CHART OF THE DAY: A 2015 Scorecard, Style Factor Divergence In S&P 500

12/07/15 07:29AM EST

Editor's Note: Below is a brief excerpt and chart from today's Early Look written by Hedgeye CEO Keith McCullough. Click here to subscribe.

"... You get the point – what’s worked during #Deflation and GDP slowing in 2015 is:

  1. Good Balance Sheets: Low Debt = +3.6% YTD
  2. Quality: Low Beta and Low Short Interest +1.7% and +3.0% YTD, respectively
  3. Organic Sales Growth: Top 25% Sales Growers in the SP500 = +7.3% YTD

That’s why that +7.8% YTD performance for the XLK (Tech) is so close to the Organic Sales Growth Style Factor (hint: they are largely the same stocks). And it’s also why the illusion of growth (levered companies like Kinder Morgan, KMI, and Valeant, VRX) crashed."

CHART OF THE DAY: A 2015 Scorecard, Style Factor Divergence In S&P 500 - 12.07.15 EL chart

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