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22:01
Sep 02
Sep 02
Own tech, avoid cyclicals
Because yields are rising due to accelerating earnings and productivity rather than inflation fear, he is overweight technology and communication services and underweight cyclicals, favoring quality balance sheets and high profitability.
MED
23:00
Aug 28
Aug 28
Tech favored over bond substitutes.
Climbing yields become a cost of capital and compete with equities, especially if the 10-year Treasury yield reaches 4.75%; investors may rotate from bond substitutes like staples, REITs, and telecoms into bonds, while tech is least at risk because data-center investment is judged on return on capital, which he expects to be high-single digit over time.
HIGH
15:05
Aug 26
Aug 26
Overweight IT, communications, materials.
AI is a secular earnings story, so stay overweight information technology, communication services, and materials as ancillary AI plays with valuation support.
MED
21:57
Aug 21
Aug 21
Prefer high-margin quality over cyclicals.
As the small/mid/value cyclical outperformance moves into the rearview, he prefers high-margin quality stocks, especially tech and communication services paired with consumer staples and utilities, arguing yields have peaked.
MED
03:20
Aug 21
Aug 21
Communication Services and IT lead massive earnings growth.
The US Communication Services and IT sectors are leading the massive Q2 earnings beat, with EPS growth jumping to 117% and 70.4% respectively.
HIGH
22:42
Aug 20
Aug 20
Massive earnings growth makes tech sectors attractive.
The Communication Services and IT sectors are leading the Q2 earnings surprises, with EPS growth estimates jumping massively. As the macro environment becomes more favorable for growth stocks in Q4 due to falling inflation and interest rates, these sectors are highly likely to continue their strong performance.
HIGH
13:19
Aug 19
Aug 19
Broader Korean sectors should contribute too.
The next phase of Korea's market should be steadier and more balanced, with industrials, financials, healthcare, communications, and consumer staples contributing alongside technology rather than a tech-only rebound.
MED
05:11
Aug 18
Aug 18
Play the AI theme through US equities.
Prefer gaining exposure to the AI theme through US tech and communication services equities rather than the bond market, as equities offer better upside potential compared to the limited upside and huge downside of AI corporate debt.
HIGH
04:25
Aug 10
Aug 10
Overweight tech, underweight communication services
Citi is overweight the technology sector and underweight communication services, where the hyperscalers reside, as the AI-driven market broadening reduces the dominance of large-cap internet names and allows other parts of tech to participate.
HIGH
10:00
Aug 07
Aug 07
Overweight financials, industrials, healthcare.
The bull market is broadening, so Yardeni Research has moved technology and communication services to market weight while overweighting financials, industrials, and healthcare. These sectors will benefit from catch-up as AI and digital technologies diffuse across the economy, boosting productivity outside of tech.
MED
20:00
Jul 29
Jul 29
AI capex peak drives tech underweight
AI capital spending growth is likely to slow; capex as a percent of cash flow for the big spenders reached 90%, similar to prior peaks in telecom (2000) and energy (2014-15). After reporting higher capex, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon saw stock price declines, signaling market skepticism. This rate-of-change slowdown leads him to underweight the Technology sector (25% vs. 37% index) and Communication Services (5% vs. 10%).
HIGH
16:07
Jul 22
Jul 22
The author provides a comprehensive market and cross-asset analysis with a neutral-to-cautious.
The author provides a comprehensive market and cross-asset analysis with a neutral-to-cautious lean on ES futures but no explicit personal long/short position on any ticker, only watchlist and regime context.
15:19
Jul 13
Jul 13
Communication services sector is attractive.
The communication services sector, which houses hyperscalers, looks attractive on valuation, technical, and fundamental metrics and offers exposure to the AI capex cycle.
MED
11:30
Jul 13
Jul 13
Downgrade comm services on weaker profile
RBC downgrades Communication Services to market weight. The sector no longer looks like the preferred growth area. Its valuation attractiveness has faded relative to the past, earnings revision trends are less compelling, and fund flows are not as strong as in Technology. The preference is shifting away toward Tech.
MED
16:23
Jul 10
Jul 10
Communication services driven by AI, tech adoption.
Communication services benefit from technology usage and AI adoption, offering growth potential beyond mega-cap names.
