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The underperformance from Technology stocks continues.
And keep in mind that you've been seeing it in Large-caps for most of this year, but you've been seeing the underperformance from Small-cap Technology for over 18 months.
Small-cap Tech peaked in the summer of 2023 relative to the rest of the small-caps:
It's really been a disappointment for Technology investors.
Granted, there are Tech stocks working, but they are few and far between, compared to what we have seen in the past.
Look at the returns of these Technology ETFs relative to the performance in Bitcoin over the past month:
So the question becomes: Is this fresh breakout the beginning of the next leg higher for equities?
Or is this market behavior evidence of exhaustion and it's time to get out?
Let me remind you of the "Fab 5" charts from the beginning of 2024 that helped determine whether we were starting a new leg higher this year or if it was time to bail.
