Teeka Tiwari

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With the first half of the year behind us, the Dow (DJI) is down almost 4% since January, even though it gained nearly 840 points in the second quarter alone.

I recently gave you nine ways to play the market's next move lower. But in this bruised-and-bloodied broader market, it's time to start looking for the next individual industry that will lead the way forward during the next bull cycle.

The Strongest Stocks, Sectors Will Survive ... and Thrive

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, there is always a sector waiting in the wings to take the baton from its fallen comrades.

Stocks are like people; as a general rule of thumb, you can really see what they are made of when they go through extreme adversity. Do they crack?

I ask myself the same questions when it comes to stocks. In a weak stock market, all sectors stand naked for the whole world to see. The flabby, out-of-shape ones have no bull market under which to hide their jelly rolls.

If you really want to boost your overall annual returns, you must have a strategy for exploiting market weakness to your benefit and identifying the sectors that will lead the next bull cycle.