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The US Tech (and related) sectors are the largest by market cap weight, but also by *Earnings weight* The optimists would note that tech earnings share might have room to run given where cyclicals got to in the 2000's boom years... ChartStorm Charts: https://t.co/gCfXQ2G826 https://t.co/E6DtSgC3Pj
1/2 Value has been beating Growth in both US large & small caps, and we expect that to continue over the next few months...
Anyone notice how Large-cap growth stocks are outpacing their Value counterparts today? This ratio hit new multi-month lows yesterday, which is what's got everyone in a tizzy https://t.co/tv3EufLTFF https://t.co/JVwZrgvwqE