ETFsector.com Daily Trading Outlook
February 2, 2026 U.S. equity futures are lower to start the week, with S&P 500 futures down 0.6% and Nasdaq futures down 0.9%, following Friday’s
February 2, 2026
Author: Patrick Torbert
Patrick Torbert
Patrick Torbert is a veteran financial market analyst who is currently the Editor and Chief at ETF Insight a NY based full-service content, TV, video podcast and digital marketing firm that represents several ETF issuers. Patrick brings 20+ years of experience from Fidelity Asset Management where he most recently served as an equity and multi-asset analyst.
Narrations of a Sector ETF Operator: Sector Investing in a Market That’s Asking Harder Questions
Equity leadership remains concentrated where earnings visibility, AI-driven productivity, and capital discipline intersect. As inflation proves sticky and policy risk rises, sector performance is diverging sharply—rewarding cash-flow durability and punishing balance-sheet stress, rate sensitivity, and regulatory uncertainty.
February 1, 2026
January 30, 2026
ETFSector.com February Outlook: S&P 500
The big theme of 2026 (so far) has been rotation away from AI/Growth themes into Cyclicals and Commodity themes. Our Elev8 trend following model is adjusting to align with the new trend.
January 30, 2026
ETFSector.com February Outlook: Energy
When the Energy sector outperforms, it’s typically a fairly short and intense move. We could be late, but given the sector entered 2026 from a structurally oversold condition, we are betting on continued interest in the near-term.
January 30, 2026
ETFSector.com February Outlook: Materials
Demand for Base and Precious Metal exposures has boosted the sector into a clear intermediate-term bullish reversal. The macro backdrop is also conducive to Materials Sector outperformance.
January 30, 2026
ETFSector.com February Outlook: Industrials
Industrials have benefitted from a clear investor shift towards cyclicality and Value stocks in early 2026.
January 30, 2026
ETFSector.com February Outlook: Consumer Discretionary
It’s been hard to get a read on the consumer amidst the trifecta of Fed Easing, Geopolitical turmoil and renewed tariff threats. We’re pulling a cop out and going market weight during this period of macro fluctuations.
January 30, 2026
ETFSector.com February Outlook: Consumer Staples
Some evidence that the sector is bottoming out has us preferring it as our defensive hedge sector for February.
January 30, 2026
ETFSector.com February Outlook: Healthcare
With health insurance in danger of becoming the latest political football and upwards pressure on rates, we’re staying on the sidelines for February.
January 30, 2026