A Rising S&P Despite Weak Breadth: What’s Hot and What’s Not.

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  • Breadth in the S&P is terrible. S&P is up 10% YTD but 45% of its constituents are negative.

  • US and international yields are moving higher. 4.80% is something to watch on the 10yr

  • Going higher: Oil, wheat, commodities, AUDUSD, AMD, Japanese rates, Coherent, Meta, Platinum

  • Stay away from: homebuilders, smallc-caps, “value”, Blackstone, CSX, shipping, rails, LVMH

 

% of stocks above the 200ma is continuing to deteriorate.

a rising sp despite weak breadth whats hot and whats not

 

Same data just a different visual.

a rising sp despite weak breadth whats hot and whats not

 

AMD and NVDA are the Pepsi and Coke of the semi industry. Bullish.

a rising sp despite weak breadth whats hot and whats not

 

a rising sp despite weak breadth whats hot and whats not

 

Follow Druckenmiller on Coherent: “Upside for Optical Suppliers: Nvidia didn’t order enough transceivers at least in the April quarter so the set up feels good for both Optical suppliers (e.g., Fabrinet, Coherent, Innolight). - JPM TMT Conference

a rising sp despite weak breadth whats hot and whats not

 

Dell is bouncing nicely off the 50ma.

a rising sp despite weak breadth whats hot and whats not

 

Platinum is consolidating before moving higher.

a rising sp despite weak breadth whats hot and whats not

 

$4.50 is a good risk/reward on Copper.

a rising sp despite weak breadth whats hot and whats not

 

Avoid these companies.

a rising sp despite weak breadth whats hot and whats not

 

a rising sp despite weak breadth whats hot and whats not

 

CSX continues to be weak.

a rising sp despite weak breadth whats hot and whats not

 

BlackRock - “A balanced portfolio today revolves around simply clipping coupon in fixed income and owning high-growth tech stocks.”

a rising sp despite weak breadth whats hot and whats not

 

 


Illiquid assets

Reserve list MTG: Illiquid “non-security” that hasn’t gotten the attention it deserves recently. Higher in the next 3 years.

a rising sp despite weak breadth whats hot and whats not

 

Counterstrike skins/stickers are going UP.

a rising sp despite weak breadth whats hot and whats not

 

 


Learn Something

 

Why Systematic Rebalancing Doesn't Work

Systematic rebalancing, which involves adjusting a portfolio back to its original asset allocation, has inherent flaws that can increase risk and drawdown. Negative convexity occurs when the value of a portfolio decreases at an accelerating rate as the market moves against it. For instance, in a traditional 60/40 portfolio, if equity markets decline and the portfolio shifts to a 50/50 allocation, rebalancing would require buying equities to return to the 60/40 split. This process effectively creates a short straddle with negative convexity, which can exacerbate losses during market downturns. Mechanical rebalancing fails to account for market momentum and often ignores the true skewness of portfolio strategies. Instead of mitigating risk, it can inadvertently increase it. A more effective strategy involves allocating to a positive convexity approach, such as trend following.

 

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Authored by Gmg Research via ZeroHedge June 3rd 2024