U.S.-listed common stocks fell yesterday by $1.6T, or 3.35%

One portion of our Chicago Quantum Net Score model analysis is to look at the total market capitalization of all the stocks that pass data validation each day.

Today, 2,992 stocks made the cut, down 3 from the day before and down 28 from 2 weeks ago as some stocks must have delisted or seen low/no volume.

The total market capitalization of stocks at market close on October 3, 2023 is $47.7 Trillion. The market capitalization on October 2, 2023 was $49.3 Trillion. Yesterday the total value of our relevant stock universe $1.6 Trillion.

$​49.3127T (market cap Oct 2 close)
$47.661T (market cap Oct 3 close)
-$1.6517T (the difference a day makes)
-0.03349% (percentage difference).

We have noticed that the main US equity exchanges don’t show the same size movements.
SPY down 1.34%
QQQ down 1.75%
IWM down 1.68%

This feels very important to us. The typical stock investor lost 3.35% yesterday, and the margin calls may start coming. However, the index holders are sitting safer and more secure with smaller losses. This is usually thought to be due to the power of market capitalization weighting of stock portfolios, but it could just as well be due to the lack of coverage of most stocks. The most popular, profitable and followed stocks just do better than the rest (our…