Investors and Trading Activity in Options Investors are trading more actively in options with less than 2 weeks to maturity, driven by better visibility of the catalyst path. Image: Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research
Bank to IG Index Spread Ratio and Bank to S&P 500 Ratio Are U.S. bank stocks a buying opportunity, despite Warren Buffett’s selloff? Image: Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research
Performance vs. Benchmark Based on Gender of Portfolio Manager This year, women fund managers are beating their male counterparts in picking stocks. Image: Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research
Six-Month Return on U.S. Growth Stocks Minus Value Stocks Trees don’t grow to the sky, but so far, investors continue to pile into growth stocks. Image: The Wall Street Journal
Correlation Between S&P 500 Index and S&P 500 Equal Weighted Index The S&P 500 is the most negatively correlated to the S&P 500 equal weighted index since 1999, 2000 and 2017. Image: BofA Global Investment…
Returns – S&P 500 Is on Pace for Its Fifth Consecutive Month of Gains Does the U.S. stock market rally have more legs, even though valuations are high? Image: Bloomberg
Performance – S&P 500 and Tech Sector If the S&P 500 was just the tech sector, it would be at 4322. Image: BofA Global Investment Strategy
Cash in Customer Accounts More upside for stocks? As elevated cash levels are a contrarian bullish signal. Image: BofA Global Research
Correlation Between Russell 1000 Growth and Russell 1000 Value The correlation between Growth and Value has been close to zero, as during the dotcom bubble, when value investors were squeezed out while growth investors enjoyed…
U.S. Labor Market – Initial and Continued Claims U.S. unemployment claims remain historically high, as recovery in U.S. labor market slows Image: BofA
U.S. Demographics vs. U.S. Inflation Chart suggesting the correlation between demographics and inflation in the United States. Image: BofA Research Investment Committee