Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending April 24, 2026 U.S. equity markets delivered a mixed but constructive performance over the past week, with strength concentrated in technology and growth-oriented sectors while several cyclical and defensive segments lagged. Mega-cap tech and semiconductor-linked names continued to drive momentum, supported by strong investor appetite for AI and innovation … Read more
Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending April 10, 2026 U.S. equity markets continued to show constructive momentum this week, with broad-based gains across major ETFs led by strength in technology and industrial sectors. Growth-oriented funds such as the NASDAQ 100 ETF (QQQM) and Technology Select Sector SPDR (XLK) posted solid advances, while the industrial sector … Read more
Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending March 27, 2026 U.S. equity markets experienced broad-based weakness this week, with growth-oriented and technology-heavy segments leading the decline, as reflected in notable pullbacks across major ETFs such as QQQM, XLK, and XLC. Despite this overall softness, pockets of strength emerged in energy and materials, where rising commodity prices … Read more
Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending March 06, 2026 U.S. equity markets continued to experience modest volatility this week as investors balanced geopolitical developments with sector-specific rotations. Defensive sectors and energy-related equities have attracted increasing attention as global tensions and inflation concerns remain elevated. While the broader market has moved sideways, select commodities, defense, and … Read more
Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending February 27, 2026 Markets closed the week with measured gains across major equity ETFs, even as geopolitical tensions escalated and volatility expectations rose sharply. Broad-based funds such as QQQM (+0.97%), SPYM (+0.59%), and VB (+0.94%) advanced modestly, while sector performance was more pronounced in Communication Services (XLC +2.33%) and … Read more
Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending February 13, 2026 Volatility continues to define the early weeks of 2026, with markets swinging back and forth in short one-to-two day cycles. While headline indexes have struggled to establish sustained momentum, sector rotation remains active beneath the surface. Investors are increasingly reallocating capital away from extended mega-cap growth … Read more
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
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
Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending January 16, 2026 U.S. equity markets have begun 2026 with relatively muted index-level performance, but beneath the surface, leadership dynamics continue to evolve meaningfully. The early days of the year are reinforcing the rotation trends that emerged late in 2025, as investors increasingly favor smaller-capitalization stocks, value-oriented strategies, and … Read more
U.S. equity markets continued their constructive start to 2026, with broad participation across styles, sectors, and market capitalizations. While mega-cap technology continues to attract attention, recent performance data reinforces a theme we have been highlighting for several months — rotation toward value, cyclicals, and smaller capitalization stocks remains intact. In the below tables we use … Read more