Hey, Ross here:
There’s an interesting shift that’s happened under the surface of the market this year.
Take a look.
Chart of the Day
This chart compares the Russell 1000 Growth Index with the Russell 1000 Value Index.
Growth stocks are the companies investors pay up for because they expect fast expansion.
Value stocks tend to be cheaper, more mature and far less exciting.
And through the first seven months of 2026…
Growth gained just 0.3%.
Value gained 20.7%.
That is a gap of more than 20 percentage points.
If it holds, this would be the biggest Value victory on record.
The flashy stocks are not leading.
The cheaper, ignored names are.
But this next chart tells an even bigger story.
It shows how many S&P 500 stocks are outperforming the index itself.
Right now, that number sits at 57%.
That is the highest reading in roughly ten years.
And it is a massive jump from 2025, when only 30% of stocks beat SPY.
So this is no longer a market where five or six giants do all the heavy lifting.
The bench players are stepping up.
More stocks are working.
More sectors are participating.
And the best opportunities are spreading far beyond the names everyone already knows.
That is good news.
But it actually creates a new problem.
I explain below.
Insight of the Day
More winners means you need a better filter.
A market where 57% of stocks beat the index sounds easy.
It isn’t.
It means there are more places to make money.
But there are also fewer obvious leaders.
You cannot simply buy the same handful of growth names that worked in the past…
And assume they will carry you again.
You need a reason to choose one stock over another.
A new contract.
Improving demand.
A turnaround Wall Street has not noticed yet.
Or something changing inside the business before it shows up in the price.
But finding these factors are difficult – very difficult.
Fortunately, I’ve developed a powerful strategy for doing just that…
A strategy I’ll tell you more about tomorrow morning – so make sure you keep an eye out for that.
But in the meantime…
Here’s how to take advantage of the biggest wealth transfer of the decade.
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