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1/?Mag 7 Breaks Down
Since the beginning of 2023, The Magnificent 7 have been leading the market, vastly outpacing everyone else. Chart 1 is a simple relative comparison showing the performance, since January 1, 2023, of The Magnificent 7, the S&P 500 (SPY), the equal-weight S&P 500 (RSP), mid-cap stocks (VO) and the iShares Russell 2000 small-caps (IWM).?
While the month of April is historically a strong month, April 2024 has been very weak. While the S&P 500, both the cap-weighted version (SPY) and the equal-weighted version (RSP), is down ~5% for the month, The Magnificent 7 is down more than 8%.
In a bull market, corrections of 5-10% are incredibly common. As a result, we ought not be too concerned that we are experiencing such a correction. However, as tactical money managers, we cannot ignore that the leaders have been breaking down.
2/ Approaching Support
Chart 2 is showing the iShares Russell 3000 ETF (IWV) in the top pane. The bottom pane is showing the percentage of the stocks within this ETF that are trading above their 200-day moving average. We tend to examine the Russell 3000 as a measure of the market’s breadth as it captures about 95% of the...
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