By now, traders are no doubt aware that there is a major dichotomy occurring in today's stock market.
2013's big winners are suddenly 2014's misery positions. Mo-mo has become a no-no. And many of the former leaders have been beaten unmercifully over the last two months.
Traders have probably seen the charts before, but again, a picture is worth a thousand words. So let's review what has been happening in the momentum names lately.
First there is social media. You know, companies that most of the over-40 crowd has never heard of, like Twitter (NYSE: TWTR), LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD), Yelp (NYSE: YELP), etc.
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The bottom line is that while these names were all the rage in 2013, suddenly it isn't too cool to be invested in this space.
Global X Social Media (NASDAQ: SOCL) Daily
While the damage is not nearly as severe, the once-hot internet stocks have also come back down to earth in a rather swift fashion. And although the decline of -18.3 percent isn't an abject disaster, these stocks have clearly lost their mo-mo mojo.
First Trust Internet (NYSE: FDN) Daily
Then there is Biotech.
Once the darling of nearly every hedge fund and fast-money trader's portfolio, this chart is the poster child for why ALL investors simply MUST have an EXIT STRATEGY for each and every position they own.
Biotech (NYSE: XBI) Daily
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