12/04/2017
The Economy and the Market
We had a revision to third-quarter GDP the other day up to 3.3%. So the last few quarters look like this.
Q3 2017...3.3% (ann.)
Q2 2017...3.1
Q1 2017...1.2
Q4 2016...1.8
Q3 2016...2.8
Q2 2016...2.2
Q1 2016...0.6
Q4 2015...0.5
Q3 2015...1.6
Q2 2015...2.7
Q1 2015...3.2
Q4 2014...2.0
Q3 2014...5.2
Q2 2014...4.6
Q1 2014... -0.9
[U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis]
The other week, Adam Shell of USA TODAY had a list of the so-called “21-Club,” 21 U.S. tech and blue chip stocks that have been driving the market’s gains this year. This is a little dated, but the market has only powered higher since and I wanted to get down for the archives the 21 that a/o 11/14/2017, accounted for 50.7% of the S&P 500’s total return (Apple nearly 10% alone).
Will these stocks continue to power the advance? What happens during the inevitable decline?
Apple 9.34% index contribution
Microsoft 5.21%
Facebook, Class A 4.61%
Amazon.com 4.61%
Alphabet, Class A 2.31%
Alphabet, Class B 2.26%
Johnson & Johnson 2.15%
Visa, Class A 1.95%
Boeing 1.88%
NVIDIA 1.85%
AbbVie 1.60%
UnitedHealth Group 1.52%
Intel 1.36%
Home Depot 1.35%
JPMorgan Chase 1.34%
Mastercard, Class A 1.34%
Bank of America 1.33%
McDonald’s 1.22%
Adobe Systems 1.16%
PayPal Holdings 1.15%
Berkshire Hathaway, Class B 1.15%
Source: The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index
Frank Pompa / USA TODAY
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Brian Trumbore
