We're currently witnessing the longest period of U.S. equity outperformance in history.
But there's a cycle to everything, and international diversification is perhaps more important today than ever before. Source: Peter Mallouk
Putting things into perspective:
Despite rising yields and hotter-than-expected inflation, the S&P 500 has continued higher in 2024. Source: Edward Jones
If you don't know what a shooting star is here's one
Here's the daily chart of Super Micro SMCI. According to Japanese candlestick, it is usually followed by more downside. (this is not an investment recommendation) Source: Trend Spider
Hedge funds' top picks for Q4 2023 are in!
Key investment themes: ☁️ Hyperscalers: $AMZN, $GOOG, $MSFT. ⚙️ Semiconductors: $AMD, $ASML, $TSM. 🌏 Global commerce: $MELI, $PDD, $SQ. ☁️ Software: $CRM, $OKTA, $PCOR. 🩸 Medical devices: $DXCM. Source: App Economy Insights
$2.4 Trillion In Options Expire Today
There is over $2.4 trillion of notional in options exposure that will expire on Friday, including $510 billion notional of single stock options. Index options volumes continue to grow, driven by 0DTE/short-dated options. Meanwhile, single stock options volumes have rebounded to an 18-month-high fueled by significant growth in call options volumes. Google searches for "call options" just hit a 2 year high. source : gs, zerohedge
Seasonality
S&P 500 is Now Entering the Worst 2-Week Period of the Year Source : gs, barchart
The US equity market is rivalling 2000 and 1929 in terms of being its most concentrated in history, DB has calculated.
The top 5 stocks Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, Alphabet & Amazon account for 25% of mkt cap of the S&P 500. source : holgerz
S&P 500 $SPX is now entering the worst 2-week period of the year based on data going back almost 100 years.
Source: Bloomberg
