Add the Best Consumer Discretionary Stocks to Your Portfolio

The Consumer Discretionary sector ranks fourth out of the 10 sectors for the first quarter of 2015 and receives our Neutral rating. The Consumer Discretionary sector as a whole underperformed the S&P 500 in 2014, rising 9% to the S&P’s 12%. It was the seventh best performing sector last year, surpassing only the Energy, Materials, and Telecom sectors in terms of performance. While a 9% annual return is nothing to be ashamed of, there’s greater value here for investors that play their cards right.