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DC Lite #424
Retail flows are marching higher, Pros flows have been trending sideways
Daily Chartbook
August 19, 2025
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1. Home prices (I). "Here’s an updated look at the year-over-year change in national home prices across the six major indices ResiClub tracks. YoY current range: +2.8% (FHFA) <---> +0.2% (ZHVI)."
2. Home prices (II). "A record 39 of the top 50 U.S. metros saw month-over-month price declines."
3. Retail vs. Pros flows. Retail flows are marching higher, Pros flows have been trending sideways.
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4. Best vs. worst sectors. The spread between the best- and worst-performing S&P 500 sectors YTD is just 18%. That is low relative to both to the index's own history as well as other major indices.
5. Global beats. "It wasn't just the US with an unusually large earnings beat rate in 2Q, but Europe and EM ex-China as well, with the latter the largest in three years. Japan was the outlier but still performed at the average since 2006."
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