VCR: Consumer Discretionary Dashboard For March

Summary

  • Durables and apparel are a bit undervalued relative to historical averages.
  • Auto and components are massively overvalued.
  • Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF fast facts: an alternative to XLY.
  • 10 stock cheaper than their peers in March.
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Julie Clopper

This monthly article series shows a dashboard with aggregate subsector metrics in Consumer Discretionary. It is also a top-down analysis of sector exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, like the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLY) and

Value and Quality in consumer discretionary

Value and Quality in consumer discretionary (Chart: author; data: Portfolio123)

Evolution in Value and Quality

Evolution in Value and Quality (Chart: author; data: Portfolio123)

Momentum in consumer discretionary

Momentum in consumer discretionary (Chart: author; data: Portfolio123)

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