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“Is it just the market?”

The definition, as the app uses it

When something drops, ask whether the whole market dropped too. If so, it's market-wide, not about that one asset. Portfolio Sweep checks this for you.

A red number next to something you own feels personal. Most of the time, it isn't. Prices move in herds: on a day the whole market falls, nearly everything falls — including well-run companies and boring index funds — because the mood, the interest-rate news, or the economy-wide headline moved everyone at once.

The check takes ten seconds: compare what your holding did with what the broad market did over the same stretch. The app sorts the answer into three plain labels — Market-wide (it moved roughly in line with the market), Mostly this asset (it moved more than the market, so part of the move is its own), and Against the market (it went the other way entirely, which points to something specific). Only the second and third answers are really about the asset itself — and those are the ones worth a closer look.

Worked example — illustrative figures only, not real assets

Your fund is down an example 3.0% this week. The broad market is down an example 2.8% over the same days. That is roughly in line — the move looks market-wide, not a story about your fund. Different week: your fund is down 3.0% while the market is up 1.0%. That one is specific, and worth understanding before anything else.

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Last reviewed: November 8, 2026

Portfolio Sweep never gives buy or sell calls. It describes what prices are doing — trend, momentum, how it compares to the market — so you can learn and decide for yourself. You don't trade inside Portfolio Sweep. This page is education, not investment advice.