What's The Best Performing Group Year to Date? Take A Guess

Which S&P 500 Industry Group is up the most so far year to date?  Retail?  Homebuilders?

Probably the last group anyone would think of is the right answer -- Autos!  As shown below, the S&P 500 Automobiles & Components group is currently up 54.19% year to date, making it the top performer of the 24 industry groups through today.  And this is even with one of its five members (GM) down 50% so far in 2009.  Ford (F) is the best performer in the group with a gain of 172.5%, followed by Goodyear Tire (128.5%), Harley-Davidson (26%), and Johnson Controls (10.3%).