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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 · Nov 2023Market-cap weights, not measured fund flows · pp = percentage points
Gaining weight
35
industries · over the last 12 months
Losing weight
73
industries · over the last 12 months
Accelerating
3
positive 3M gains are speeding up
Slowing
45
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.

Microsoft+2.325 pp
All other companies+0.154 pp
80% of companies above their 6M weight average
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Concentrated

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

Johnson & Johnson-0.419 pp
All other companies-0.272 pp
43% of companies above their 6M weight average
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Concentrated

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

Lululemon Athletica+0.169 pp
All other companies-0.033 pp
100% 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
Systems Software
Gained weight for 4 consecutive months
9.18%+2.48 ppSlowingConcentrated
Broadline Retail
Gained weight for 2 consecutive months
4.77%+1.35 ppSlowingConcentrated
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals
Gained weight for 2 consecutive months
9.52%+1.23 ppReversing downwardConcentrated
Application Software
Gained weight for 2 consecutive months
3.99%+1.12 ppSlowingBroad
Pharmaceuticals
Lost weight for 3 consecutive months
4.86%-0.69 ppReversing downwardConcentrated
Diversified Banks
Gained weight for 1 consecutive month
3.42%-0.59 ppSlowingConcentrated
Semiconductors
Gained weight for 1 consecutive month
3.68%+0.55 ppSlowingConcentrated
Biotechnology
Lost weight for 2 consecutive months
2.29%-0.52 ppReversing downwardConcentrated
Life Sciences Tools & Services
Gained weight for 1 consecutive month
1.59%-0.39 ppReversing downwardConcentrated
Integrated Oil & Gas
Lost weight for 2 consecutive months
0.85%-0.36 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.