Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Market update : The S & P 500 recovered from its early dip and is hovering around unchanged. Still, looking only at the index masks what’s really happening beneath the surface. There is strength in economically sensitive and cyclical stocks—think sectors such as materials, financials, and industrials. These sectors are outperforming on the theory that the Federal Reserve’s 25-basis-point interest rate cut on Wednesday will provide an incremental boost to the economy and, therefore, to their business-cycle-sensitive businesses. These sectors tend to rise and fall with the health of the broader economy. Witness what’s happening in the portfolio. The banks are roaring: Capital One , Goldman Sachs , and Wells Fargo once again hit record highs. We wouldn’t come in now and chase the moves in the banks, but the strength is notable. Bank-led rallies suggest the economy is heading in a positive direction. Non-AI-related industrials are also catching a bid. DuPont hit a new high, and Dover hit $200 per share for the first time since February. Consumer-related stocks are outperforming as investors bet a rate cut will help steady the labor market, with job gains and wage growth continuing to support spending. Tech lags : The opposite side is weakness in technology. Microsoft is the only Magnificent Seven stock higher on Thursday as the market temporarily rotates away from tech. Some of the group’s decline can be attributed to Oracle’s mixed quarterly report. Still, the secular themes benefiting tech don’t necessarily require a rate cut to brighten their long-term outlooks. Up next : It’s a big night of earnings for the portfolio, with Broadcom and Costco scheduled to report. Lululemon reports too. While there are no major earnings reports or economic reports on Friday, we’ll have our December Investing Club meeting for members at noon. (See here for a full list of the stocks in Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust.) As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust’s portfolio. If Jim has talked about a stock on CNBC TV, he waits 72 hours after issuing the trade alert before executing the trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB. NO SPECIFIC OUTCOME OR PROFIT IS GUARANTEED.
