US - Market Strategy 04 (Jul 25 - Dec 27)

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HIGHS AND LOWS

NEW HIGHS OF NOTE LAST WEEK

Applied Materials (AMAT)... semiconductors
Ciena (CIEN)... telecom equipment
New York Times (NYT)... media
Ralph Lauren (RL)... apparel
Ross Stores (ROST)... discount retail
Five Below (FIVE)... discount retail
Becton Dickinson (BDX)... needles and syringes
Parker-Hannifin (PH)... motion and control technologies
Johnson Controls (JCI)... industrial equipment
Clean Harbors (CLH)... industrial waste disposal
Linde (LIN)... chemicals
MasTec (MTZ)... infrastructure and engineering
CenterPoint Energy (CNP)... utilities
Halliburton (HAL)... oil services
Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM)... gold
Alamos Gold (AGI)... gold

NEW LOWS OF NOTE LAST WEEK

Paychex (PAYX)... payroll solutions
HP (HPQ)... digital utilities
Atlassian (TEAM)... collaboration software
Copart (CPRT)... "junkyard giant"
Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH)... defense contractor

Source: Daily Wealth

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Tech recently hit a record high concentration of the US stock market, per Datastream
https://x.com/Mayhem4Markets/status/2025664725556556228


‘Nuke all the cybersecurity stocks. Send them to zero.’
https://x.com/TikTokInvestors/status/20 ... 4583840178

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Cybersecurity stocks drop for a second day as new Anthropic tool fuels AI disruption fears
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/23/cyberse ... trike.html


If 'Cash Is King', Berkshire Hathaway Leads The World
https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-fina ... eads-world

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Software used to be the third most expensive industry group in the Russell 1000.
https://x.com/Mayhem4Markets/status/2026340120517837193

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History Suggests Broad Gains Are Ahead

by Chris Igou

Ratio comparing the S&P 500 Equal Weight Index and the S&P 500.

When the ratio sits at 1, both these indexes are performing equally.

If only the largest companies are performing well, though, the S&P 500 will outperform the equal-weight index… and the ratio will fall.

That’s what we saw through the first 10 months of 2025. The standard index was up 18.4%. And the equal-weight version was up 10.3%.

But the roles are reversing. Since October, the equal-weight index is up about 8.5% while the S&P 500 is roughly flat.

In short, you want to own more than just the AI giants of 2025. The rally is spreading in a healthy way.

And if this ratio keeps climbing from here, we could enter another 2000s-style rally.

Source: Daily Wealth

https://tradesoftheday.com/2026/02/27/h ... are-ahead/

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HIGHS AND LOWS

NEW HIGHS OF NOTE LAST WEEK

Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD)... financial services
Novartis (NVS)... pharmaceuticals
Imax (IMAX)... movie theaters
McDonald's (MCD)... fast food
Coca-Cola (KO)... soft drinks
Altria (MO)... cigarettes
Corteva (CTVA)... agriculture
Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ)... oil and gas
Kinder Morgan (KMI)... oil and gas
Shell (SHEL)... oil and gas
Skeena Resources (SKE)... gold and silver

NEW LOWS OF NOTE LAST WEEK

Elastic N.V. (ESTC)... data research
Shift4 Payments (FOUR)... payment processor
Duolingo (DUOL)... language-learning app
Flutter Entertainment (FLUT)... online casino
JD.com (JD)... "China's Amazon"
Harley-Davidson (HOG)... motorcycles
Walker & Dunlop (WD)... commercial real estate
ICL (ICL)... chemicals

Source: Daily Wealth

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HIGHS AND LOWS

NEW HIGHS OF NOTE LAST WEEK

Chevron (CVX)... oil and gas
ExxonMobil (XOM)... oil and gas
ConocoPhillips (COP)... oil and gas
BP (BP)... oil and gas
EOG Resources (EOG)... oil and gas
Occidental Petroleum (OXY)... oil and gas
Phillips 66 (PSX)... oil and gas
Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ)... oil and gas
Cenovus Energy (CVE)... oil and gas
HF Sinclair (DINO)... oil and gas
Tower Semiconductor (TSEM)... semiconductors
Ciena (CIEN)... telecom equipment
Five Below (FIVE)... discount retail
MasTec (MTZ)... infrastructure and engineering

NEW LOWS OF NOTE LAST WEEK

Fidelity National Financial (FNF)... insurance
Adobe (ADBE)... cloud services
DoorDash (DASH)... food-delivery app
Conagra Brands (CAG)... packaged foods
Pilgrim's Pride (PPC)... poultry
Campbell's (CPB)... soup
McCormick (MKC)... spices
Builders FirstSource (BLDR)... homebuilder supplier
NVR (NVR)... homebuilder
Home Depot (HD)... home improvement
Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA)... residential REIT

Source: Daily Wealth

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HIGHS AND LOWS

NEW HIGHS OF NOTE LAST WEEK

Kodiak Sciences (KOD)... biopharmaceuticals
Argan (AGX)... engineering
Bunge (BG)... vegetable oils
ExxonMobil (XOM)... oil and gas
Chevron (CVX)... oil and gas
ConocoPhillips (COP)... oil and gas
Occidental Petroleum (OXY)... oil and gas
Valero Energy (VLO)... oil refiner
Methanex (MEOH)... methanol
LyondellBasell Industries (LYB)... chemicals

NEW LOWS OF NOTE LAST WEEK

Fiserv (FISV)... digital payments
Insulet (PODD)... medical devices
Elastic N.V. (ESTC)... data research
Zscaler (ZS)... cloud security
Dropbox (DBX)... cloud storage
Sony (SONY)... gadgets and entertainment
Lennox (LII)... HVAC systems
Unilever (UL)... household goods
DoorDash (DASH)... food-delivery app
Nike (NKE)... sports apparel
Lululemon Athletica (LULU)... athleisure
Cintas (CTAS)... uniforms

Source: Daily Wealth

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Kind of mind-boggling
https://x.com/LanceRoberts/status/2038930755439522198