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Growth Leading Value

Arthur Hill

Arthur Hill

Chief Technical Strategist, TrendInvestorPro.com

As the price relative below shows, the S&P 500 Growth ETF (IVW) is outperforming the S&P 500 Value ETF (IVE). The price relative is simply a plot of the IVW:IVE ratio (enter IVW:IVE for the symbol). The ratio increases when IVW (numerator) rises more than IVE (the denominator).

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Arthur Hill
About the author: , CMT, is the Chief Technical Strategist at TrendInvestorPro.com. Focusing predominantly on US equities and ETFs, his systematic approach of identifying trend, finding signals within the trend, and setting key price levels has made him an esteemed market technician. Arthur has written articles for numerous financial publications including Barrons and Stocks & Commodities Magazine. In addition to his Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation, he holds an MBA from the Cass Business School at City University in London. Learn More