Today’s Chart of the Day comes from Bespoke’s morning note. The chart shows the monthly % change in the spread between large-cap Growth and Value. Bespoke points out that Value is having its best month relative to Growth in nearly two decades. This comes after 11 straight months of Growth outperforming Value. This is clear evidence of rotation, which is […]
Bird’s-Eye View of Boeing
Boeing ($BA) has been the best-performing Dow component this year. Not only is Boeing the largest percent gainer, up 25% YTD, but it has also contributed the most gains to the Dow YTD as well as over the past year, due to its 11% weighting. In their morning note today, Bespoke pointed out Boeing’s superior […]
Checking In On Small-Cap Relative Strength
Whether you saw the late December to February rally in the stock market coming or not, bulls can feel confident with risk-on sectors leading the market higher. One of these important sectors is Small-Caps. Since the December 24th low, Small-Caps (IWM) are up 19%. Mid-Caps (MDY) are up 18.5% and Large-Caps (SPY) are up 15.2%. […]
What to Make of the January Barometer
The January Barometer is a seasonality indicator that was first discovered by Yale Hirsch, founder of the Stock Traders Almanac. The indicator proclaims that “as the S&P 500 goes in January, so goes the year.” In other words, the performance of the S&P 500 in January predicts the direction of the market for the next […]
A Deep Dive into the Industry Groups of the Technology Sector
Technology stocks got crushed at the end of last year. The ETF that tracks the Technology Sector ($XLK) fell over 17% in Q4 2018. The sector is now up about 5% so far in 2019 and sits a hair above its 50-day moving average. Analysts have been talking about Technology a lot recently. It represents […]