Energy Service is better than Energy or Natural Gas. Europe is better than Japan or Southeast Asia. Health Care is better than Medical Delivery. Insurance is better than Home Finance or Utilities. Industrial Equipment is better than Industrial Materials.
Energy service is more into exploration for the future than energy needs for today.
Insurance stocks can make money in a steady interest rate environment more so than can utility companies. Many of the weaker groups are even rallying, bouncing up from the bottom of their long sideways channel patterns. They are bouncing off the bottom of their Trading Ranges. Traders, buy these at the bottom of their range and them sell them right back at the top if they don't break out. These are known support and resistance levels.