Sector Rotation is the life blood of a bull market.

In the back half of last year, almost everything was working - except for some growth stocks and Tech.

Then came 2023. The best performers have been growth stocks and Tech.

That's what we mean by "sector rotation".

Last year they were all bitching about the fact that these Tech stocks and the Nasdaq weren't working, even through practically everything else was.

This year they're bitching that these Tech stocks are the only ones working (hint: they're not the only ones).

Large-cap Tech outperforming does not mean that market breadth is weakening. It just means that Large-cap Tech is outperforming.

This is classic sector rotation - a characteristic regularly found throughout bull markets.

So what comes next?

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

The market was full speed ahead, again, and we closed a gap above at $SPY 415.27.

SPY held support at 410 like a charm.

Fresh off their annual meeting, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway takes the spotlight on today’s hot list.

Buffett and Berkshire continue to accumulate shares of Occidental Petroleum $OXY, disclosing yet another purchase, this one worth roughly $125 million. 

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

Talks over the debt ceiling are still going on, and the futures are higher in hopes of an outcome.

The 410 area has been a solid support level for $SPY. We've broken below there for short periods, but we continue to hold it.

This is the video recording of the May 17, 2023, Inside Scoop Weekly Strategy Session.

This is the video recording of the May 2023 Mid-month Conference Call.

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

And, once again, this market is range-bound...

There are still opportunities out there, you just have to look for them.

The largest insider buy on today's list comes in a Form 4 filed by the co-founder and executive vice-president of DISH Network Corporation $DISH, James DeFranco.

DeFranco revealed a purchase of $18.5 million worth of DISH shares.

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

The market awaits debt ceiling negotiations, and we have quite a few Fed speakers today as well.

We're still in a range, and time will tell which way we break.

From the Desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza.

Welcome back to Under the Hood, where we'll cover all the action for the week ended May 12, 2023. This report is published bi-weekly and rotated with The Minor Leaguers.

What we do here is analyze the most popular stocks during the week and find opportunities to either join in and ride these momentum names higher, or fade the crowd and bet against them. 

We use a variety of sources to generate the list of most popular names.

There are so many new data sources available that all we need to do is organize and curate them in a way that shows us exactly what we want: a list of stocks that are seeing an unusual increase in investor interest.

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

The market was full speed ahead today.

And $SPY held on to the 410 support area once again...

This is what almost everyone I speak to tells me is going to happen.

They expect a failure up here in the S&P500, an inability to make new highs and instead, just an overwhelming rollover in stocks.

Here's what that looks like: