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 […]
Bad Breadth for the S&P 500 Industry Groups?
The S&P 500 index closed yesterday at a stalemate between the bulls and bears with the index closing +11% from the 2018 lows but -11% from the 2018 highs. Analysts have been watching market internals like breadth and sentiment lately for clues as to where the market might be heading in the near-term. Bespoke Investment […]
