Sector leadership remains narrow as AI infrastructure, energy security and defense spending support Technology, Industrials, Utilities and Energy. A broader bull market needs better breadth, easing inflation pressure and stronger earnings participation beyond AI-linked industries. Inflation risk still looks elevated.
COMMENTARY: The S&P 500 finished the week essentially flat, returning just 0.13%, as a strong mid-week rally faded into Friday’s session. Markets were pulled in competing directions by several notable developments: oil prices surged amid continued disruptions to global energy supply linked to ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, while a Trump-Xi summit in
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Value still has the YTD scoreboard, but Growth has the spark: higher yields, energy inflation, and geopolitical risk favor cheaper cash-flow stories, while AI monetization, rate stabilization, and semiconductor demand could quickly restore Growth leadership if investors get proof soon enough.
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We look at Factset’s recent thematic etf momentum study, “Thematic Momentum Strategies: Enhancing Returns Using Momentum-Based Rotation and Thematic Performance Drivers” by Stephen Malinak, Ph.D., and place it in the context of current thematic flow and return dynamics.
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COMMENTARY: The S&P 500 delivered a strong rebound during the week ending May 9, 2026, gaining 2.33% as investors responded positively to improving sentiment around economic growth, corporate earnings, and expectations for monetary policy later this year. Markets were supported by continued resilience in labor market data and easing concerns that inflation pressures could reaccelerate.
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AI adjacency is becoming the new breadth test for sector investors. As S&P 500 leadership remains concentrated around AI-linked earnings growth, winners may increasingly be defined by exposure to compute demand, power infrastructure, data centers, copper, cooling and capital formation.
COMMENTARY: The S&P 500 advanced 0.91% for the week ending May 1, 2026, extending its recent winning streak as investors responded positively to another strong round of corporate earnings and resilient economic data. Markets were supported by continued strength in large-cap technology companies, easing concerns around oil prices late in the week, and evidence that
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Some concerns for the bull trend remain as a weak consumer and high input prices persist. However, investors continue to display strong risk appetite in the near-term and AI FOMO is again present and motivating rotation into Technology shares.
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COMMENTARY: The S&P 500 posted a modest gain of 0.55% for the week ending April 24, 2026, reflecting a market that continues to grind higher despite mixed macro signals. Investors balanced resilient corporate earnings with ongoing uncertainty around interest rate policy and global growth. Key highlights included stronger-than-expected results from large-cap technology companies, stabilization in
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COMMENTARY: The S&P 500 advanced 4.54% for the week ending April 17, 2026, reflecting a strong rebound in equity markets driven by improving sentiment and supportive macro signals. Key highlights included moderating inflation data, which reinforced expectations for a more accommodative monetary policy path, and better-than-expected corporate earnings that helped stabilize growth concerns. Additionally, a
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