Value Stocks Strike Back

Near year end might put some value stocks in play for big gain in 2015. Which stocks will perform better during year 2015? Top sectors of week 47 are utilities, banks, oil & gas refining & marketing, etc.

Top Dividend Stocks

This post will look into the top performing stocks, industry, and sector. The S&P 500 index has a weekly return of 1.21%. NASDAQ Composite has a weekly return of 0.51%. Dow Jones Industrials Average has a weekly return of 1.06%. The small cap (Russell 2000) has a return of -0.10%.

Best weekly performance of industry stocks of week 47, 2014 (November 17, 2014 – November 23, 2014) are:

1. Foreign Utilities 10.24%
2. Drug Delivery 8.26%
3. Synthetics 6.93%
4. Foreign Regional Banks 6.76%
5. Hospitals 6.75%
6. Appliances 5.93%
7. Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing 5.60%
8. Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration 5.59%
9. Long-Term Care Facilities 5.16%
10. Silver 4.75%
11. Semiconductor- Memory Chips 4.67%
12. Meat Products 4.57%
13. Basic Materials Wholesale 4.44%
14. Cement 4.04%
15. Major Diversified Chemicals 3.92%
16. Gold 3.92%
17. Copper 3.84%
18. Medical Laboratories & Research 3.52%
19. Semiconductor - Broad Line 3.49%
20. Independent Oil & Gas 3.41%
21. Home Furnishings & Fixtures 3.30%
22. Farm & Construction Machinery 3.25%
23. Residential Construction 3.15%
24. Brewers Beverages 3.06%
25. Semiconductor - Integrated Circuits 2.99%

Foreign Bank Stocks

Looking into best weekly stocks can provide an insight what stock market will bring for the next session. Retail or institutional investors may want to rotate to this sector to avoid bad returns. Can growth stocks finally make the comeback? Will value stocks continue to be the winner? Some great sectors in 2014 are major airlines, real estate (REIT), semiconductors, drug manufacturers, aluminum, etc.

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Best foreign utilities stocks of week 46, 2014 are:

1. CPFL Energia S.A. (CPL) 15.92%
2. Enersis S.A. (ENI) 7.79%

Top drug delivery stocks are:

1. Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ACUR) 10.43%
2. Alkermes plc (ALKS) 9.57%
3. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (VRX) 8.32%
4. Flamel Technologies SA (FLML) 5.47%
5. IntelliPharmaCeutics International Inc. (IPCI) 3.32%

Best foreign bank stocks are:

1. Banco Bradesco S.A. (BBD) 19.17%
2. Banco Bradesco S.A. (BBDO) 18.08%
3. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. (ITUB) 18.02%
4. Banco Santander (BSBR) 11.28%
5. Banco Macro S.A. (BMA) 8.25%
6. BBVA Banco Frances S.A. (BFR) 7.13%
7. Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. (GGAL) 5.64%
8. The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland (IRE) 5.18%
9. Deutsche Bank AG (DB) 3.48%
10. HDFC Bank Ltd. (HDB) 2.76%
11. Shinhan Financial Group Company Limited (SHG) 2.69%
12. Popular, Inc. (BPOP) 1.83%
13. Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. (BSMX) 1.82%
14. Bancolombia S.A. (CIB) 1.74%
15. Banco de Chile (BCH) 1.32%

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Top oil & gas refining & marketing stocks are:

1. NGL Energy Partners LP (NGL) 20.85%
2. Ultrapar Holdings Inc. (UGP) 12.19%
3. Phillips 66 (PSX) 10.64%
4. PBF Energy Inc. (PBF) 8.49%
5. Tesoro Corporation (TSO) 7.84%
6. Western Refining, Inc. (WNR) 6.84%
7. EnLink Midstream, LLC (ENLC) 5.73%
8. Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC) 5.49%
9. Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P. (EROC) 4.56%
10. Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (REGI) 4.54%
11. Ferrellgas Partners LP (FGP) 4.39%
12. Delek US Holdings, Inc. (DK) 4.34%
13. Williams Partners L.P. (WPZ) 4.29%
14. HollyFrontier Corporation (HFC) 3.92%
15. Alon USA Partners, LP (ALDW) 3.79%
16. Sprague Resources LP (SRLP) 3.45%
17. World Fuel Services Corp. (INT) 2.47%
18. Northern Tier Energy LP (NTI) 2.41%
19. CVR Refining, LP (CVRR) 2.21%
20. Valero Energy Corporation (VLO) 2.15%