Market Benchmarks
By Compiled by Tara Kalwarski and Jonah Freedman

(MONEY Magazine) – HOTTEST AND COLDEST SECTORS Three-month price change

S&P 500 RATIOS

 

 

 

BOND FUND AVERAGES

 

 

BEST-PERFORMING STOCKS

 

 

NOTES AND SOURCES: Unless otherwise noted, data as of Aug. 19 from Lipper, New York; 877-955-4773. Bond index data from Lehman Brothers. Market Measures index levels from Bloomberg. Hottest and Coldest Sectors and S&P 500 Ratios as of Aug. 20 from Standard & Poor's; ranking limited to sectors with at least three companies. List of Widely Held Stocks ranked by largest number of accounts at Merrill Lynch as of July 30. Widely Held Stocks, Best-Performing Stocks P/E and Highest-Yielding Dow Stocks data from Thomson/Baseline; P/E based on GAAP. Best-Performing Stocks data from Reuters, ranking limited to companies with market capitalization of at least $500 million. [1] Annualized. [2] Price change only. [3] American Depositary Receipts. N.A.: Not available. Compiled by Tara Kalwarski and Jonah Freedman