๐ Capital Rotation: The Hidden Force That Drives Every Market Cycle
๐ Capital Rotation: The Hidden Force That Drives Every Market Cycle A Family Office Memo on Front-Running the Smart Money “Most portfolios don’t fail because of bad stocks. They fail because of good stocks bought at the wrong time.” — Internal note, Family Office | FY25Q2 ๐จ What Most Investors Miss Everyone obsesses over stock picks. But few ask the bigger question: Where is the capital moving — and why? Markets move in cycles. Capital doesn’t vanish. It rotates. From one sector to another. From one asset class to another. From one macro regime to the next. Tracking this rotation is how allocators build wealth before the crowd sees the opportunity. ๐ The 4 Major Capital Rotations Over decades, four rotations have driven most market re-ratings: Growth ➝ Value Smallcap ➝ Largecap (and vice versa) Public ➝ Private Markets Risk-on ➝ Risk-off These aren’t guesswork. They follow liquidity cycles, central bank policy, earnings trajectories, and global capital flows. The rotat...