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2 Aug 2023

The top 10 stocks in the S&P 500 now account for a record 31% of the ENTIRE index

Just 8 years ago, the top 10 stocks accounted for 17% of the index. A few stocks continue to drive the entire market. Source: The Kobeissi Letter

2 Aug 2023

Bonds are looking the most attractive vs stocks in decades, according to one metric

The gap between the earnings yield of the S&P 500 and the yield on the 10-year Treasuries dropped to around 1.1 percentage point last week, its narrowest since 2002. Source: Lisa Abramowicz

2 Aug 2023

2023 has been so far the mirror image of 2022 in terms of #assets returns 2022/2023/2022-23 Combined Total Returns...

$NVDA: -50%/+220%/+59% $AAPL: -26%/+52%/+12% $MSFT: -28%/+41%/+1% $SPY: -18%/+21%/-1% $QQQ: -33%/+45%/-3% $META: -64%/+165%/-5% $GOOGL: -39%/+50%/-8% $AMZN: -50%/+59%/-20% $TSLA: -65%/+117%/-24% $NFLX: -51%/+49%/-27% Source: Charlie Bilello

2 Aug 2023

August SP500 seasonality

Source: Bloomberg

2 Aug 2023

The Top Performing S&P 500 Sectors Over the Business Cycle

Source: Barchart, Markets in Minute

2 Aug 2023

If the S&P500 is going to take a well-deserved break, this would be a perfectly logical time in the cycle for that to happen according to S&P 500 pre-election cycle

Source: J-C Parets

2 Aug 2023

July was a painful month for the bears

Source: Investing.com

2 Aug 2023

Asset class billboard updated as of 31/7/2023

Source: Charlie Bilello

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