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1/7

Disagree with this.

Interest rates are having a big impact on rates.

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2/7

The Magnificent Seven stocks are 30% of the S&P 500.

A record concentration.

Market Cap
Magnificent Seven = $11.9 trillion
"Other 493" = $27.8 trillion
S&P 500 = $$39.7 trillion Image
3/7

Below, the S&P 500 year-to-date returns are split between the "Mag 7" and the "other 493." We see arguably the most concentrated rally in history.

Over 12% of the S&P 500's gain has come from seven stocks. ~3% from the "other 493." Image
4/7

Collectively, the "other 493" cannot be cash for the second year in a row. Image
5/7

Why are the "other 493" struggling?

Their flows (orange) peaked when the Fed started hiking ... and money started pouring into money market funds (blue). Image
6/7

Has the shift into money market funds, or cash (purple), been a mistake?

Not really.

Cash has beaten everything but the index most concentrated in Mag 7 stocks (the NDX/QQQ).

5% money market yields mean "There is an Alternative" to ETFs, and it largely has been working! Image
7/7

I've been arguing that the era of buying the stock indexes via ETF funds has ended. Stock picking has returned.

2023's theme has been about picking AI stocks.

The rest of the market cannot collectively beat cash, struggling from the alternative of 5% money market funds.
Bonus 1

62% of the NDX (QQQ) is the Mag 7 stocks Image
Bonus 2

The Mag 7 stocks account for 29% of the NDX (QQQ) year-to-date returns. Image
Bonus 3

Mag 7 up over 100% YTD

Micro-cap stocks (the bottom half of the Russell 2000) are DOWN 7%.

The era of buying ETF stocks is morphing back into a stock-picking era! Image
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Nov 24
1/9

🧵 on why consumer spending is defying the odds and staying strong
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With unemployment remaining near record lows, consumer spending has defied expectations — and experience-focused companies are at an advantage.

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
2/9

Note that inflation in sports tickets is BOOMING! Image
3/9

I've argued that in the post-Covid/lockdown economy, jobs have become more “transactional.”

People will quit a job for lifestyle reasons, including when a company demands more days in the office, confident they can find employment elsewhere.
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Nov 22
1/8

The Fed has two problems.

1. Credibility
2. They tied themselves to a bad theory about inflation.

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2/8

Credibility = act on what they say.

The Fed was already straining its credibility by saying that the market was doing its work by tightening financial conditions (see Oct 27).

Then, when conditions dramatically ease, they appear to have switched to declaring victory. Image
3/8

On "inflation expectations." I've long argued this is not a thing. Now, we are learning if anything, it is a severely lagging indicator.

First, prices increased for 3 years (up ~21% since the April 2020 COVID recession). Then inflation expectations become "unanchored". Image
Read 8 tweets
Nov 21
1/7

How to Read a CEO’s Comments
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The deflationistas have been working themselves into a tizzy since Walmart Inc. Chief Executive Officer Doug McMillon warned of a period of declining prices at the big-box retailer in the months to come.

bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
2/7

We’ve long warned of relying too much on CEO forecasts, as most are not forecasting at all. They are nowcasting, simply stating what has already happened and treating it as a forecast.

The following chart suggests this is precisely what McMillon is doing. Image
3/7

The CPI report calls “general merchandise” CPI Commodities Less Food and Energy.

The blue line above shows its 6-month annualized change is currently in deflationary territory. And it has been in and out of deflation by this metric for almost a year.
Read 7 tweets
Nov 19
1/6

Some popular charts updated.

The NDX is at a new high for the year.

The S&P 500 continues to widen its outperformance to mid-and small-cap stocks. Image
2/6

The Mag seven stocks alone have pushed the S&P 500 up >12% YTD.

No other year in history has seen this level of concentration in returns. Image
3/6

The Mag seven stocks are at a new weighting high of the S&P 500, just under 30%.

I have data back to the 1960s, and seven stocks have not been this big a weighting as now. Image
Read 6 tweets
Nov 18
1/4

The Bloomberg Aggregate Index inched about 0% YTD (blue line). Image
2/4

The bond market suffered losses in 2021 and 2022.

Only twice since 1793 (no typo!) has the bond market had three consecutive losing years.  1967-1969 and 1979-1981. Image
3/4

That said, on a rolling three-year basis, this has been the worst three years in the last 180+ years. Image
Read 4 tweets
Nov 8
1/4

The SPX has rallied 6.5% over 8 days, the best rally since 2021.

So, where does that leave things?

YTD

Micro-cap in green (bottom 1k of RTY) down
Small-Cap in orange (RTY) down
Mid-cap in brown (MID) Unch
Large-Cap in black (SPX) up
Mega-Cap Tech in blue (NDX) up huge Image
2/4

Take out the Mag7 stocks (red), and the "other 493" stocks are up less than 1%. Image
3/4

Combined all the indices above into the Russell 3000 (RAY), take out the Mag7, and the "other 2993" is less than 1%. Image
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