The toy and leisure-time sectors have outperformed the S&P 500 over the year to 16 July, returning 3...
The toy and leisure-time sectors have outperformed the S&P 500 over the year to 16 July, returning 30.58% and 36.15% respectively in dollar terms. The two sectors are very small, however, and both comprise just two stocks. The toy sector's constituent members, Mattel and Hasbro, have returned 28.53% and 35.06% respectively over the year to 16 July, while the members of the leisure-time sector, Brunswick Corporation and Harley Davidson, have returned 41.99% and 35.77% over the same period. Rupert Della-Porta, US fund manager at Aberdeen Asset Management, says although toy companies have...
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