The triumph of big boring stocks

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And what mattered in the first half

Good morning. I think of the Fourth of July as a holiday that celebrates my country’s founding, and also marks the year’s midpoint. So today I look back on the big themes from the first six months of 2024. Unhedged is off for the rest of the week. See you Monday. Send patriotic messages to Robert.Armstrong@ft.com. Unhedged has spent a fair amount of time whining about how the market is only rising because of AI stocks.

The performance is particularly striking given that several of them have not increased revenues at the pace of inflation in recent years and only three of them are expected to post double-digit earnings growth in next two years. Bargain hunting is not the theme here, either: Costco, Walmart, Colgate, Procter & Gamble and Church & Dwight all started the year out with big valuation premiums to the market.

 

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