I track a list of 3 COVID 19 Stock ideas.
Harmed is an equally weighted basket of 33 stocks that would stand to get their butt kicked by COVID19 and the resulting shutdown.
Beneficiaries is an equally weighted basket of 33 stocks that one could imagine would benefit; such as
Work from Home is an equally weighted portfolio of 9 stocks that should benefit from more people working from home.
Here is how they have performed YTD including the S&P 500 benchmark
I think the take away here is just how good the beneficiaries have done.
Here are the stats form the YTD period
Now I will isolate the performance from March 23; the nadir of the COVID19 market decline.
I think it bears special attention just how good COVID beneficiaries have done. Again here is the YTD:
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