Broader market spreads its wings
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BROADER MARKET SPREADS ITS WINGS
Now that the Fed has embarked on what is expected to be a protracted rate-cutting cycle, traders can't help but notice some pronounced relative strength shifts that have come barreling down the track.
Through Wednesday's close the benchmark S&P 500 index .SPX has gained more than 22% so far this year, while the NYSE FANG index .NYFANG, which includes all of the Magnificent Seven stocks, has advanced about 34%.
Against this, the equal-weighted S&P 500 index .SPXEW is about 15% higher, while the small-cap Russell 2000 .RUT is up 13%.
YTD gains not withstanding, more recent action is bearing out a broadening.
On July 10, the SPXEW/SPX ratio fell to 1.1888, which was essentially equal to its 1.189 November 2008 low:
Since the July ratio trough, the broader market has stepped up, while their larger-cap brethren and tech titans are the ones lagging.
Indeed, since July 10, the SPXEW has advanced about 10%, while the RUT has gained more than 11%. The SPX is higher by about 4%, while NYFANG is actually negative by about 5%.
With this, the SPXEW/SPX ratio has rallied to 1.26 and now faces an important hurdle in the form of its descending 200-day moving average (DMA), which is now just over 1.27.
The ratio has been below its 200-DMA since March 10, 2023, or 403 straight trading days. If the ratio can reclaim this long-term moving average, and in such a way that the moving average's slope inflects to positive, it may signal a more protracted period in which the equal-weighted S&P 500 index outperforms the cap-weighted version.
(Terence Gabriel)
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(Terence Gabriel is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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