July 16, 2025 As the S&P 500 consolidates new highs and positive expectations ramp on global trade resolution we’ve seen ex-US equities in aggregate struggle to keep pace with domestic equities. In our last WWW column we talked about the idea that ex-US equities are likely to remain a haven trade. We also, outlined areas […]
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July 13, 2025 As the S&P 500 consolidates just below fresh all-time highs, we are seeing some near-term buying in the Small Cap. space. The chart below shows various Russell and S&P benchmark indices by size and their performance against the broad market R3K since the April 7th low for equities. The Russell 2000 briefly
COMMENTARY: The S&P 500’s modest decline of 31 basis points for the week ending July 11, 2025, was driven by heightened trade policy uncertainty, anticipation of Q2 earnings reports, and concerns about rising inflation due to new tariffs. While the market absorbed much of the tariff news without severe disruption, sentiment turned cautious, particularly in
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July 11, 2025 Interesting things are happening now that the S&P 500 is out to new all time highs having put the global trade war correction in the rearview mirror. The bull trend that began in early 2023 lives again, but we are seeing changes in the leadership profile of the US equity market from
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July 10, 2025 One of the key themes to emerge since equities put in their April 7th low has been smart grid implementation. We’ve observed that among infrastructure focused funds, smart grid adjacent stocks and the GRID ETF has been YTD leadership among the funds we track (chart below). The GRID ETF (chart below) is
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July 8, 2025 Equities recently posted all-time highs as proxied by the S&P 500. Risk appetite has been strengthening; interest rates remain contained and high beta stocks are outperforming. With the Q1 equity correction now firmly in the rearview mirror, we are shifting our focus to try and ID new leadership trends at the sector,
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COMMENTARY: As Americans prepared to celebrate Independence Day, equity markets delivered a fitting display of resilience and optimism. The S&P 500 notched a 1.7% gain, closing at record highs and reflecting the nation’s enduring economic strength. Sector leadership was broad, with materials, technology, and communication services all posting robust advances ahead of the Fourth of
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July 6, 2025 The S&P 500 has broken out to new all-time highs in July, and we are finally seeing a change in the behavior of the average stock. For most of 2024 a primary concern for the bull was the lack of upside participation at the stock level despite a top line uptrend for
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July 2, 2025 At Etfsector.com our goal is to help sector investors come up with strategies that are capable of outperforming the US equity market in any number of circumstances. Our elevate model is an example of an actively managed trend following sector rotation strategy. That strategy seeks to overweight sectors exhibiting strong stock-level momentum
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COMMENTARY: The combination of supportive central bank policy, easing trade and geopolitical tensions, and strong earnings from key companies drove the S&P 500 to a 3.4% weekly gain, reflecting strong risk-on sentiment as several economic, market, and news factors converged. Investor optimism was fueled by expectations of a more dovish Federal Reserve, the U.S. and
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