Defensive Rotation: In the 2000 and 2007 tops, defensive sectors like XLP (Staples) and XLU (Utilities) rolled over with the index. Today, these sectors are showing relative strength, with XLP acting ...

Sector rotation is a strategy based on moving money between stock market sectors to stay ahead of booms and busts. But does the research say it works? Many, or all, of the products featured on this ...

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Sector rotation is a well-respected and widely employed theory of stock market activity. A sector rotation investment strategy entails "rotating" or shifting from sector to sector as the economy moves ...

Sector rotations occur when investors shift funds across industries in reaction to economic cycles. During an economic contraction, money moves from cyclicals like tech to staples and utilities. In ...

The first two months of 2026 have produced a sector divergence not seen on Wall Street since the shock of February 2022. Back ...

Imagine the stock market as a grand relay race where the baton is constantly passed from one runner to another. In investing, these runners are the different sectors of the economy, such as Technology ...