This is important. A significant sea change is underway in global financial markets.
Take a look at the performance scoreboard below. The S&P 500 is up +7.4% year-to-date. Over that same period:
- Euro Stoxx 600 is down -3%
- Emerging Markets are down -11.7%
- Japan's Nikkei 225 is down -4.8%
- China's Shanghai Comp is down -21%
That's called global #GrowthSlowing.
No surprise, we have been signaling short a number of Emerging Market and European countries in ETF Pro.
But even within the S&P 500, the leaders and laggards are changing. U.S. #GrowthSlowing assets are outperforming on a trending basis. In the past 3 months, the S&P 500 is up just +3.3%.
Over that same period:
- Utilities (XLU) are up +11%
- Healthcare (XLV) is up +8.8%
- Consumer Staples (XLP) are up +7%
That’s called U.S. #GrowthSlowing.
No surprise (again), we have been telling our subscribers to get long bonds and bond proxies in ETF Pro.
Our primary goal is to give you a clear roadmap for portfolio construction, backed by a rigorous macro process that signals what ETFs we like and don’t like.
FYI .. there are two brand-new ETF ideas in this month’s edition of ETF Pro (bringing the total to 19 long and short ETF ideas). You’re going to want to check it out...
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