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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

31 Jul 2023

The S&P 500 Technology sector forward P/E to that of the SP500 is not as expensive as it was during the Internet bubble

However, the PEG ratio (forward PE divided by consensus long-term EPS growth rate) is roughly at the same level. Source: Game of Trades

31 Jul 2023

The SP500 is now 5% higher than where it was when the Fed started hiking rates in March 2022. $SPX

Source: Charlie Bilello

28 Jul 2023

With 46% of companies reported, S&P 500 Q2 GAAP earnings per share are up 7% over the last year, the highest YoY growth rate since Q4 2021.

Source: Charlie Bilello

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