The financials sector is down 2%, while energy is nearly 9% lower.
These unloved sectors are growing attractive to investors increasingly torn over whether a long-feared U.S. recession will ever materialize.
Quincy Krosby, chief global strategist for LPL Financial noted a "tug of war" in the market over the likelihood of a recession.
The healthcare sector trades at a forward price-to-earnings ratio of 17.6, well below the 20.1 ratio of the broad S&P 500.
Yet a continued rally in megacaps will likely stretch their valuations further, prompting some investors to rotate toward healthcare and financials, LPL Financial's Krosby said.
Persons:
Goldman Sachs, Quincy Krosby, Sameer Samana, Max Wasserman, Financials, Tom Ognar, Morgan Stanley, John Quealy, Financial's Krosby, David Randall, Megan Davies, Michelle Price, Richard Chang
Organizations:
YORK, Global, BofA, Commerce Department, LPL Financial, Reserve, Wells, Wells Fargo Investment Institute, FINANCIALS, Miramar Capital, Abbott Laboratories, Allspring Global Investments, LPL Financial Holdings Inc, Trillium Asset Management, Russell, Thomson
Locations:
U.S, BlackRock, Wells Fargo, megacaps