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Nasdaq-100 vs S&P 500 Leadership
A normalized comparison that shows whether large-cap growth is pulling ahead of the broader large-cap market or giving leadership back.
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How To Read It
- When the Nasdaq-100 line pulls above the S&P 500 line, large-cap growth is taking leadership; when it falls behind, leadership is broadening or turning more defensive.
- Use shorter windows to spot tactical rotation and longer windows to distinguish a durable growth regime from a brief bounce.
- These are price indices, so the comparison does not include reinvested dividends.
Next step Charts show what moved. NASDUCK asks why.
Rates, the dollar, oil and gold all end up in the Nasdaq-100 eventually. NASDUCK follows that trail once a week and keeps score on its own calls.