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09/08/2026 ValuEngine Weekly Commentary: Advancing Nuclear Energy and Evaluating Its Current Place within Dynamic Asset Strategies. CCJ

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U.S. equity markets were mostly mixed this week, with modest gains in the major benchmarks masking weakness across several sectors. The NASDAQ 100 ETF (QQQM) rose 0.36%, while the S&P 500 ETF (SPYM) gained 0.11%, supported by strength in Energy (XLE), Technology (XLK), Utilities (XLU), and Health Care (XLV). However, Consumer Discretionary (XLY), Materials (XLB), … Read more

08/17/2026 ValuEngine Weekly Market Summary & Commentary

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Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending August 14, 2026 U.S. equity markets advanced this week, with gains spread across most major ETFs and sector benchmarks. Energy (XLE) led the group with a strong 7.67% gain, while Dividend Equity (SCHD), Utilities (XLU), Communication Services (XLC), Consumer Staples (XLP), Technology (XLK), Small Caps (VB), and Health Care … Read more

08/10/2026 ValuEngine Weekly Market Summary & Commentary

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Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending Aug 07, 2026 U.S. equity markets rebounded strongly this week, with gains led by technology and growth-oriented sectors. The NASDAQ 100 ETF (QQQM) rose 5.09%, while the S&P 500 ETF (SPYM) gained 3.54%, supported by a sharp 7.20% advance in Technology (XLK). Materials (XLB), Small Caps (VB), Consumer Discretionary … Read more

05/11/2026 ValuEngine Weekly Market Summary & Commentary

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Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending May 08, 2026 U.S. equity markets continued to move higher this week, led by strong momentum in growth and technology-linked segments. The Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQM) gained 5.69%, while the Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) rose 8.31%, reflecting renewed investor appetite for high-growth and semiconductor-related names. Broader market … Read more

Perspectives on Rotations Into Value, Small-Cap, Developed and Emerging Markets

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After hearing for five years about the valuation bubbles that would cause QQQ and SPY to suffer imminent crashes, net cash flows from major institutions are starting to agree.  Themes of rotation out of large cap US growth stocks and into small cap and/or value stocks and/or international stocks continue to dominate market commentary.  The … Read more

02/09/2026 ValuEngine Weekly Market Summary & Commentary

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Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending February 06, 2026 Market action last week depended heavily on where investors chose to look. Beneath largely unchanged headline index levels, sharp rotations continued across style, size, and geography. Value stocks outperformed growth by a wide margin, while large-cap technology names increasingly served as sources of funds for smaller-cap, … Read more

2025 3Q Review: Bears Capture Headlines While Bulls and Gold Bugs Garner Profits

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Strategists, economists, and all manners of pundits have been somberly telling us since January why market euphoria is misplaced.  There has been no shortage of rationales for their bearish forecasts.  Tariffs, systemic instability, recession, inflation, ridiculously unprecedented valuations and more have explained why a major correction or potential crash has been inevitable this year.  Their … Read more