MED
11:31
Jun 22
Jun 22
Favor US financials, industrials, communications hedged
With debt signals calling for investment but requiring protection, and liquidity expected to thin into the summer, Amundi is invested via sector selection rather than the broad market, favoring US financials, industrials, and communication services while using hedges.
MED
15:35
Jun 10
Jun 10
The tweet is a factual sector rotation and factor analysis report with no explicit first-person.
The tweet is a factual sector rotation and factor analysis report with no explicit first-person position language or forward call, so all tickers are indexed as watch.
16:00
Jun 03
Jun 03
The tweet provides a detailed sector and factor rotation analysis with commodity reflation.
The tweet provides a detailed sector and factor rotation analysis with commodity reflation themes but contains no explicit first-person position language or forward directional call, only factual market observations.
09:45
Jun 02
Jun 02
Long communication services on AI.
We have a fairly large exposure to communication services, which are also front and center in the AI trade. The sector benefits from strong earnings revisions and AI-related demand.
MED
16:19
May 20
May 20
Overweight tech, comms, energy for earnings.
Lerner maintains a long-standing overweight stance on U.S. tech, communications, and energy sectors, citing that these areas have the strongest upward earnings revisions in the market. He recommends staying overweight these sectors despite near-term risks.
MED
20:20
May 13
May 13
The tweet provides a technical market recap highlighting overbought SPY conditions.
The tweet provides a technical market recap highlighting overbought SPY conditions and deteriorating breadth, warning of elevated pullback risk without expressing a personal directional trade view.
HIGH
00:31
May 13
May 13
IT and Communication have strong earnings momentum.
The US IT and Communication Services sectors have strong earnings growth (40% and 26% respectively) and attractive PEG ratios below 1 (IT 0.6, Communication 0.8), making them still reasonably valued despite elevated P/E. These sectors are likely to continue leading as earnings momentum remains robust, rather than mean-reversion plays.
MED
19:49
May 11
May 11
The tweet provides a detailed factual report on sector rotations and factor performance.
The tweet provides a detailed factual report on sector rotations and factor performance with energy and materials leading cyclicals while defensives lag, but offers no forward-looking opinion or trade recommendation from the author.
HIGH
16:12
May 07
May 07
The tweet analyzes narrow large-cap driven index strength with deteriorating breadth.
The tweet analyzes narrow large-cap driven index strength with deteriorating breadth, mixed macro signals, and defensive positioning shifts, but offers no explicit forward-looking directional call from the author.
HIGH
16:11
Apr 27
Apr 27
The tape grinds higher on defensive rotation with XLC and XLF leading.
The tape grinds higher on defensive rotation with XLC and XLF leading, while oil's surge and bond weakness signal reflationary pressure, but mixed breadth warns the rally could stall without tech rejoining.
HIGH
22:15
Apr 21
Apr 21
Favor tech, communications, financials, health care, utilities.
Technology, tech hardware, all of tech and most of communications are a place to be because they are driving earnings growth and are less exposed to oil and interest rate risks. Financials, health care, and utilities also have upside or are least exposed to these risks.
HIGH
16:51
Apr 20
Apr 20
Strong earnings support software and communication services.
The broader market is poised to grind higher, supported by strong 17% earnings growth expectations. Investors should favor communication services, inflation-resistant business models, and software, which has become dirt cheap and is rallying strongly.
HIGH
21:50
Apr 17
Apr 17
Avoid tech and communication services.
Technology and communication services sectors are equal weight and not the most exciting buying opportunities due to full valuations, making them less attractive compared to sectors like financials, healthcare, and industrials.
MED
18:16
Apr 14
Apr 14
Fully invested in tech and communication services.
Earnings and fundamentals support staying invested in the market, and we are fully invested in technology and communication services stocks, enjoying the rally.
HIGH
18:10
Apr 10
Apr 10
Overweight communication services sector.
Overweight communication services sector because it is a secular bull sector, with specific likes for growth and yield, and sees future streaming of sports benefiting key players.
HIGH
About XLC Analyst Coverage
Buzzberg tracks XLC (Communication Services Select SPDR) across 14 sources. 19 bullish vs 3 bearish calls from 35 analysts. Sentiment: predominantly bullish (34%). 47 total trade ideas tracked. Past 7 days: 1 bullish, 1 watch. Latest voices: Alessio de Longis, David Bianco, Tracie McMillion.