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Tactical Tuesday Report: The Tech Sector, Turning into a Stock Picking Exercise  

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June 17, 2025 US Equities have formed a clear bullish reversal off the April lows and the S&P 500 sits within a few percentage points of all-time highs.  However, we are noting a more discerning investor.  When the bull trend for equities got underway in 2023, upside leadership was characterized by industry level leadership cohorts.  […]

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ETFsector.com Daily Trading Outlook, July 19, 2024

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US equities capitulated to the downside on Thursday with all three of the major large cap. benchmarks posting losses along with the Russell 2000 Small Cap. Index which fell 1.85% after a week of strong gains.  The Dow finished the session off 1.29% while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite finished down 0.78% and

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XLK Information Technology Sector SPDR June Outlook—Strength in Semiconductor stocks and benign inflation readings keep XLK the long-term winner in this cycle

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Semiconductors have led everything YTD, but other areas of the XLK are showing near-term improvement now as Semi’s have consolidated in over the past week. Price Action & Performance XLK was among the leadership cohort for the 2nd month in a row after a weak spot in March and April.  Momentum made a bull market

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SPY July Outlook—The Bull Market for the S&P 500 Index and Growth Factor Leadership are obvious, and we are aligned with those trends for July

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Price action, Fed policy and trends in US yields and global commodities prices continue to support Growth leadership and the continuation of the current bull trend for US equities

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ETFsector.com Daily Trading Outlook, June 18, 2024

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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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ETFsector.com Daily Trading Outlook, June 17, 2024

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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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Narrations of a Sector ETF Operator | Weekly Market Letter, June17, 2024

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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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US Sector Historical Return Profiles During Interest Rate (US 10yr Yield) Downtrends

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The historical sector roadmap for expected returns during US 10yr Yield downtrends

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US Sector Historical Return Profiles During Interest Rate (US 10yr Yield) Uptrends

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At ETFsector.com we provide tools and insights to help our community appreciate and understand the benefits of sector investing.  We are pleased to offer the second installment of our deep history Sector Trend Studies to provide you with a deeper understanding of the historical behavior of these groups of businesses in relation to broad market

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