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Wednesday, August 12, 2020 11:13:46 AM
A tale of two S&P's
By: SentimenTrader | August 12, 2020
We've seen how a few stocks have been taking over the market which has masked some underlying weakness in indexes. While the Advance/Decline Line has broken out to a new high, that doesn't mean the gains are evenly spread, not even remotely. The stocks-only A/D Line still remains below its prior high.
These quirks have allowed the S&P 500's Total Return index to close at a new all-time high. This is the version of the index that takes dividends into account, which is what a "real" investor would receive. Yet the Equal Weight version of the index, which puts all 500+ stocks on equal footing, is still more than 7% below its own high, even though its relative performance has picked up in recent days.
Over the past 30 years, there have only been four other days when this kind of quirk triggered. Even when relaxing the parameters to look for a 5% divergence, only a handful more days showed up, mostly around the same time frames. Stocks did not do well after those days, especially the capitalization-weighted version of the S&P 500.
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By: SentimenTrader | August 12, 2020
We've seen how a few stocks have been taking over the market which has masked some underlying weakness in indexes. While the Advance/Decline Line has broken out to a new high, that doesn't mean the gains are evenly spread, not even remotely. The stocks-only A/D Line still remains below its prior high.
These quirks have allowed the S&P 500's Total Return index to close at a new all-time high. This is the version of the index that takes dividends into account, which is what a "real" investor would receive. Yet the Equal Weight version of the index, which puts all 500+ stocks on equal footing, is still more than 7% below its own high, even though its relative performance has picked up in recent days.
Over the past 30 years, there have only been four other days when this kind of quirk triggered. Even when relaxing the parameters to look for a 5% divergence, only a handful more days showed up, mostly around the same time frames. Stocks did not do well after those days, especially the capitalization-weighted version of the S&P 500.
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