bespokeinvest.typepad.com - 10/23/2009
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The weighting of the Financial sector in the S&P; 500 has made a huge move since the March lows. After being the biggest sector of the market for six years in a row, the weight of the Financials dropped all the way down to 8.9% (6th place) on March 9th, 2009. After the recent rally we've had, ...
Institutional Sector Weightings
bespokeinvest.typepad.com 8/13/2009 — Money managers from endowments to hedge funds to mutual funds must file 13Fs each quarter that show there long equity positions. Below we highlight the sector weightings for these institutions based on all of the 13Fs filed. As shown, money managers ...
Whither the Financials
bespokeinvest.typepad.com 3/5/2009 — It is often said that the market can't rally without the financials, but that was when the sector was almost a quarter of the index. As yesterday's trading showed, rallies without the financials are becoming increasingly common. Even as the S&P; 500 rose by over 2% on Wednesday, the Financial ...
S&P 500 Financial Sector Approaches November Lows
bespokeinvest.typepad.com 3/22/2009 — It's hard to believe, but even after the Financial sector's 50%+ rally since March 6th, the sector is still marginally below its closing low of 2008 on November 20th. As shown below, the sector is currently approaching levels that have the potential ...
Sector Relative Strength: Technology and Financials
bespokeinvest.typepad.com 28 days ago — The charts below show the relative strength of the Financial and Technology sectors versus the S&P; 500. In each chart, a rising line indicates that the sector is outperforming the S&P; 500 while a declining line indicates underperformance. We have ...
S&P 500 Sector P/E Ratios Rise
bespokeinvest.typepad.com 10/9/2009 — As shown in the table at right, the P/E ratios of the S&P; 500 and its ten sectors have jumped significantly since the March 9th low. As the market has rallied sharply, earnings have not been able to keep pace at all, hence a rising P/E. While P/E ...
Sector % Change Since the 3/9 Close
bespokeinvest.typepad.com 3/20/2009 — Below we highlight sector performance during the current rally that started last Tuesday. As shown, the Financial sector is up a whopping 50% since the close on March 9th! The S&P; 500 as a whole is up 17.4%, and Telecom, Materials, Industrials, and ...
Is the Tech Sector Running Out of Gas?
bespokeinvest.typepad.com 9/18/2009 — Well, not exactly. However, given that a day doesn't go by where the sector is described as the market's leader, it is somewhat surprising to see that the sector's relative strength versus the S&P; 500 hasn't made a new high since July. In other ...
Financials Diverging
bespokeinvest.typepad.com 6/2/2009 — The divergence between the Financial sector and the S&P; 500 that we noted yesterday, has continued today. While the S&P; 500 remains more than 2.5% from Friday's close, the Financials are down about 1%. While the divergence between the S&P; 500 and ...
S&P 500 Financial Sector Overbought
bespokeinvest.typepad.com 4/19/2009 — The S&P; 500 Financial sector is now 28.5% above its 50-day moving average. Below we highlight the historical 50-day moving average % spread for the sector going back to 1990 (as far back as daily sector pricing goes). As shown, just as the sector hit ...
S&P 500 Financial Sector At Key Inflection Point
bespokeinvest.typepad.com 5/17/2009 — The S&P; 500 Financial sector is down just over 12% from its recent intraday high last Friday. And heading into next Monday, the sector is currently sitting at a key inflection point that should help identify which way the sector will trade over the ...
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