Industry & Sector rankings

[skiracer]

Thanks for all your replys.

I have noticed the same thing about groups as someone mentioned it above. Like one web site ranked the photography in top 3 groups (only 4 stocks in that group) and other web site did not have the Photography group at all. And another website had the computers divided into more groups than the rest.

Then there is difference in how a rank is calculated and over how long period of time. For example Prophet.net ranks the groups by the rate of change of group's relative strength but Barchart ranks by relative strength only (and not the rate of change).

So i wanted to get some input before I decided on a source of information. Some people swear by IBD group rankings but after Doug's remarks, I'll skip IBD rankings for now.

Thanks again.

except for the CANSLIM concept for finding fundamentally strong stocks, which there are only specific parts which you should consider, i would stay away from anything and everything IBD. I wouldn't rule out anything and looking at two sites giving the same info but in different context might provide something worthwhile considering.

[IIC]

Here are some sites that offer industry group info...Some are paid but they do offer something of value for free imo....Doug

http://online.wsj.com/public/npage/all_industries.html?bcind_compidx=&debug=& bcind_period=1dy

http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/industry/bigcharts-com/default.asp?bcind_compidx=&bcind_period=1wk

http://tal.marketgauge.com/MGHome/PHSReportsIndex.asp

http://tal.marketgauge.com/PHSFree/P...e=PRV_PHSTODAY

http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/

http://www2.barchart.com/sectors.asp?base=industry

http://www.stockfetcher.com/ui2/plug...&mode=INDL

http://stockcharts.com/scripts/php/c...P,$RXH,$DJUSIR

http://stockcharts.com/scripts/php/c...$SOX,$XTC,$UTY

http://www.prophet.net/explore/secto...se&sortby=rank

http://www.prophet.net/explore/secto...alse&period=3m

http://www.trending123.com/stocktabl...performance.pl

http://www.stockmaven.com/map215B.htm

[IIC]

Raindrop: I just don't get IBD and their 6 month rank. Just seems to me that on Dailygraphs they could offer the subscriber the option of sorting by 6 mos, 3 mos, 1 mo and 1 wk...How hard would it be to program?...not very difficult imo.

I checked the other day...The #1 ranked IBD group was Textiles...But the group was down over 14% in about 4 weeks...Not very useful to traders or investors imo.

Best, Doug

[IIC]

Oh...I forgot another one for groups:

http://finviz.com/groups.ashx?g=industry&v=210&o=perf1w

Doug

[Raindrop]

Here are some sites that offer industry group info...Some are paid but they do offer something of value for free imo....Doug

First of all big thanks for all this info.

I have a subscription to Stockfetcher and I did not even notice that they started offering Industry & Sector rankings

On the other note, I was primarily using Prophet.net but I think about a week ago it was gobbled up by Investools.

Thanks again.

[IIC]

First of all big thanks for all this info.

I have a subscription to Stockfetcher and I did not even notice that they started offering Industry & Sector rankings

On the other note, I was primarily using Prophet.net but I think about a week ago it was gobbled up by Investools.

Thanks again.

Yes on Prophet...I posted in my thread that I now put them on my site...last page in the TOC over to the left on http://sharptraders.com

Actually Stockfetcher has had them for as long as I can remember...Best, Doug