Weaker inflation and a bullish earnings season from the Tech. Sector have put the XLP in the back seat on performance while it also starts off September registering overbought conditions. This isn’t an attractive setup
Recapping the week’s trade, we’ve closed our tactical short on XLK. We remain short XLY, XLE and XLB
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Elev8 Model started August in an off-sides position as AMZN’s earnings and weak ISM data solidifies a corrective environment for Equities where we had expected more rotation into cyclical sectors initially
Sharp rotation mid-month led to underperformance for July (-33bps). For August we discount negative seasonals and a potential rally in commodities prices to formulate our current exposures.
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ETFsector.com Elev8 Sector Portfolio Allocation Update, July 17, 2024 High-Beta Cyclicals Taking Over Leadership We are seeing a clear move towards economic cyclicals (XLY, XLF, XLI, XLB) in the near-term as a combination of dovish rate expectations and favorable earnings releases boost optimism. That move is being funded by selling longer-term winners XLC and XLK.
Going naked the Discretionary Sector during a month where it ended up outperforming resulted in a small loss (-20bps). We start out July with more beta in the portfolio and bigger bets on leadership sectors (XLK, XLC) given the improving status of monthly inflation gauges and continued strength in Growth oriented themes.
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