A fast notice earlier than all people scampers off for the vacations.
The impression of Expertise on indices because the GFC is indeniable. However if you wish to see precisely what their weight appears like on markets over that decade-plus period, try the Statista video above.
Or, you possibly can see Invictus making use of Bob Farrell’s guidelines to the Tosteern Slok’s FANGM work:
Time to invoke Farrell’s Rule #7? Markets are strongest when they’re broad and weakest after they slim to a handful of blue-chip names.
By way of Apollo’s Torsten Slok: pic.twitter.com/qsWPr9mlAC
— Invictus (@TBPInvictus) April 4, 2023
Ed Yardeni additionally noticed one thing related on the finish of Q1:
“Eight of the 11 S&P 500 sectors are down ytd, led by an 11.1% drop in Vitality and a 9.4% decline in Financials, whereas solely three are up ytd, particularly Communication Companies (18.4%), Data Expertise (17.5%), and Shopper Discretionary (9.6%)”
The three outperforming sectors are doing effectively as a result of they embrace the MegaCap-8 shares, which as a bunch are up 26.5% ytd based mostly on their collective market cap. Excluding them, the market cap of the S&P 500 is up lower than 0.1% ytd…”
Among the many skilled economist set, Yardeni & Slok are must-reads for my part…
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