The market is broadening and it’s time to look beyond megacap tech. Three charts show why

Cnbc · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 18, 2026 · 884 words · By Todd Gordon

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What to know about The market is broadening and it’s time to look beyond megacap tech. Three charts show why

We're now in the last two weeks of August, and investors need to be cautious this time of year.

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What happened

We're now in the last two weeks of August, and investors need to be cautious this time of year.

Why it matters

I remember last summer rushing home from Long Beach Island, N.J.

Common ground

dollar/Japanese yen in reaction to a few weak nonfarm payrolls prints.

Perspective signals

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What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: The market is broadening and it’s time to look beyond megacap tech. Three charts show why?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that State Street SPDR S & P 500 ETF Trust's (SPY) roughly 13% year-to-date gain?
What should readers watch for in the next update to know whether the story is changing?

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Claim 1: “State Street SPDR S & P 500 ETF Trust's (SPY) roughly 13% year-to-date gain”

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Bloomberg evidence explicitly states a 'YTD Return 13.55%' for the State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), which aligns with the claim of a 'roughly 13% year-to-date gain'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P SmallCap 600 (S&P 600) stock market index, maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices, comprises the common stocks of 600 small-cap, mostly American, companies. Although called the "S&P 600", the ind…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S&P_600_companies

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — SPDR funds (pronounced "spider") are a family of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) traded in the United States, Europe, Mexico and Asia-Pacific and managed by State Street Global Advisors (SSGA). Informall…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPDR

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, commonly known by its ticker symbol SPY (NYSE Arca: SPY), is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that seeks to track, before expenses, the price and yield performance of the S&P …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPDR_S&P_500_ETF_Trust

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Claim 2: “Technology, however, can be credited for about 80% of the gains on the S & P 500 this year”

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The Bloomberg result mentions that the S&P 500 'captures approximately 80% coverage of available market capitalization', which is a different metric than the claim that Technology is responsible for 80% of the index's gains this year.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Below is a list of companies having stocks that are included in the S&P MidCap 400 (S&P 400) stock market index. The index, maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices, comprises the common stocks of 400 mid-…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S&P_400_companies

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P/TSX 60 Index is a stock market index of 60 large companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Launched on December 30, 1998 by the Canadian S&P Index Committee, a unit of S&P Dow Jones Indi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&P/TSX_60

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P Global 1200 Index is a free-float weighted stock market index of global equities from Standard & Poor's. The index was launched on Sep 30, 1999 and covers 31 countries and approximately 70 per…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&P_Global_1200

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Claim 3: “The ratio double-topped in Q4 of 2025 and Q2 of 2026”

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The evidence confirms the existence of SPY and RSP and mentions a technical breakout in 2022, but there is no data regarding a 'double-top' in Q4 2025 or Q2 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — S&P Dow Jones Indices updates the components of the S&P 500 periodically, typically in response to mergers and acquisitions, corporate spin-offs, or in conjunction with the quarterly rebalancing. Betw…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_components_of_the_S…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 is a stock market index maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices. It comprises 503 common stocks which are issued by 500 companies with large market capitalizations, including two share classes…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S&P_500_companies

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 (Standard and Poor's 500) is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States that are considered to have large market ca…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&P_500

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Claim 4: “Energy is only about 3.5% of the S & P 500 weighting while technology is about 38%”

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While the evidence confirms the existence of the S&P 500 and the Energy sector, it does not provide the specific weighting percentages (3.5% and 38%) mentioned in the claim.

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Claim 5: “energy pulled definitively ahead with a 42% year-to-date advance, versus tech's 29% gain”

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The provided evidence contains general information about Québec City, the DJIA, and SPDR funds, but contains no data regarding the year-to-date performance percentages for the Energy or Technology sectors.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 30 large companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. The index is a price-weighted index…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dow_Jones_Industrial_A…

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Claim 6: “Todd Gordon, Founder of Inside Edge Capital, LLC”

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Multiple independent cross-references from CNBC explicitly identify Todd Gordon as the Founder of Inside Edge Capital, LLC.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Todd Gordon, Founder of Inside Edge Capital, LLC
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/28/this-name-powering-ai-report…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Todd Gordon, Founder of Inside Edge Capital, LLC
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/02/a-technical-breakout-is-form…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Todd Gordon, Founder of Inside Edge Capital, LLC
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/04/why-this-stock-market-breako…

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