The Power Index ranks five core style factors by relative performance for the current weekly window, using the move from Monday close to the latest available pricing within the Wednesday publication cycle. For this draft, the read is based on live Tuesday pricing versus Monday’s close: VLUE +0.39%, QUAL -0.17%, USMV -0.33%, IWF -0.38%, and MTUM -0.39%.
This was a real reorder.
The top changed. The bottom changed too.
Value moved into first. Momentum fell to fifth. But the whole table stayed compressed. The spread between first and last was only about 0.78 percentage points. That means the shift was clear, but it was not broad or forceful.
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Ranked: The Shift
Money changed its preference, but not by much.
Value was the only factor in positive territory in this read, up about 0.39% from Monday’s close. Quality held second at roughly -0.17%. Low Volatility sat third at about -0.33%. Growth came in fourth at -0.38%. Momentum finished last at -0.39%. The order changed, but the field stayed narrow.
That is the first signal.
This was not a clean expansion move where leadership breaks away and the rest follow. It was a compressed reshuffle inside a weak tape. First place was positive. The other four factors were still below Tuesday’s close. That makes this a ranking change, not a broad confirmation.
The second signal sits at the bottom.
Momentum falling to fifth is a sharper message than Growth landing fourth. It tells you the market was not paying up for the recent winners in this window. Instead, it gave the edge to Value and kept Quality in the upper half. That is a different posture from a simple risk chase. Money did not move toward speed. It moved toward price discipline and balance.
There is also a clean clustering in the table.
The top three were Value, Quality, and Low Volatility. The bottom two were Growth and Momentum. That split matters because it separates stability and valuation from the more aggressive side of the factor set. Growth did not fully collapse, but it still stayed in the lower tier. Momentum did worse and finished last. In a five-factor table, that is enough to call the preference clear.
So the structural read is tight:
Value took first.
Momentum fell to last.
Quality stayed near the top.
The whole field remained compressed.
Leadership changed. Participation did not expand.