January 18, 2015

Top Precious Metals, REIT, Utilities Stocks

The gold & silver stocks are still out performing in week 3 of 2015. Other top performing sector stocks of weeks 3, 2015 are healthcare REIT, utilities, etc.

This post will look into the top performing stocks, industry, and sector. The S&P 500 index has a weekly return of -1.22%. NASDAQ Composite has a weekly return of -1.48%. Dow Jones Industrials Average has a weekly return of -1.25%. The small cap (Russell 2000) has a return of -0.75%.

Best weekly performance of industry stocks of week 3, 2015 (January 12, 2015 – January 18, 2015) are:
    top gold & value stocks 2015
  1. Gold 8.12%
  2. Long Distance Carriers 8.07%
  3. Silver 5.53%
  4. Publishing - Books 4.14%
  5. REIT - Healthcare Facilities 3.99%
  6. Beverages - Brewers 3.44%
  7. Basic Materials Wholesale 3.35%
  8. Processing Systems & Products 3.26%
  9. Consumer Services 3.18%
  10. Diagnostic Substances 2.96%
  11. Diversified Communication Services 2.88%
  12. REIT - Office 2.86%
  13. Beverages - Wineries & Distillers 2.86%
  14. Research Services 2.80%
  15. Diversified Utilities 2.75%
  16. Drug Delivery 2.65%
  17. Cigarettes 2.59%
  18. Electric Utilities 2.56%
  19. REIT - Retail 2.44%
  20. Telecom Services - Foreign 2.36%
  21. REIT - Residential 2.34%
  22. Surety & Title Insurance 2.33%
  23. Semiconductor - Integrated Circuits 2.26%
  24. Personal Products 2.25%
  25. Wireless Communications 2.20%

Top Gold 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.

More: Best 401k Funds 2014

Best performing gold stocks are:
  1. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (HMY) 32.99%
  2. Vista Gold Corp. (VGZ) 24.14%
  3. Sibanye Gold Limited (SBGL) 22.61%
  4. Almaden Minerals Ltd. (AAU) 20.00%
  5. Gold Fields Ltd. (GFI) 19.14%
  6. Kinross Gold Corporation (KGC) 17.93%
  7. Seabridge Gold, Inc. (SA) 17.40%
  8. AuRico Gold Inc. (AUQ) 16.27%
  9. AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (AU) 15.49%
  10. Allied Nevada Gold Corp. (ANV) 15.38%
  11. NovaGold Resources Inc. (NG) 13.87%
  12. Banro Corporation (BAA) 13.43%
  13. DRDGOLD Ltd. (DRD) 13.41%
  14. Timmins Gold Corp. (TGD) 13.40%
  15. B2Gold Corp. (BTG) 12.14%
  16. Yamana Gold, Inc. (AUY) 11.47%
  17. Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (AEM) 10.30%
  18. Goldcorp Inc. (GG) 10.25%
  19. Asanko Gold Inc. (AKG) 9.46%
  20. Gold Standard Ventures Corp (GSV) 9.09%
Top performing book publishing stocks are:
  1. Courier Corporation (CRRC) 34.94%
  2. Scholastic Corporation (SCHL) 5.99%
  3. Pearson plc (PSO) 4.03%
  4. John Wiley & Sons Inc. (JW-A) 2.64%
Best healthcare facilities REIT stocks are:
  1. Health Care REIT, Inc. (HCN) 6.06%
  2. LTC Properties Inc. (LTC) 5.81%
  3. Aviv REIT, Inc. (AVIV) 5.32%
  4. Omega Healthcare Investors Inc. (OHI) 5.15%
  5. Senior Housing Properties Trust (SNH) 4.89%
  6. Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (HR) 4.82%
  7. Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT) 4.27%
  8. Medical Properties Trust Inc. (MPW) 4.02%
  9. Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (SBRA) 3.64%
  10. HCP, Inc. (HCP) 3.54%
  11. Ventas, Inc. (VTR) 2.55%
  12. American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc. (HCT) 2.30%
  13. National Health Investors Inc. (NHI) 2.02%
  14. Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. (HTA) 1.81%
  15. The GEO Group, Inc. (GEO) 1.39%

Top diversified utilities stocks 2015 are:
  1. Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners LP (BEP) 6.75%
  2. Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. (PEG) 5.37%
  3. Vectren Corporation (VVC) 4.25%
  4. U.S. Geothermal Inc. (HTM) 4.13%
  5. Avista Corp. (AVA) 4.03%
  6. Northeast Utilities (NU) 3.87%
  7. Just Energy Group Inc. (JE) 3.73%
  8. NiSource Inc. (NI) 3.53%
  9. ALLETE, Inc. (ALE) 3.24%
  10. Cosan Ltd. (CZZ) 3.12%
  11. PNM Resources, Inc. (PNM) 2.86%
  12. Duke Energy Corporation (DUK) 2.85%
  13. MGE Energy Inc. (MGEE) 2.67%
  14. MDU Resources Group Inc. (MDU) 2.55%
  15. Westar Energy, Inc. (WR) 2.53%
  16. Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR) 2.52%
  17. Exelon Corporation (EXC) 2.44%
  18. Pattern Energy Group Inc. (PEGI) 2.29%
  19. TerraForm Power, Inc. (TERP) 2.18%
  20. Northwestern Corporation (NWE) 2.13%

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