Category: Equity Leaders Weekly

In December, the equity market recovery broadened out and participation increased dramatically with the small and mid cap troops finally following the large cap generals higher. In particular, the Russell 2000 Index (RLS.I) staged a very strong rally, climbing up from a successful retest of its October 2022, and driving up through all of the trading range that has prevailed for the last eighteen months and snapping a downtrend line.

In this edition of Equity Leaders Weekly, we look at what the Sector Scopes are telling us about market sentiment and sector performance and also at recent action in the S&P/TSX Composite Index.

In this edition of Equity Leaders Weekly, we look at a big breakout by the NASDAQ and a resurgence in interest in the real estate sector.

In this edition of Equity Leaders Weekly, we look at the current state of the oil price and at capital rotation between large cap and small cap stocks in the US.

In this edition of Equity Leaders Weekly, we look at the Canadian banking sector moving into its earnings week, and at what recent gains in the gold price may be telling us about investor sentiment.

In this edition of Equity Leaders Weekly, we look at how the prospects for a recovering China appear to be having a positive impact on China-sensitive markets like Hong Kong stocks and copper.

In this edition of Equity Leaders Weekly, we take a look at the wide ranging implications of the recent drop in treasury yields, and what a turnaround in the Russell 2000 small cap index is telling us about market breath.

In this edition of Equity Leaders Weekly, we look at what the BPI feature in SIA Charts is telling us about capital flows and relative strength in equity markets, and at the recent downturn in energy stocks.

In this edition of Equity Leaders Weekly, we look at what recent declines in the high-beta/cyclical software sector and the low-beta/defensive food sector are telling us about the breadth of the recent market selloff.

In this edition of Equity Leaders Weekly, we look at how recent breakdowns in US small caps and emerging markets indicate that investor appetite for risk has declined and sentiment has become more cautious lately.