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Performance Summary: Week ending October 18th, 2024

The S&P500 was up 0.85% for the week, upbeat results from financial firms, and airlines, along with a profitable quarter for Netflix, were a few of the drivers of positive performance in the index. Utilities sector bounced back after being the worst performer last week, gaining 3.4%. Dominion Energy (+6.6%) and Duke Energy (+5.8%) performed the

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Factor Friday: Rising Rates have Coincided with Value Outperformance, October 18, 2024

The forward direction of rates will likely have a big impact on leadership.  We’d expect a mix of defense (on inflationary recession fears) and Value (on inflationary growth scenarios) to outperform with rates rising.  We’d expect Growth factor exposures to outperform if rates end the year on a 3-handle.

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ETFsector.com Daily Trading Outlook, October 18th, 2024

ETFsector.com Daily Trading Outlook, October 18th, 2024 S&P futures are up 0.2% in Friday morning trading.  Friday’s focus is on positive results from Netflix (NFLX), strong Apple (AAPL) iPhone sales in China, and better-than-expected Q3 GDP and activity data from China, alongside the implementation of stimulus measures. Markets remain quiet ahead of two peak weeks

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ETFsector.com Daily Trading Outlook, October 17th, 2024

S&P futures are up 0.4% in Thursday morning trading, following Wednesday’s gains in US equities, driven by a cyclical rotation favoring small-caps, financials, airlines, and builders, while semicap equipment continued to lag and big tech underperformed. Asian markets were mostly lower overnight, with Hong Kong and China down ~1%, while European markets were up ~0.8%.

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ETFsector.com Daily Trading Outlook, October 16th, 2024

S&P futures are little changed in Wednesday morning trading, following a mostly lower session for US equities on Tuesday. Semiconductors, energy, managed care, and China-exposed stocks were notable laggards, while banks, REITs, utilities, and staples performed better. Treasuries strengthened as global bond yields dipped, partly due to cooler UK inflation data. No significant directional drivers

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ETFsector.com Daily Trading Outlook, October 15th, 2024

S&P futures little changed in Tuesday morning trading. Comes after US equities finished higher to start the week with S&P 500 notching its 46th ATH of 2024. However, some focus on very light volumes. Tech a standout on semi strength, while utilities also rallied more than 1%. Treasuries firmer with curve flattening. Dollar index down

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