S&P 500 Energy Sector February 2025 Outlook—January Ended with a “thud” for Oil and Energy Stocks, Performance Downtrend Intact
No sustained momentum for Crude prices leads to a disappointing end to January for Energy stocks
XLE Energy
Energy Sector January 2025 Outlook—Energy stocks languished in 2024 along with weak demand for oil. We start 2025 anticipating some upside reversion.
We’ve hedged our short in Materials stocks by carrying a slight long in the Energy Sector despite weak near-term investor demand.
Energy Sector December Outlook—Crude and Commodities Prices Remain Soft and We are Back on the Sidelines
Weakness in the barrel price belies the near-term strength in Energy equities
Elev8 Sector Rotation Model Portfolio: November Positioning
Biggest Bets for November are Communications Services and Financials. Zero-weight Sectors to start the month are Healthcare, Energy and Materials
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Energy Sector November Outlook—Crude and Commodities Prices Remain Soft and We Remain on the Sidelines
If rates go higher and Crude prices perk up, we could get interested in owning Energy stocks
S&P 500 October Outlook—Equities enter October pulling back from recent all-time highs. Our forward outlook remains bullish
The bull trend for large cap. US equities remains intact and we are positioned for it to continue
Energy Sector October Outlook— Price downtrend remains intact, and the sector gets our lowest score to start the month
XLE persists as the weakest sector in our model. We are zero weight to start October in the Elev8 Sector Rotation Portfolio
SPY September Outlook—Equities enter September on the cusp of new all-timer highs. A move above 5669 confirms the uptrend
We wonder how low rates can go if they spark a positive turn around in consumer fundamentals and lending
XLE Energy SPDR September Outlook—We turned negative on XLE in early August, and we continue to recommend XLE as a short position for September
Despite some rotation away from Mega Cap. Growth, we haven’t seen any sustained benefits to XLE in the short or intermediate term.
XLE Energy SPDR August Outlook
Energy Sector stocks have continued to firm despite weakness in the Crude price. Historically this is an outlier, so which is right, the stocks or the barrel? We give the benefit of the doubt to the stocks in our process, and we are constructive on the Energy Sector for August.
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