The XLF is down 0.16% (−0.09 pts) so far today, but 47 of 76 members went the other way. SCHW and GS dragged the tape lower, accounting for 96% of the decline.
Read the latest market-close note: Nvidia and Goldman Sachs Lead a Narrow Advance as Energy and Staples Slide
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC and RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC moved almost identically (−1.10% vs −1.05%), yet GS moved the XLF 2.4× as much. In a cap-weighted index, the bigger company's weight turns the same percentage move into far more points.
WMTMT is built by the founders of Babylon Burns, a letter on markets, macro, and the systems behind them. The numbers live here; the arguments live there. Subscribing below joins the Babylon Burns letter.