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Four-Day Performance of Hypothetical Portfolio

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Further to my recent post wherein I introduced a hypothetical portfolio of indices, ETFs, and the 30-Year Bond (in order to broadly track “value” vs. “growth” sentiment), I would offer the following graph which depicts the percentages gained/lost so far this week (as of Thursday’s close).

Market participants favoured the Technology sector, followed by Emerging Markets, Cyclicals, Large-caps, Commodities, Small-caps, and Financials. Homebuilders has been flat and some profits have been taken in the Health Care Sector. Some money was then allocated into 30-Year Bonds. (more…)