
Two Changes in SSTREET: Buy XOP and XLE
State Street Sector Model (SSTREET): Two Changes
Buy Oil & Gas Exploration & Production XOP and Energy XLE
As a refresher, the State Street Sector Model SSTREET monitors the Relative Strength (RS) relationships between each of the sector and industry ETFs in the model universe versus the S&P 500 Index SPX on a 6.5% scale. ETFs that are showing positive RS versus the SPX (measured by a column of Xs) are included in the model and are removed only when that relationship reverses into Os. Over the past week of trading, the respective RS charts comparing the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF XOP and the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund XLE versus the S&P 500 Index reversed up into Xs, warranting their additions to the SSTREET model. This model remains fully invested through sector-based ETFs within the broader State Street family of ETFs and is evaluated on a weekly basis. The number of holdings can vary based on sector leadership within changing markets, and with the addition of XOP and XLE, the model is equally weighted across 18 positions at 5.55% each. Year-to-date, the SSTREET model is up 21.84%, outperforming the S&P 500's return of 12.52% (through 11/24).