DAVID HAFFENREFFER, CNN ANCHOR: It has been a down year for the markets, the major indices, both the Dow and the Nasdaq this year. But if you had been investing in power producers, you'd be enjoying some riches right now.</s>DEBORAH MARCHINI, CNN ANCHOR: Christine Romans joins us with a look at those and some other sectors that have done remarkably well in this bad year.</s>CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: You know, it's a pretty good time -- a holiday week is as good a time as any to take a really good look at where things have come year-to-date in the markets, especially since we saw a sell-off yesterday and there's just this general unease in the markets, and still those bulls saying, well, the seasonality is favorable.</s>MARCHINI: What if anything are you hearing about the retailers? We're coming up on the most important season for them.</s>ROMANS: Absolutely. They call Friday "Black Friday." You know, it's the Friday after Thanksgiving when so many people head to the shopping malls and stores. It's really important to see how they fare on Fridays. It sets the tone. It's a very big shopping day for them for the holiday season. And last year, you know, the gain was something like 7.3 percent. There are a lot of different -- for the season. There's a lot of different forecasts out there about just how it's going to shape up. It'll be interesting to see, but they're not looking for this year's holiday season to match the growth we saw last year over the prior year.</s>MARCHINI: Although the stores seem really crowded already.</s>ROMANS: They do. They do.</s>MARCHINI: Thanks, Christine.
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