Stock price indexes are back at record highs. Yet the stock market's sentiment indicators have turned stubbornly bearish over the past couple of weeks. We noted this development a week ago and concluded that it might be a bullish signal from a contrarian perspective. Read our…
Es 180 days just bouncing around 1 -1 std dev The current uptrend is 88 bps per month https://t.co/IwJNxWSdPv
"Market observers have noted that the S&P 500’s performance so far this year has been dominated by a small number of technology stocks... What’s more important is to bear in mind that this is not unusual. For most equity indices, skewed returns are the rule, not the exception."… https://t.co/f5ssDqtsKm







Over the past 20 days, the S&P 500 index has exhibited a strong performance, outperforming signals from global assets correlated to risk sentiment. The cumulative outperformance of the S&P has increased from +3.42% to +3.91% during this period. Additionally, the equal-weighted S&P 500 outperformed its cap-weighted counterpart by 1% last week, marking the best performance since early September 2024. Despite these gains, market sentiment indicators have turned bearish in recent weeks, suggesting a potential contrarian bullish signal. Analysts have noted that the performance of the S&P 500 this year has been heavily influenced by a limited number of technology stocks, a trend that is not uncommon among equity indices.