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Factor Friday: Recent Developments Continue to Support Value over Growth

Factor Friday / Patrick Torbert / MAGS, SOX

January 16, 2026 As 2026 gets underway the clear near-term message from US equities, style profiles and sectors is a near-term shift from Growth towards Value and cyclicality. In many cycles this shift is driven by a combination of earnings abundance and inflation dynamics that underpin “late-cycle” environments. That may be exactly where we are […]

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Daily Trading Outlook / Patrick Torbert / ASML, BLK, BSX, CART, CVGW, DKNG, ENTG, F, FFIV, FHN, GEHC, GOOGL, GS, HON, JBHT, JPM, MS, MTB, MTN, NTNX, NVDA, NVO, OCUL, PNC, RF, SPOT, STT, TLN, TSM, WMT, WS

January 16, 2026 S&P futures +0.3% Friday Morning after U.S. equities finished higher but off best levels on Thursday. Small caps, high beta, momentum, and growth led factor performance, with AI and investment banks among the bright spots. Asia mixed overnight (South Korea and Taiwan higher; Japan and China modestly lower). Europe −~0.2%. Treasuries and

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Daily Trading Outlook / Patrick Torbert / AAPL, ADP, AVO, BAC, BIIB, BK, BP, C, CME, CVGW, FUL, GS, HLT, HON, ISRG, KO, MS, NTR, NVDA, QCOM, RIVN, SLB, TCOM, TGTX, TSLA, TSM, VMC, WFC

January 15, 2026 U.S. index futures are higher (S&P futures +0.3% | Nasdaq futures +0.7%) after Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq closed lower Wednesday, led down by big tech and banks. Breadth was better beneath the surface, with ~60% of S&P 500 constituents advancing and defensives outperforming. Overnight, Asia was mixed (Japan, Hong Kong, China

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Daily Trading Outlook / Patrick Torbert / AAPL, BAC, BP, C, CHKP, CYBR, FTNT, KO, NVDA, PANW, QCOM, TSLA, WFC

January 14, 2026 S&P futures −0.4% following Tuesday’s equity decline. Financials, payments, and software led the downside in the prior session, while energy, consumer staples, and real estate outperformed. Overnight, Asian markets were mostly higher, led by Japan (+~1.5%) on renewed snap-election speculation, while China lagged after higher margin requirements. European markets +0.2%. Treasuries slightly

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Tactical Sector Opportunities as 2026 Begins: Playing a Late-Cycle Expansion with Discipline

Analysis, Tactical Tuesday / Patrick Torbert

We outline tactical opportunities from a longer-term perspective as 2026 starts with sector rotation towards pro-cyclical exposures.

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Daily Trading Outlook / Patrick Torbert / AAPL, ABBV, ANF, ARGX, AXP, BIRK, BK, BOOT, CMG, COF, CVX, DAL, DUOL, EW, FIVE, GOOGL, JPM, LLY, LULU, MA, META, MRNA, MSFT, MU, PAR, RVTY, SHAK, SYF, TVTX, UNH, USFD, XOM

January 13, 2026 S&P futures −0.2% after U.S. equities finished higher Monday, reversing an early dip. Small caps outperformed again, extending the early-2026 broadening / pro-cyclical rotation theme. Strength on Monday was seen in big tech, retail favorites, momentum leaders, metals, memory, semicaps, restaurants, staples, and industrial multis, while consumer finance lagged. Overnight, Asian markets

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Daily Trading Outlook / Patrick Torbert / ABBV, ADBE, AFRM, AMZN, AXP, BOOT, CEG, CLF, COF, EW, GM, GNRC, GOOGL, INSM, INTC, LLY, LMT, MAT, META, MO, NVO, OKLO, PCRX, PSKY, QCOM, RKT, SEDG, SYF, TSM, VST, WBD, WDFC, XOM

January 12, 2026 S&P futures off 0.6% in Monday morning trading after U.S. equities finished strongly higher in the first full week of 2026, with all major indexes up >1.5% and small caps leading (Russell 2000 +4.5%+). Overnight, Asian markets were higher with Greater China outperforming, while Europe slipped ~0.3%. Treasuries sold off, with long-end

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Performance Summary: Week Ending January 9th, 2026

Analysis, Analysis, Weekly Performance Summary / Deane Gyllenhaal

COMMENTARY: The S&P 500 advanced 1.6% for the week ending 1/9/26, as markets responded positively to a combination of easing inflation signals, stabilizing interest rates, and renewed confidence in earnings growth. Softer economic data reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve can remain on hold, keeping financial conditions supportive for risk assets. Leadership expanded beyond mega-cap

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Sector Positioning to Start 2026: Growth, Value, and the Anatomy of a Late-Cycle Expansion

Macro Mondays, Narrations of a Sector ETF Operator / Patrick Torbert

Early 2026 is defined by late-cycle rotation rather than regime change. Broadening earnings, rate volatility, and improving productivity favor cyclical Value sectors tactically, while structural Growth leadership remains intact. Selectivity and balance—not binary style bets—are increasingly critical as expansion matures

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Factor Friday: Value’s Early-2026 Resurgence: Tactical Rotation or Durable Shift?

Analysis, Factor Friday / Patrick Torbert

Value’s early-2026 resurgence reflects rising rate uncertainty, widening earnings participation, and investor demand for near-term cash flows. While not yet signaling a lasting regime change, the rotation underscores late-cycle discipline as markets rebalance away from concentrated Growth leadership toward broader, valuation-aware exposure

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Factor Friday: Recent Developments Continue to Support Value over Growth

ETFsector.com Daily Trading Outlook

ETFsector.com Daily Trading Outlook

ETFsector.com Daily Trading Outlook

Tactical Sector Opportunities as 2026 Begins: Playing a Late-Cycle Expansion with Discipline

ETFsector.com Daily Trading Outlook

ETFsector.com Daily Trading Outlook

Performance Summary: Week Ending January 9th, 2026

Sector Positioning to Start 2026: Growth, Value, and the Anatomy of a Late-Cycle Expansion

Factor Friday: Value’s Early-2026 Resurgence: Tactical Rotation or Durable Shift?

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