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Where is market allocation moving?

See what is gaining weight, how quickly it is changing, and what is driving the move.

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Historical observation
20182026
S&P 500 matched members · 122 industries · Jun 2019Market-cap weights, not measured fund flows · pp = percentage points
Gaining weight
49
industries · over the last 12 months
Losing weight
55
industries · over the last 12 months
Accelerating
3
positive 3M gains are speeding up
Slowing
43
3M movement is easing, in either direction

What is driving the change?

12-month company attribution · a rising industry does not mean every company is gaining

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Concentrated

Most of this industry's gains came from a few companies.

Walt Disney Company (The)+1.355 pp
All other companies-0.017 pp
100% of companies above their 6M weight average
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Concentrated

Most of this industry's losses came from a few companies.

Wells Fargo-0.493 pp
All other companies-0.743 pp
100% of companies above their 6M weight average
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Concentrated

Most of this industry's gains came from a few companies.

DuPont+1.141 pp
All other companies-0.083 pp
67% of companies above their 6M weight average
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Industry movements at a glance

Largest absolute allocation changes · descriptive observations, not rankings of investment merit

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IndustryMarket weight12M changeMovementParticipationWeight history · 24M
Movies & Entertainment
Lost weight for 1 consecutive month
1.44%+1.34 ppAcceleratingConcentrated
Diversified Banks
Lost weight for 2 consecutive months
6.45%-1.24 ppReversing downwardConcentrated
Aerospace & Defense
Gained weight for 1 consecutive month
5.45%-1.10 ppReversing downwardConcentrated
Industrial Conglomerates
Gained weight for 1 consecutive month
2.27%+1.06 ppAcceleratingConcentrated
Systems Software
Gained weight for 1 consecutive month
5.62%+0.95 ppSlowingConcentrated
Biotechnology
Lost weight for 4 consecutive months
2.40%-0.71 ppReversing downwardConcentrated
Industrial Gases
Gained weight for 5 consecutive months
0.86%+0.65 ppSlowingConcentrated
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
Lost weight for 4 consecutive months
1.03%-0.48 ppReversing downwardConcentrated
Semiconductors
Gained weight for 1 consecutive month
3.07%-0.43 ppReversing downwardConcentrated
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
Gained weight for 1 consecutive month
0.40%-0.40 ppReversing downwardConcentrated
How are these descriptive states defined?

Gaining / losing: 12-month weight change above +0.005pp / below −0.005pp. Direction and speed are separate dimensions, not mutually exclusive recommendations.

Accelerating / slowing: compare the most recent 3M change with the preceding 3M change. Accelerating means a positive change speeds up by >0.02pp. Slowing means the magnitude of movement declines by >0.02pp. A falling industry can also slow.

Reversing: the last two 3M changes have opposite signs, outside a ±0.005pp tolerance. Persistence counts consecutive same-direction monthly changes.

Broad / concentrated: company attribution, not a market-cap concentration shortcut. Concentrated means the three largest same-direction contributors account for ≥70% of gross same-direction changes; otherwise broad requires ≥60% of constituents moving with the industry. Other cases are mixed.

Weights use matched S&P 500 members with SEC-reported shares and monthly prices. Companies without both data series are omitted; weights are normalised across matched members each month. These are simple market-cap estimates, not official float-adjusted S&P weights or measured investor flows.