The Printing Continues – Investing.com

The Printing Continues – Investing.com

Last week’s move to new all-time highs in both the S&P 500 () and the Dow Industrial () masked deteriorating underpinnings as both the iShares Russell 2000 ETF () and the Invesco QQQ Trust () lagged.

Values stocks led the run-up once again while big cap stocks remained stuck in first gear. In fact, the once leading was down -1.12% for the week, and was lagging on year-to-date performance by more than 6% against other key equity indexes.

Our Alpha rotation model took advantage of the run-up by taking partial profits in SPY and moving up stops. Also noteworthy is the fact that the got smoked, while all commodities ripped higher—including soft commodities, and .