THE MATERIALS SELECT SECTOR SPDR FUND. Every tracked FinTwit mention of $XLB, newest first. 19 mentions since the first on Jan 27, 2026. See the price chart.
July 2026 · 3 mentions
Jul 10
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | July 10, 2026
$XBI -3.6%. Biotech crashes. All four thematics negative. Again. $XLB +1.4% leads. Materials. Factors flat. No conviction. The rotation stalled. Q…↗
Jul 8
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | July 8, 2026
$USO +5.2%. Second session leading. 10.1% spread. Widest of the series. All four factors negative. All four thematics negative. $SLV -4.9%. No safe…↗
Jul 2
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | July 2, 2026
$SLV +3.02%. Silver leads the scanner. First time a commodity leads. $SOXX -4.04%. The semi sell continues. Healthcare. Staples. Defense. Pure defe…↗
June 2026 · 4 mentions
Jun 29
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 29, 2026
$SOXX +2.84%. All four thematics green. $IGV +1.86%. The split resolved. Q2 close. JPM collar day.
Leader: $SOXX (Semiconductors) +2.84%
Laggard:…↗
Jun 25
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 25, 2026
$VLUE +4.09%. The value surge. $SOXX +2.87%. $MU bounce. $IGV -1.35%. Software sells again. Commodities reversed. All four green.
Leader: $VLUE (…↗
Jun 16
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 16, 2026
$XLU +1.6%. Utilities lead. First time. $SOXX -3.5%. $IGV -1.4%. Yesterday reversed. FOMC eve. Full defensive.
Leader: $XLU (Utilities) +1.6%
Lag…↗
Nick Colas & Jessica Rabe (DataTrek) — Expectations for Q2 2026 S&P earnings growth are up since the end of Q1 (from +18.6 to +19.9 pct), but solely due to upward revisions for Energy/Materials, Tech, and Real Estat…↗
April 2026 · 4 mentions
Apr 28
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | April 28, 2026
Nowhere to hide. Almost everything is red.
Previous sessions the rotation scanner showed clear themes, tech up/energy down, or financials up/sem…↗
Apr 14
Mo — Weekly RRG rotation snapshot - structure > noise. ✅
🔵 CYCLICALS - early leadership, now cooling
🔥 $XLE (Energy) → still leading but momentum rolling over
✅ $XLB (Materials) → f…↗
Apr 3
Alphatica — Two weeks ago: 9 of 11 sectors were aligned bull. The broadening was underway. We said institutions were repositioning cautiously.
EVERY MAJOR SECTOR IS A HANDOFF:
$XLK: −$152M i…↗
Alphatica — We scanned 43,000+ institutional trades across all 11 SPDR sector ETFs over the last 30 days.
$110 billion in dark pool notional. Here's where institutions are positioning:
ACCUM…↗
Feb 20
Alphatica — We scanned 108 MILLION trades across all 11 S&P 500 sector ETFs over the last 90 days.
Here's what institutions are actually doing with your money:
WHERE INSTITUTIONS ARE BUYING…↗
Nick Colas & Jessica Rabe (DataTrek) — The dollar’s recent slump isn't a sign that the end is nigh for it, but it's a key issue for global equity investors. Dollar weakness continues to provide incremental returns to US…↗
— ROTATION SCANNER | June 12, 2026
4.3% spread. The narrowest of the series. Nearly everything green. $XLB leads. $IGV still red. SpaceX IPO day.
Leader: $XLB (Materials) +1.6%
Lag…
— Six of the S&P’s eleven sectors are still up on the year, with Energy (+37.0%) and Materials (+10.2%) at the top of the heap.
Financials are still in the cellar (-9.9%), follo…