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24 Jun 2024

Here are the stocks driving the S&P500’s almost 15% return so far in 2024.

Source: Evan

24 Jun 2024

The market cap-weighted S&P 500 is outperforming the equal weight index by nearly 10% this year, following 12% outperformance in 2023.

Since 1971, the only back-to-back years with a higher combined outperformance: 1998-1999. Source: Charlie Bilello

24 Jun 2024

Mega Cap Tech Stocks hit their most overbought level in more than 6 years last week

Source: Barchart, Bloomberg

24 Jun 2024

Was the recent trend of growth stocks outperforming value stocks an anomaly, driven mainly by lower capital costs that favored growth over profitability?

As shown below, history shows that US value outperformed US growth most of the time (using rolling 10-year Total Return) Source: Tavi Costa, BofA

21 Jun 2024

Large tech stocks just keep getting bigger: The S&P 500 Equal Weight index relative to the S&P 500 is now at its lowest level since the 2008 Financial Crisis

This ratio has accelerated as the S&P 500 has rallied by 14% year-to-date while the equal-weight by just 5%. The disconnect has been driven by the 5 largest stocks which have seen a 32% gain combined this year. Since January 2023, the S&P 500 is up a massive 41% while the equal-weight index is up just 16%. At the same time, Russell 2000 Equal Weight is nearly flat, up just ~3%. Source: The Kobeissi Letter, The Daily Shot

21 Jun 2024

U.S. household stock allocation has reached an all-time high

Source: NDR_Research

21 Jun 2024

Gautam Adani is uber-bullish on indian equities "There has never been a better time to be Indian"

Source: Nikhil Oswal

21 Jun 2024

Here are the most held stocks by hedge funds

Source: Savvy Trade, Visual Capitalist

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