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7 Aug 2023

Should you do the opposite of what Wall Street strategists say? Data over the last 3.5 years suggests that strategists underperform the S&P 500

Source: Barchart, Bloomberg

3 Aug 2023

“.. when the S&P 500 is +10% or better YTD at the July-end mark.”

Source: Carl Quintanilla, Bloomberg

2 Aug 2023

It's now been 40 days since the SP500 had a down 1% day...

Source: Bloomberg, www.zerohedge.com

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

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

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