[isatrader]

It is interesting that the financial sector, which I have seen touted as an indication of overall market health, has been stronger than the utilities sector, which is seen as a relatively safe haven. This seems a little odd.

I may be wrong, but I think the utilities is usually one of the first sectors to decline when the market is in Stage 3. But then is one of the earliest sectors to recover when the market goes into a stage 4 decline. As people start to look for less volatile stocks with dividends. Then when the market starts to stabilise in stage 1 again, the more volatile stocks start to rebound again.