Potentially Peaking Yields, Small Caps, Bearish Extreme in Sentiment
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Three big things you need to know today: First, Growth sectors are typically the biggest beneficiaries of declining 10-year Treasury yields. This analysis was in focus in our meetings last week where investors were keen to explore what to own if yields have peaked. Second, Small Caps, where balance sheet concerns have overshadowed attractive valuations, were also in focus in our meetings last week. Friday’s unemployment report also provided another reason to be taking a look at Small Caps now. Third, there were a lot of interesting updates in our high-frequency indicators last week, with the most important one being that the deterioration in US equity investor sentiment finally has started to look too extreme. The stock market has had a strong start to November, and the move seems deserved in light of what we’re seeing in most, though admittedly not all, of our sentiment indicators.
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