Vast Majority of U.S. Sectors Were Downgraded in the Past Month as Uncertainty Increases Due to Continued Pandemic and Supply Chain Problems
Markets disappointed in November after a strong October run. Most US Sectors experienced ratings downgrades with Utilities seeing the biggest shift to “C” and “D” ratings. The Trendrating model has detected a bear phase on 73% of the Large Cap stocks that have fallen the most. Performance dispersion generates risks and opportunities for active managers. The dispersion in the US Large Cap universe over the last 12 months ending November recorded an average return difference between the top and bottom quartiles of 102%. -Rocco Pellegrinelli, CEO of Trendrating
December Sector Allocations
Methodology
To arrive at our monthly Sector Allocations, we delineate the S&P 500 universe of stocks into five groups based on their Smart Momentum Score (SMS). Any stock that has retraced at least 20% from a trend high is considered an outlier. The sector allocation is then found by looking at the proportion of names within quantile one for each sector. To control risk, no sector can represent more than double its weighting in the index.
December Allocations
Over the last few months, the market has been driven by a handful of securities. The Trendrating model is heavily overweight Industrials, Consumer Discretionary, Financials and Materials. Conversely, Trendrating identifies the sectors with the weakest trends as Information Technology, Communication Services, Consumer Staples, Health Care and Utilities. We are neutral on Real Estate and Energy which have a deviation of less than +/- 2% from the index weighting.
U.S. Macro Market View – October to December
Top Trending Stocks in the S&P 500
Methodology
Each month we distribute the Trendrating 100 list to our clients. We delineate the S&P 500 universe of stocks into five groups based on their Smart Momentum Score (SMS) and retracement value. Any stock that has retraced over 10% from a trend high is considered an outlier. This leaves us with a list of names in which our Model has high conviction. The market environment will dictate the number of names in the Top 100 list, but it will typically range from 80-100 companies. Here will be highlighting the Top 25 companies each month. Contact Trendrating for the complete list.
Trendrating Terminology
Rating Grade: A = Strong Bull Trend / B = Emerging Bull Trend / C = Emerging Bear Trend / D = Strong Bear Trend
Trend Strength: measures the consistency of the trend. The higher the value, the more the trend is developing consistently. The smaller the value, the greater the noise. The Trend Strength span in range [-30, +30]. The calculation considers the price history of the last 6 months. The 180 working days are divided into periods of 6 days. For each period, a value of +1 or -1 is assigned depending on whether the performance of the period is positive or negative.
Smart Momentum Score (SMS): is a continuous rating scale between -3 and 3, measuring the strength of the trend since that trend began. The metric allows the model to differentiate between securities of the same ratings, whether that is an A, B, C or D rated security.
Retracement: The percentage off the peak of the trend for positive trends or off the bottom for negative trends.
Additional Information:
Trendrating Use Cases – An overview of the services we offer
Trendrating Indices – Six Indices calculated daily and rebalanced monthly
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Rocco Pellegrinelli
Rocco Pellegrinelli began his career as a portfolio manager. He has been a successful entrepreneur in the technology sector for the past 20 years. He created Brainpower in 1996 and as Chairman and CEO, established it as one of the top portfolio management systems globally. After taking the company public on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in 2000, Brainpower was acquired by Bloomberg in 2006. His conviction is “Many analytical tools makes sense, but do they also make money? It is time to bring real value to fund managers.” Rocco believes that the asset and wealth management industries need to evolve toward higher standards of value to clients, in an efficient and cost effective manner. Adopting new data and sophisticated tools is now a necessity. He launched Trendrating with the mission to provide innovative analytics and technology that deliver alpha, which are measurable, actionable, and repeatable.
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