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Industry Performance
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The Industry Groups Performance Grid provides an easy-to-read, visual indication of the week-to-week relative performance of industry groups.

Use the color-coding to detect trends
Prophet determines the percent change for all industry groups and calculates a percentile score. These percentile scores are displayed in the grid on a 0 to 100 scale, with 0 being worst and 100 being best. Industries scoring in the top third (66 - 100) receive a green square; these industries have performed well relative to the other industries. Industries scoring in the middle third (33 - 65) receive a yellow square; these industries have average relative performance. Industries scoring in the bottom third (0 - 32) receive a red square; these industries have performed poorly relative to other industries.

The grid consists of ten columns, each representing one week. The left-most square represents the most recent week. As you read the chart from right to left, look for trends. Red squares on the right changing to green squares on the left indicate improved industry performance. If the squares are green on the right, but turn to red on the left, that industry's performance has declined.

Using the Performance Period dropdown, you can alter the percent change time period
The time period for the percent change calculation ends on the date indicated at the top of the given column and begins on a date prior. The prior date depends on your selection in the Performance Period dropdown. For example, if the date at the top of the column is January 8, 2006, and the Performance Period dropdown is set to One Year , then the time period used in the percent change calculation is January 8, 2005 to January 21, 2006.

How do I sort the grid?
Click on any column header to sort the entire grid by that column.

How do I read the date at the top of each column?
At the top of each column there is a number (example: 8) that , when combined with the month and year above it (example: Jan '06) , forms a date (example: January 8, 2006). Notice that adjacent columns are separated by one week. If January 8, 2006 were one of the columns, its adjacent columns would be January 1, 2006 and January 15, 2006.

What is an industry group?
Each industry group index is a composite of individual stocks.

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 Industry Groups Performance Grid 
Performance Period:      See Current Performance
  Jan '09 Dec '08 Nov '08 Oct '08
Industry Group  Symbol  Stocks  6  30  23  16  9  2  25  18  11  4  28  21
Closed-End Fund - Foreign $427 96 100 99 100 51 54 60 63 62 53 46 46 50
Savings & Loans $419 138 99 100 99 100 100 100 58 61 46 43 3 3
Tobacco Products Other $351 4 99 99 99 99 99 99 100 100 100 100 100 100
Confectioners $345 7 98 98 98 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99
Trucking $774 24 98 97 95 94 96 97 98 98 96 98 96 97
Biotechnology $515 208 97 98 98 98 98 95 96 98 97 96 98 96
Education & Training Services $766 22 97 97 97 97 97 98 97 94 93 86 87 93
Toys & Games $315 13 96 96 94 94 94 91 87 85 90 86 89 88
Publishing - Periodicals $728 11 96 95 97 98 98 98 99 99 98 99 99 99
Waste Management $637 15 95 94 94 96 95 94 95 97 95 93 91 93
Restaurants $712 56 95 95 96 95 94 93 93 92 89 90 94 91
Drugs - Generic $512 11 94 96 96 96 97 96 96 96 95 89 87 89
Regional-Southwest Banks $415 34 94 94 93 97 96 96 98 97 98 98 97 98
Water Utilities $914 13 93 93 95 95 95 97 97 96 94 90 89 88
Medical Practitioners $527 4 93 93 93 92 93 95 93 94 93 93 72 90
Technical Services $767 18 93 90 87 93 91 88 83 71 73 71 57 67
Residential Construction $630 22 92 74 73 83 75 78 77 64