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Several sub-sectors have managed positive returns and the worst sector (quantitative directional) was down only 4.5%.
The materials grouping has been either the best or the worst sector in four of the last eight years.Both sectors are volatile by their very nature.
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"I have never found it a useful policy because what it guarantees is that you will be in the worst sectors of the market as a matter of policy," he said.
On the other hand, these portfolios naturally tilt toward technology and finance -- two of the year's worst sectors -- because these companies are more likely to meet the funds' environmental criteria than, say, big oil or chemical companies.
Technology consultants and makers of semiconductor equipment, by contrast, were the two worst sectors, showing losses of 31.4percentand25percentcomparedmpared with a gain of 8.99percentt for S.&P.'s 500-stock index for the year.
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The worst performing sector was telecommunications services, which was up 3.3percentt as a whole.
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