Healthcare Positioning The rare risk aversion seen in healthcare stocks—stemming from recent underperformance and ongoing uncertainties—could signal significant value for long-term investors willing to endure short-term volatility. Image: Deutsche Bank Asset Allocation
U.S. Core CPI and Headline Inflation Goldman Sachs projects U.S. core CPI inflation at 3.3% year-over-year by the end of 2025, factoring in tariffs, and expects it to gradually ease to 2.6% in 2026 despite ongoing inflationary pressures. Image: Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research
S&P 500 Market Cap / S&P 500 Equal Weight Index The current performance gap—where the market-cap-weighted index outperforms the equal-weight index—does not necessarily signal an imminent bear market, but it does warrant some caution for investors. Image: Real Investment Advice
Buybacks – Announced Share Repurchases for S&P 500 Companies In 2025, U.S. companies plan record share buybacks, with repurchases projected to exceed $1 trillion—aimed at supporting stock prices, strengthening financial health, and boosting investor confidence. Image: J.P. Morgan
Average Cumulative S&P 500 Total Returns – Investing on Any Day vs. Investing at New High Despite widespread investor hesitation to buy at all-time highs, data suggest that doing so generally leads to better future returns compared to investing on random days. Image: Yahoo Finance
Equity Positioning and Earnings Growth Equity positioning aligns with S&P 500 Q2 2025 earnings growth and suggests further upside—if robust and resilient earnings continue and broaden across sectors. Image: Deutsche Bank Asset Allocation
Crypto Fund Flows Last week, crypto funds experienced substancial outflows, partly due to profit-taking. Image: Deutsche Bank Asset Allocation
Cross Asset Flows as a % of Assets Money market funds continue to attract strong investor interest, providing safe and profitable short-term opportunities in the current high-interest-rate environment. Image: Deutsche Bank Asset Allocation
S&P 500 Alternating Higher and Lower Days in a Row Over seven days in August, the S&P 500’s alternating higher and lower closes signal a choppy trading environment, consistent with usual seasonal patterns amid ongoing macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainties. Image: Carson Investment Research
CTAs Exposure to Gold Commodity Trading Advisors have raised their gold allocations and continue to hold net long positions, reflecting bullish sentiment fueled by structural and tactical factors influencing gold’s demand and price in 2025. Image: Deutsche Bank Asset Allocation
S&P 500 Index and Blended Forward EPS Citigroup strategists raised their year-end S&P 500 target to 6,600 points, up from 6,300, expecting that tax cuts introduced in July 2025 will counterbalance the negative impact of tariffs on U.S. companies. Image: Bloomberg