Consumer Discretionary Sector February 2025 Outlook—Impressive Resilience in January after Rates Rolled Over
The Consumer keeps showing up despite rising rates and high prices
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Industrial Sector February 2025 Outlook—The Sector keeps Hanging Around as a Market Performer
Just hanging around. Signs of rotation beneath the surface as AI leaders are being faded.
Materials Sector February 2025 Outlook—Sector Outperformed in January, but We Remain Skeptical that a Turnaround is Sustainable
ETF Insights | February 1, 2025 | S&P 500 Materials Sector S&P 500 Materials Sector Price Action & Performance The S&P 500 Materials Sector rallied in January from deeply oversold conditions in late December. Price (chart below, top panel) is now consolidating below the 200-day moving average. January’s bullish price action wasn’t enough to change
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
Performance Summary: Week Ending January 31st, 2025
COMMENTARY: The S&P500 fell this week. Sensitivity to AI related news pushed the markets down early in the week, followed by a slight mid-week recovery. Then, tariff talk, the aviation disaster, at the end of the week, collectively resulted in a drawdown of 1%. Energy was the worst-performing sector this week, falling 4.0%. Continued speculation
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Elev8 Sector Rotation Model Portfolio: February Positioning
A tough January for trend following. We’ve gone underweight Tech and overweight Discretionary to start February.
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Factor Friday: Mega-Cap. Growth Facing Headwinds, January 31, 2025
It’s not so much Growth as it is Mega Cap. AI and attendant “Halo” stocks that are facing headwinds over the past 6-weeks
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ETFsector.com Daily Trading Outlook, January 31, 2025
S&P futures up 0.4% Friday morning after US equities rallied Thursday, with over 80% of S&P 500 stocks advancing and the equal-weight S&P rising more than 1%. Stocks remain on track for a mixed weekly performance following two consecutive weeks of strong gains. Asian markets mostly higher overnight, with Japan up for a third straight
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Thematic Thursday Report: Growth Focused Themes still in the Driver’s Seat, January 30. 2025
One of the most popular categories of funds available to investors are those offering thematic exposure. This category leverages a specific theme or themes that have gained traction economically and within popular culture. Thematic ETFs range from the speculative (ARKX Space Exploration & Innovation ETF) to things we take for granted (Global X Infrastructure Development
ETFsector.com Daily Trading Outlook, January 30, 2025
S&P futures up 0.4% Thursday morning after US equities closed lower Wednesday, led by big tech weakness, particularly NVDA. Asian markets were mixed in quiet trading with several markets still closed for LNY. European markets up ~0.6%. Treasuries firmer, with 10Y yields approaching 4.50%. Dollar little changed, with yen strength notable. Gold up 0.8%. Bitcoin
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