High beta stocks are rolling over vs. low vol. with the intermediate-term action in the ratio looking distributive in favor of the latter factor. The market is hinting at the arrival of our summer seasonal soft patch is my quick take.
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NVDA managed to dominate the news even with markets on holiday yesterday. It completed its 10:1 stock split and judging by the futures, the reaction will be positive and the halo effect for Tech and Mega Cap. Growth is likely to continue.
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Slightly softer than expected retail sales keep the policy speculators leaning toward cuts. Tomorrow is a market holiday, and Fed comments Tuesday afternoon didn’t offer anything to dislodge the prevailing AI momentum.
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Surveying the daily news and commentary, we continue to see more concerns among the bearish crowd that we are in a bubble. We politely disagree. Historically there is often consolidation heading into November during presidential election years, but we are in a clear bull market with well-defined leadership at present.
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Equities closed mixed on Friday with the Nasdaq printing a 4th record high for the week up 0.12%. The S&P 500 was off 0.04% while the Dow gave back 0.23% to close out the week. CAT and BA dragged down the Dow while cruise lines were the worst performers in the S&P 500. Futures for
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The last 5 day % return and the MTD % return columns tell the story of 2024. The Tech sector is big and it is beating the market, and it is basically the only thing that is (with a nod to XLC which has been the very good YTD itself). Bearish strategists are starting to call “bubble” and will likely try to line-up against XLK, NVDA and anything else that is valued “too richly”. I was around back then in the “Tech Bubble” days. It was a very low-tech time compared to now, but it was also a time where the valuation gages of the stock market were far more stretched than they are now.
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The macro picture underpins a growing disconnect between the index level trends for equities and the breadth beneath the surface. Leadership is becoming narrow.
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Markets have tailwinds of lower rates and lower crude (-0.23% WTI) in June and the bull trend is clearly established. XLK and XLC are beneficiaries, and with rates sinking lower, homebuilders have potential to join the party.
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Two more record closes today as the Nasdaq added 0.88% while the S&P 500 added 0.27% to yesterday’s record close. The Dow fell 0.31% on weakness from AXP and BA. ORCL reported after-hours with shares trading +8% in the after-hours session. AVGO reports tomorrow. Wednesday is the big day of the month with CPI data
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Another record close for the for the Nasdaq as it added 0.4% and the S&P 500 which edged up 0.3%. The Dow also added 0.2% as market participants bet the Fed would hold rates steady at its Wednesday FOMC meeting.
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