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11 Sep 2024

$ALLY tumbled 17.5% yesterday as auto loan repayments see rising delinquency rates spook investors

More evidence that a growing portion of consumers are increasingly struggling. Source: Markets & Mayhem

11 Sep 2024

🚨IS THIS THE BIGGEST CONCENTRATION BUBBLE IN HISTORY?🚨

Magnificent 7 stocks now account for ~32% of the S&P 500, near the all-time high. This share has increased by 10 percentage points in just 1.5 years. This is even 10 percentage pts HIGHER than in the 2000 DOT-COM BUBBLE. Source: LSEG Datastream, Global Markets Investor

10 Sep 2024

Glowtime Day: $AAPL PEG ratio high at 3.03x

Below a SP500 heatmap with PEG ratios... Source: Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT, MBA, Bloomberg

10 Sep 2024

2024 S&P Sector Returns...

Utilities $XLU: +22% Consumer Staples $XLP: +17% Tech $XLK: +6% Consumer Discretionary $XLY: +2% Leadership has turned. This is a big shift from 2023.

10 Sep 2024

After surpassing the March 2000 relative strength high, the Tech sector has sharply underperformed over the last 2 months.

Is this the start of a secular change in leadership? Source: Charlie Bilello

9 Sep 2024

An important chart by J-C Parets >>> High Beta outperforming Low Volatility stocks is usually something we see in healthy market environments.

This year, however, High Beta has been struggling to make any progress vs their Low Volatility counterparts. "Beta" is essentially how volatile a stock is relative to its benchmark. So High Beta think $SMCI, $NVDA, $AMD, etc.. You have half the S&P500 High Beta Index in Technology and another 17% in Consumer Discretionary. In contrast, for Low Volatility think Berkshire Hathaway, Coca-Cola, Visa, Procter & Gamble. You'll find a lot of Financials, Consumer Staples, Utilities and Industrials in this group. Source: J-C Parets

6 Sep 2024

Markets tend to struggle from now until mid-October during Presidential election years

BofA

6 Sep 2024

Traders weigh "buy the dip" opportunities on Asian tech stocks

Source: Bloomberg

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