Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Hi Tech/Grubby Minerals Ratio, 2005-2025

This chart is favored by Julian Brigden. Larry McDonald also highlighted this and similar ratios over the last year. Like the EM/SPY and EFA/SPY ratios, it moved bigly at the beginning of 2025.




The above chart reflects especially the influence of the gold miners in 2025. The ratio chart of Tech/Materials shows no let up as yet: 



Finally, here's the Technology/Energy ratio from the late 1990s. Big Oil used to be a big part of the S&P 500, but its share has dwindled from 29 percent in 1980 to 3 percent today. Doesn't that seem kinda small? 


To complete the puzzle, see this earlier post: The Financial Landscape: AI Spenders and Earners