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Not A Market For The Dogs Of The Dow
With the first half of 2023 coming to a close this past Friday, the equity markets rewarded investors with strong performance. Much of the markets' return has been driven by the so-called 'Big Seven" stocks. Let's see how the "Dogs of the Dow" did.
Money Supply Velocity Increasing Indicating Stronger Economic Growth
An increasing velocity of the money supply is generally associated with a strengthening economy. In other words, a recession does not seem imminent if using the Quantity Theory of Money as a guide.
Narrow Market Participation May Be Broadening Out
A characteristic of the market advance this year is the fact a small number of stocks are contributing to the advance. Further, the stocks contributing the most to performance are mostly large capitalization companies.
Dividend Payers Lagging Broader Market Badly
The average return of the payers through the end of May is -3.39% while the average return of the non-payers is up 9.72%.
A Small Number Of Stocks Contributing To The Market's Advance
From time to time I note the economy is not the market and vice versa. Being aware of this difference has proven important this year as the S&P 500 Index is up 12.37% through Friday's market close.
Potential Significance Of Growth Stocks Outperforming Value Stocks
A technical recession did occur in early 2022 with negative real GDP in the first and second quarter. As economic activity improved in the second half of 2022, that is, positive GDP growth, value stocks did outperform their growth counterparts.
CPI Release Is On The Clock
Wednesday morning the much-awaited consumer price index report is released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
As Stocks Outperform Equity Fund Flows Are Negative
Although 2022 was not a good year for most investment asset classes a recovery in equities actually began early in the fourth quarter of the year. This positive equity performance carried over into 2023 with the index up 7.50% in the first quarter.
Will International Equities Recent Outperformance To U.S. Equities Continue?
Over the past 15 years international developed market equities as measured by the MSCI EAFE Index have outperformed the S&P 500 Index in only four years and one of those years was 2022.
Dogs Of The Dow Stumble In First Quarter
I noted that several dividend-paying strategies far outpaced the broader S&P 500 Index in 2022. As the first quarter came to a close on Friday, it has become clear that it is the income-focused equity strategies that are lagging the broader market.
Banking Crisis Contained Or A Spreading Contagion
At the end of the day, the pandemic that began in 2020 and the monetary and fiscal response by the U.S. government far exceeded what the economy needed.
A Market And Economy Exceeding Expectations
Knowing the economy and investment market are not one and the same, and can function out of sync at times, possibly the current environment is such that they are actually in sync.
Equity Market At Important Level Technically
The S&P 500 has fallen in each of the last three weeks, down just over -4%. This leaves the Index down -2.56% this month with just two trading days remaining.
New Buyback Tax May Impact Stock Returns
In August of last year Congress passed the so-called Inflation Reduction Act and included within the Act is a 1% excise tax on the fair market value of stock repurchased by companies effective 1/1/2023.
The Stock Market Is Triggering Bullish Technical Signals
For the start of 2023, the S&P 500 index is up 4.16%. The positive move is welcome news, yet the S&P 500 index remains down over 16% from its peak. Nonetheless, this recent recovery in the market is triggering some bullish technical indicators.
The Dow Stock Dogs Performed In 2022
With the market's close on Friday investors happily said goodbye to 2022. Very few investment categories generated a positive return in 2022.
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