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Strategy research this week argues the market is mid-transition from early-cycle to mid-cycle — and quality has broken out. The quality factor sits at a new 52-week high, up about 6% since mid-August while the equal-weight S&P 500 fell nearly 4%, powered by an earnings-revisions spread between high and low quality of about 10% (second-widest since 2010) at a relative valuation near its post-2010 median. Meanwhile a financial-conditions composite of rates, the dollar, and energy is at its tightest since 2022, and the correction likely ends when the quality index catches down to meet improving breadth. Alex and Jordan walk the regime call, the Warsh swing factor, and the full 58-stock quality screen — plus the US.6 trillion AI money trail mapped into index revenues. This information is for informational purposes only and is not financial advice; please do your own research.