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Pristine Weekend Watchlist 3.8.26

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Andrew O'Connell, CFA, FRM
Mar 08, 2026
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Welcome to this week's edition of the Pristine Capital Weekend Watchlist! 👋

In this note, we’ll cover the following topics to prep for the upcoming trading week:

  • 🦾 Sector relative strength analysis across multiple timeframes

  • 🌎Macro Analysis

  • 📈Three A+ Trade Setups

And much more! Let's get started! 👇


🔗PRISTINE ALPHA TOOLS

Sector/Style Factor Relative Strength Analysis

A key part of our technical process is tracking momentum across style factors and sectors on multiple timeframes. Our goal is to follow the flow of capital and spot trend changes early

Style Factor YTD Performance

  • The low volatility style factor is leading the pack and growth is lagging the most. The fact that the S&P 500 is in negative YTD, despite so many style factors being positive, shows how heavily weighted the S&P 500 is to growth 👇

YTD Sector Performance

  • ITA Aerospace and Defense crept into the number three slot this week👇

1-Month Sector Performance

  • The U.S. attack on Iran is an indirect attack on China. XLU Utilities are leading on a flight to safety and KWEB China is lagging on increased US/China tension 👇

1-Week Sector Performance

  • IGV software bounced hard from oversold levels. MSOS rallied on rescheduling final rule rumors 👇

Key Ideas/ Macro Backdrop🗝️

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