M1 Finance Portfolio: Dividend Aristocrats 2020 - Week 13 (January 10th, 2020 - $242.22)

Week 13 - $242.22

The stock market pared losses from last week's selloff as world tensions deescalated and shrugged off a mixed jobs report.

Total Report (Since October 11th, 2019)

Positive Performing Sectors

1. Industrials (+9.70%)

2. Healthcare (+9.47%)

3. Consumer Discretionary (+7.25%)

4. Information Technology (+5.47%)

5. Communication Services (+3.92%)

6. Consumer Staples (+3.29%)

7. Materials (+2.20%)

8. Financials (+0.72%)

9. Energy (+0.46%)

Negative Performing Sectors

10. Utilities (-3.45%) 

11. Real Estate (-6.38%)

Weekly Report (January 10th, 2020)

  

Positive Performing Sectors

1. Information Technology (+1.74%)

2. Healthcare (+0.84%)

3. Materials (+0.71%)

4. Real Estate (+0.46%)

5. Industrials (+0.43%)

6. Consumer Staples (+0.17%)

Negative Performing Sectors
7. Financials (-0.05%)
8. Utilities (-0.19%)
9. Consumer Discretionary (-0.33%)
10. Communication Services (-0.46%)
11. Energy (-1.86%)

GICS Sector Performance Ratio - Balanced: From 3:8 (27.27%) to 6:5 (54.54%)
 

Review

Despite a rocky start in the first days of January, the stock market recovered most of its losses following deescalation of tensions between the US and Iran, with neither side willing to escalate to armed conflict. Markets prefer stability and security among world economies. The risk is lower and rewards tend to be higher when investing in international markets, especially those with trade ties to other foreign markets. That said, markets are also willing to accept predictable factors with favorable outcomes. Even though increased risk in markets during times of high tension results in mass selloffs by risk-sensitive investors, if such threats to the economy becomes commonplace, the market overtime becomes resistant to such shock and eventually suffers less as the market learns to handle the risks involved.

Last Week's Update (January 3rd, 2020)

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