Long large cap-growth relative to small cap value 12-month relative performance hit extreme level
Source: BofA
The SP500 has now traded green in both January and February
When that has occurred (data going back to 1950), the $SPX finished the rest of the year higher 27/28 times with the final 10 months being higher 26/28 times. Seems pretty good for Bulls! 🐂 Source: barchart, H/T Ryan Detrick
One billion obese in the world according to a large study published today by British medical journal The Lancet
The study showed an acceleration of the epidemic in low-income countries. Even more worrying, in 30 years, the obesity rate among children and adolescents has quadrupled and doubled among adults. NovoNordisk and Eli Lilly the two main pharma companies in the weight loss race
New York Community Bank $NYCB crashed 20% in after hours trading citing "material weakness in internal controls."
The weakness is reportedly related to loan review resulting from ineffective oversight and risk assessment. NYCB is the same bank that acquired the collapse Signature Bank during the regional bank crisis. This comes just weeks after the bank posted an unexpected $260 million loss in Q4 2023. The stock is now at its lowest level since 1997. Source: The Kobeissi Letter
🔸JUST IN: Bitcoin is about to close the biggest $$$ gain on a monthly candle in its history
Source: Bitcoin archive
NARROWNESS >>> The top 13 stocks have driven the whole of the S&P’s YTD upside with the top five contributing ~70%
Source: Bloomberg, TME
How are the 'Magnificent 7' Tech Stocks doing so far this year?
Nvidia Is Up +23.2% $NVDA. Meta Is Up +11.3% $META. Alphabet Is Up +9.1% $GOOGL. Microsoft Is Up +7.4% $MSFT. Amazon Is Up +4.7% $AMZN. 🔴 Apple Is Down -0.1% $AAPL 🔴 Tesla Is Down -26.2% $TSLA Source: Jesse Cohen, Bloomberg
Intel $INTC, is down 10% after-hours after providing weaker than expected guidance in their earnings release
The move lower has erased $20 billion in market cap in just two hours. Intel provided Q1 2024 EPS guidance of $0.13, which is well below expectations of $0.34. They are also guiding Q1 2024 revenue of $12.2B-$13.2B, below expectations of $14.2B. The question becomes if this weakness is an Intel issue or an industry-wide issue. Source: The Kobeissi Letter
