All aboard the broadening train?
Main U.S. equity index futures edge green; small caps jump
Jun PPI MM, YY > estimates
Jun PPI exFood/Energy MM, YY > estimates
Euro STOXX 600 index up ~0.4%
Dollar ~flat; crude up; gold, bitcoin trade lower
U.S. 10-Year Treasury yield edges up to ~4.20%
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ALL ABOARD THE BROADENING TRAIN?
The spotlight shining on market concentration has intensified this year. In the wake of Thursday's cooler-than-expected CPI data, which added to expectations that the Fed may soon finally start cutting rates, traders couldn't help but notice some pronounced relative strength shifts that suddenly came barreling down the track.
Through Wednesday's close the benchmark S&P 500 index .SPX had gained around 18% so far this year, while the NYSE FANG index .NYFANG, which includes all of the Magnificent Seven stocks, had advanced about 41%.
Against this, the equal-weighted S&P 500 index .SPXEW was only 4.6% higher, while the small-cap Russell 2000 .RUT was up just 1.2%.
On Thursday, rumbles were felt far and wide as the SPX suffered a near-1% slide, while the NYFANG tumbled 3.5%. The SPXEW rallied 1.2%, while the RUT jumped about 3.6% for its biggest daily gain since November of last year.
Many market watchers have been longing for a broadening, and of note, on Thursday, the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC which tumbled nearly 2%, posted an advance/decline ratio of better than 3-1. Looking back to mid-1995, that's never happened before.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, the SPXEW/SPX ratio hit its lowest level since mid-September 2003:
On Thursday, as the equal-weighted index outperformed, the ratio posted its biggest jump since early-November 2020.
That November 2020 thrust preceded a more than two-year period that the equal-weighted version ultimately outperformed the cap-weighted version.
Admittedly, the ratio's longer-term pattern looks a bit ominous, given what appears to be a late 2023-early 2024 head & shoulders neckline break. However, provided Wednesday's 1.1888 low holds, Thursday's ratio vault, essentially off its late-2008 trough, may suggest room for a more significant turn in favor of the equal-weighted index.
(Terence Gabriel)
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(Terence Gabriel is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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