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A New Relative Low for an Important Sector

Jason Goepfert
2021-07-28
Financial stocks have lagged the broader market and just hit a 90-day relative low even though the S&P 500 sat at record highs.

Small-Cap stocks aren't the only ones struggling to keep up with the S&P 500's torrid pace. Financial stocks have been lagging, too, not setting a new high for more than 30 days.

Even more notably, the ratio of Financials to the S&P 500 just sagged to its lowest point in more than 90 days. The last time the two diverged to this wide of a degree was last August.

Financils versus S&P 500 ratio

After that bout of relative weakness, it bled into the broader market, and the S&P ended up following Financials lower. Since the Great Financial Crisis in 2007-08, this kind of relative divergence has preceded weakness in the S&P each time over the next 2-4 weeks. 

We've all been taught to buy the strongest groups and sell the weakest ones, and generally, that's probably good advice. In this particular situation, though, Financials have tended to rebound quite strongly during the past four decades.


What else we're looking at

  • Full returns in the S&P 500, Financials, and their ratio after lags in the Russell
  • What happens when our Optimism Index on the FXI China fund drops to a very low level
  • A trading system for Treasury bonds, or TLT, based on trading activity in Japanese stocks

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Fewer than 15% of members of the Hang Seng index are now trading above their 50-day moving averages, the fewest since April 2020.

Etcetera

Here we go again. The Bitcoin Optimism Index jumped from 17 to 88, a drastic leap as traders rushed back into the cryptocurrency.

bitcoin sentiment optimism index

Billowing bonds. Estimated hedge Fund Exposure in bonds has dropped to its lowest point since Feb. 2020.

bond hedge fund exposure

Olympic loss. The Yen has underperformed all year and has run counter to its typical seasonal pattern in recent months.

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