Track the long-term trends of market-leading sectors
The long-term trends of all 40 Fidelity domestic sector funds are assessed daily using technical indicators.
The funds are then rank ordered based on their price momentum.
Investments representing the leading bullish sectors (highlighted in blue) are further evaluated on the fund ratings page.
Fri, Aug 7 2020, 22:21 EDT.
| Rank* | 3 mo. gain | Fund name, industry and quote | Long-term trend |
| 1. | 44.42% | Fidelity Select Energy Service (FSESX) Energy, Quote: | Bullish |
| 2. +1 | 34.57% | Fidelity Select Construction & Housing (FSHOX) Real Estate, Quote: | Bullish |
| 3. -1 | 33.19% | Fidelity Select Automotive (FSAVX) Consumer Cyclical, Quote: | Bullish |
| 4. +4 | 32.41% | Fidelity Select Air Transportation (FSAIX) Industrials, Quote: | Bullish |
| 5. +1 | 32.06% | Fidelity Select Transportation (FSRFX) Industrials, Quote: | Bullish |
| 6. +3 | 29.69% | Fidelity Select Environment & Alt Energy (FSLEX) Industrials, Quote: | Bullish |
| 7. +6 | 29.12% | Fidelity Select Consumer Finance (FSVLX) Financials, Quote: | Bullish |
| 8. -4 | 28.2% | Fidelity Select Technology (FSPTX) Technology, Quote: | Bullish |
| 9. -2 | 27.35% | Fidelity Select Retailing (FSRPX) Consumer Cyclical, Quote: | Bullish |
| 10. +17 | 26.29% | New Outperformer Fidelity Select Banking (FSRBX) Financials, Quote: | Bullish |
| 11. +5 | 25.09% | Fidelity Select Industrials (FCYIX) Industrials, Quote: | Bullish |
| 12. -1 | 25.08% | Fidelity Select Consumer Discretionary (FSCPX) Consumer Cyclical, Quote: | Bullish |
| 13. +11 | 25.04% | New Outperformer Fidelity Select Financial Services (FIDSX) Financials, Quote: | Bullish |
| 14. +1 | 24.46% | Fidelity Select Materials (FSDPX) Materials, Quote: | Bullish |
| 15. +3 | 24.36% | Fidelity Select Chemicals (FSCHX) Materials, Quote: | Bullish |
| 16. -6 | 24.32% | Fidelity Select Computers (FDCPX) Technology, Quote: | Bullish |
| 17. -5 | 24.22% | Fidelity Select Semiconductors (FSELX) Technology, Quote: | Bullish |
| 18. -13 | 23.19% | Fidelity Select Gold (FSAGX) Precious Metals, Quote: | Bullish |
| 19. -5 | 23.05% | Fidelity Select Wireless (FWRLX) Telecom, Quote: | Bullish |
| 20. +6 | 22.81% | New Outperformer Fidelity Select Insurance (FSPCX) Financials, Quote: | Bullish |
| 21. +1 | 22.3% | New Outperformer Fidelity Real Estate Investment (FRESX) Real Estate, Quote: | Bullish |
| 22. -2 | 22.22% | Fidelity Select Communications Equipment (FSDCX) Technology, Quote: | Bullish |
| 23. -6 | 21.83% | Fidelity Select Multimedia (FBMPX) Consumer Cyclical, Quote: | Bullish |
| 24. -1 | 21.22% | New Outperformer Fidelity Select Leisure (FDLSX) Consumer Cyclical, Quote: | Bullish |
| Rank | 3 mo. gain | Fund name, industry and quote | Long-term trend |
| 25. -4 | 19.7% | New Market Performer Fidelity Select IT Services (FBSOX) Technology; Quote: | Bullish |
| 26. -7 | 19.69% | New Market Performer Fidelity Select Software & Computer Svcs (FSCSX) Technology; Quote: | Bullish |
| 27. -2 | 18.81% | Fidelity 500 Index (FXAIX) Benchmark; Quote: | Bullish |
| 28. +1 | 17.84% | New Market Performer Fidelity Select Brokerage and Inv Mgmt (FSLBX) Financials; Quote: | Bullish |
| 29. -1 | 17.43% | Fidelity Select Medical Equipment (FSMEX) Health Care; Quote: | Bullish |
| 30. | 17.03% | New Market Performer Fidelity Select Telecommunications (FSTCX) Telecom; Quote: | Bullish |
| Rank | 3 mo. gain | Fund name, industry and quote | Long-term trend |
| 31. | 15.29% | Fidelity Select Consumer Staples (FDFAX) Consumer Staples, Quote: | Bullish |
| 32. | 14.62% | Fidelity Select Defense and Aerospace (FSDAX) Industrials, Quote: | Bullish |
| 33. | 14.22% | Fidelity Select Natural Resources (FNARX) Energy, Quote: | Bullish |
| 34. | 13.93% | Fidelity Select Medical Delivery (FSHCX) Health Care, Quote: | Bullish |
| 35. +2 | 10.43% | Fidelity Select Telecom & Utils (FIUIX) Utilities, Quote: | Bullish |
| 36. | 10.29% | Fidelity Select Utilities (FSUTX) Utilities, Quote: | Bullish |
| Rank | 3 mo. | Fund name, Industry and Quote | Trend |
| 37. -2 | 9.75% | Fidelity Select Health Care (FSPHX) Health Care, Quote: | Bullish |
| 38. +1 | 9.47% | Fidelity Select Natural Gas (FSNGX) Energy, Quote: | Bullish |
| 39. +1 | 9.2% | Fidelity Select Energy (FSENX) Energy, Quote: | Bullish |
| 40. +1 | 6.59% | Fidelity Select Biotechnology (FBIOX) Health Care, Quote: | Bullish |
| 41. -3 | 4.39% | Fidelity Select Pharmaceuticals (FPHAX) Health Care, Quote: | Bullish |
Relative strength is a technical analysis method that calculates the strongest performers, compared to the overall market.
First, we determine the price momentum for each sector fund using the Rate of Change (RoC) indicator.
RoC measures the total return of each fund over a period of time. Since our focus is to capture seasonal changes of the equity market, we use the three-month total return for this calculation.
Next, we compare the momentum of the sector funds to the benchmark S&P 500 index fund to identify outperforming and underperforming investments.
Our sector rotation strategy aims at investing in the fastest growing industry groups during a given stage of the market cycle. However, shifts in sentiment can occur rapidly, often due to economic and geopolitical events, or industry specific catalysts.
The changing market conditions make it important to keep an eye on the daily changes of both the relative strength and the long-term trends of all sectors in order to generate new investment ideas and to avoid risks.
What to look for? Examples of new investment opportunities include outperformers that turn from bearish to bullish, or bullish funds that become outperformers. When the equity market turns negative, we also keep track of sector funds that become underperformers and bullish sectors that suddenly start a correction.
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