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Palladium vs the S&P 500 (PALL): is it outperforming?

Over the past month, PALL has outperformed the S&P 500 by 0.4 points. Here is where that puts it in the market rotation — updated daily.

1M spread vs SPY
+0.4 pts
Quadrant
Improving
Momentum
Mixed
RS health
Holding
Holdings P/E

Where PALL sits on the rotation map

Palladium highlighted against the 11 broad S&P 500 sectors. Vertical: 1-month spread vs the S&P 500. Horizontal: the longer, time-shifted window — the methodology explains the math.

PALL vs SPY: head-to-head returns

PALL (palladium) and SPY (the S&P 500) side by side over every window Zensei tracks. The spread is the difference — positive means PALL won that window.

Window
PALL
SPY
Spread
1 week−0.5%−1.7%+1.2 pts
2 weeks+2.8%−1.0%+3.8 pts
1 month−0.5%−0.8%+0.4 pts
3 months−14.2%+4.5%−18.7 pts
6 months−38.3%+7.7%−46.0 pts
1 year−2.7%+17.7%−20.3 pts

Data as of 2026-07-23 · computed from daily adjusted closes · how we measure

The read

Palladium (PALL) has just turned the corner. Over the longer, time-shifted window it trailed the S&P 500 by 19.2 points, but over the past month it has moved narrowly ahead of the market — a 0.4-point edge that puts it in the improving quadrant. Ranked by one-month spread, it currently stands #67 of the 115 groups Zensei tracks.

On the shorter tape, PALL's momentum is mixed: the longer intraday trend is still positive, but the recent windows have gone flat. PALL's relative-strength line is holding around its moving averages — the trend is intact but no longer extending. The longer trend remains healthier than the recent tape suggests — the kind of divergence worth rechecking in a week.

The thing to watch from here is confirmation: improving groups that hold a positive one-month spread long enough for the longer window to turn are the classic early-rotation entries — the ones that fail fall back quickly.

Palladium vs the market — common questions

Is palladium outperforming the S&P 500?

Right now, yes: over the past month PALL has outperformed the S&P 500 by 0.4 points. This page updates daily, so the answer reflects current market data rather than a dated article.

What is PALL?

PALL is Aberdeen Standard Physical Palladium Shares ETF, the fund Zensei uses to measure the palladium group against the S&P 500 benchmark (SPY).

What quadrant is palladium in right now?

As of the latest daily data, palladium is in the improving quadrant — behind the market over the longer window, but ahead over the past month. The quadrant rules are documented on the Zensei methodology page.

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