The market finally may be ready for a big rotation

• The big hit to FAANG stocks and small-caps indicate that the market leadership may shift.

• Value also easily outperformed growth, another sign of a switch.

• Market volatility remains low, but signs of a rotation are growing

ECONOMIC NEWS

(Week to date)

S&P 500 up 0.5 percent

Russelll 2000 down 1.9 percent

FAANG down 4 percent

Growth vs. Value: switching places?

(WTD)

Russell 1000 Value up 1.3 percent

Russell 1000 Growth down 0.6 percent

The FAANG names and the Russell 2000, which used to be the leaders, are now

laggards, and growth stocks (technology) which have been dominating value (banks, energy, retail) all year are now lagging.

Maybe it shouldn't be too hard to understand. There's been major weakness in two of the five FAANG names: Netflix and Facebook both got whacked.

We all know a lot of traders were in these trades because they seem bulletproof and tariff proof. Suddenly, they don't seem so bulletproof, even though the magnitude of the decline — with the exception of Facebook — is not that bad.

FAANG this week

Facebook down 17 percent

Netflix down 1.5 percent

Apple down 0.5 percent

Amazon up 0.3 percent

Alphabet up 4.6 percent

Elsewhere, earnings are good, but markets are merciless when they're not good, or when growth slows down. Today's witness: Twitter, down 20 percent.

Pisani, Bob. “The Market Finally May Be Ready for a Big Rotation.” CNBC, CNBC, 27 July 2018, www.cnbc.com/2018/07/27/the-market-finally-may-be-ready-for-a-big-rotation.html.