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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 · Feb 2021Market-cap weights, not measured fund flows · pp = percentage points
Gaining weight
113
industries · over the last 12 months
Losing weight
1
industries · over the last 12 months
Accelerating
1
positive 3M gains are speeding up
Slowing
2
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.

Carnival Corporation+49.851 pp
All other companies+0.235 pp
33% of companies above their 6M weight average
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Concentrated

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

Edison International-99.883 pp
All other companies+0.678 pp
0% 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
Electric Utilities
Lost weight for 4 consecutive months
0.72%-99.20 ppReversing downwardConcentrated
Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines
Gained weight for 2 consecutive months
50.09%+50.09 ppAcceleratingConcentrated
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals
Lost weight for 2 consecutive months
4.28%+4.27 ppReversing downwardConcentrated
Systems Software
Lost weight for 4 consecutive months
3.58%+3.57 ppReversing downwardConcentrated
Diversified Banks
Lost weight for 2 consecutive months
2.52%+2.51 ppReversing downwardConcentrated
Pharmaceuticals
Lost weight for 4 consecutive months
2.37%+2.37 ppReversing downwardBroad
Aerospace & Defense
Lost weight for 3 consecutive months
2.14%+2.13 ppReversing downwardConcentrated
Semiconductors
Lost weight for 3 consecutive months
1.83%+1.83 ppReversing downwardBroad
Application Software
Lost weight for 4 consecutive months
1.78%+1.78 ppReversing downwardBroad
Health Care Equipment
Lost weight for 4 consecutive months
1.67%+1.66 ppReversing downwardBroad
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.