A record share of S&P 500 stocks underperformed in 2023
The S&P 500 index is closing in on a fresh record high as 2023 draws to a close. Unfortunately for stock pickers, many of the index's constituents remain well below their highs from January 2022, MarketWatch reported.
NEW YORK: The S&P 500 index is closing in on a fresh record high as 2023 draws to a close. Unfortunately for stock pickers, many of the index's constituents remain well below their highs from January 2022, MarketWatch reported.
This has led to a striking divide between the US market's "haves" and "have nots", a dynamic that has resulted in what eToro's Callie Cox recently described as "the weirdest-looking bull (market) in decades", MarketWatch reported. Both Cox and Apollo's Torsten Slok have been closely tracking the share of S&P 500 SPX members that have been underperforming the index.
Slok pointed out in emailed commentary that at 72 per cent, the share of S&P 500 underperformers is on track for a record in 2023. To be sure, this divergence is nothing new.
So-called "bad breadth" in the US stock market has been a hot topic on Wall Street practically all year, MarketWatch reported. (IANS)
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