Big Tech
May
26
2023
What Is Narrower Than “Narrow”
The May Green Book, published a short three weeks ago, included an article titled “Market Narrowness in 2023” discussing the Big Tech theme’s market leadership this year. We noted that 77% of the S&P 500’s year-to-date return through April 30th was produced by the nine S&P 500 members of the NYSE FANG+® Index, itself a collection of just ten large companies that dominate the Social/Cloud/Innovators cohort. (As for which FANG+ company is not also in the S&P 500, that is your puzzle challenge for this long weekend.)
Mar
07
2023
Why NASDAQ’s Gains Are A Disappointment
The run-up in Tech and the NASDAQ has been impressive, but their relative strength in recent months might be considered substandard from a “cyclically-adjusted” perspective.