Defensive Stocks Roar

Nothings are working during week 25, 2015 except defensive stocks. Should you rotate to these value stocks or wait for opportunity? Top stock market industries are apparel footwear & accessories textile, residential REIT.

Top Value Equities

This post will look into the top performing stocks, industry, and sector. The S&P 500 index has a weekly return of -1.16%. NASDAQ Composite has a weekly return of -2.01%. Dow Jones Industrials Average has a weekly return of -0.84%. The small cap (Russell 2000) has a return of -2.67%.

Top performing stock industries in week 24, 2015 (June 8, 2015 to June 14, 2015) are:

1. Tobacco Products, Other 6.63%
2. Textile - Apparel Footwear & Accessories 2.93%
3. Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing 2.39%
4. Office Supplies 1.85%
5. REIT – Residential 1.66%
6. Confectioners 1.62%
7. REIT - Hotel/Motel 1.53%
8. Resorts & Casinos 1.45%
9. Water Utilities 1.38%
10. Electric Utilities 1.34%
11. REIT - Healthcare Facilities 1.13%
12. Research Services 0.93%
13. Home Furnishing Stores 0.80%
14. Machine Tools & Accessories 0.66%
15. Industrial Equipment & Components 0.61%
16. Home Furnishings & Fixtures 0.58%
17. REIT – Retail 0.58%
18. Hospitals 0.58%
19. REIT – Industrial 0.51%
20. Entertainment – Diversified 0.47%
21. Foreign Utilities 0.37%
22. Restaurants 0.12%

Best Stocks Return

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 2015 are drug, health care, grocery, consumer, etc.

Best performing apparel footwear & accessories textile stocks 2015 are:

1. Forward Industries Inc. (FORD) 4.69%
2. NIKE, Inc. (NKE) 4.42%
3. Skechers USA Inc. (SKX) 2.61%
4. Foot Locker, Inc. (FL) 2.19%
5. Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. (TLF) 1.53%
6. Rocky Brands, Inc. (RCKY) 1.18%
7. Caleres, Inc. (CAL) 0.34%
8. Deckers Outdoor Corp. (DECK) -0.15%

Top performing residential REIT stocks are:

1. Post Properties Inc. (PPS) 5.19%
2. Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (ELS) 3.73%
3. United Development Funding IV (UDF) 3.72%
4. Camden Property Trust (CPT) 3.20%
5. Essex Property Trust Inc. (ESS) 3.04%
6. Sun Communities Inc. (SUI) 3.04%
7. Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc. (MAA) 2.88%
8. Equity Residential (EQR) 2.75%
9. Apartment Investment and Management Company (AIV) 2.42%
10. Avalonbay Communities Inc. (AVB) 2.33%
11. EdR (EDR) 1.88%
12. UDR, Inc. (UDR) 1.51%
13. American Homes 4 Rent (AMH) 1.36%
14. Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp. (SBY) 0.85%
15. Monogram Residential Trust, Inc. (MORE) 0.81%
16. American Campus Communities, Inc. (ACC) 0.31%