The 2013 edition of the Almanac looks at the historic monthly performance of the FTSE 350 sectors. Here we look at the Equity Investment Instruments sector.

The following chart plots the average out-performance of the FTSE 350 Equity Investment Instruments sector over the FTSE 100 Index by month since 1999. For example, since 1999 on average the sector has out-performed the FTSE 100 Index by 1.9 percentage points in January.

Observations:

1. The strongest months have been January and May – the sector has under-performed the market only two times in January in the last 14 years.
2. The weakest month has been October – the sector has out-performed the market only five times in October in the last 14 years.

The 46 stocks in the FTSE 350 Equity Investment Instruments sector [NMX8980] are-