.61
13	Marathon Petroleum Corporation	MPC	6.36%	-1.90%	-1.50%	89.91
14	Northern Tier Energy LP	NTI	5.39%	1.06%	10.83%	26.81
15	Alon USA Partners, LP	ALDW	5.02%	2.33%	4.26%	17.15
16	Phillips 66	PSX	4.68%	2.36%	4.64%	80.28
17	CVR Refining, LP	CVRR	4.11%	3.08%	7.36%	23.79
18	Ferrellgas Partners LP	FGP	3.00%	7.13%	8.18%	24.34
19	Solazyme, Inc.	SZYM	2.84%	-22.04%	2.94%	11.21
20	Lehigh Gas Partners LP	LGP	2.74%	1.73%	-3.71%	27.03

Top Sector Stocks

Looking into the top sectors, you can find only utilities sector have positive return for this week. Is the sector rotation still happening or is the bull market losing its steam now? Does this mean investors are rotating out from momentum stocks to value stocks?

Top sector stocks of week 16 are:

1. Industrial Goods – 2.24%
2. Basic Materials – 2.17%
3. Conglomerates – 2.14%
4. Consumer Goods
5. Utilities
6. Financial
7. Services
8. Technology
9. Healthcare

No.	Name	Perf Week	Perf Month	Perf Quart	Perf Half	Perf Year	Perf YTD
1	Industrial Goods	2.24%	2.01%	0.62%	12.11%	32.50%	0.66%
2	Basic Materials	2.17%	7.04%	7.78%	8.43%	19.87%	5.31%
3	Conglomerates	2.14%	-0.66%	-1.80%	4.45%	16.45%	-1.44%
4	Consumer Goods	1.47%	2.59%	1.09%	5.27%	15.15%	-0.44%
5	Utilities	1.39%	5.32%	9.90%	13.00%	12.34%	9.24%
6	Financial	1.36%	0.84%	-0.34%	4.53%	20.60%	-0.01%
7	Services	1.06%	-2.46%	-0.77%	6.87%	24.48%	-2.05%
8	Technology	0.89%	-1.37%	-1.01%	6.96%	23.48%	-0.21%
9	Healthcare	0.47%	-4.71%	-0.65%	10.69%	23.73%	3.33%