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Sector Detector: Stocks Cruise Right Along, Whistling Past The Graveyard
U.S. stocks just continue to cruise right along, although investors seem to be displaying a healthy level of caution, looking over their shoulders as they whistle past the graveyard and bet on ongoing improvement in corporate earnings and economic growth.
Sector Detector: Bulls Revel In The New Normal, While Bears Lie In Wait
fter its long-awaiting breakout of the 1900 level the other week, the S&P 500 gained another +1.3% last week alone, but this double-low progression as I call it -- i.e., on extremely low volume and with persistently low volatility -- is worrisome.
Sector Detector: Stocks Confirm Tepid Breakout, But On Ultra-Low Volume And Volatility
Well, it’s official. The old adage about selling in May didn’t apply this year. Instead, larger-cap, higher-quality, and value-oriented stocks continued to lead the market higher.
Sector Detector: Breakout Or Another Bluff? Bulls Seeking Confirmation This Week
Stocks ended last week on a high note, closing a smidge above strong resistance at 1900 for the S&P 500, which set a new closing high for the large-cap index, albeit on low pre-holiday volume.
Sector Detector: False Breakout Just Another Tease, But Fundamental Rankings Are Bullish
Rather than a Great Rotation from bonds into equities, the rotation instead has been from growth into value. Among the ten U.S. business sectors, uber-defensive sector Utilities is still the clear leader year-to-date, up more than +10%, followed by Energy and Healthcare.
Sector Detector: Stocks Stuck In Neutral As Both Sides Seek A Directional Catalyst
The technical picture for stocks has shifted from bearish into neutral, and our fundamentals-based sector rankings appear to have moved from bullish to neutral, as well.
Sector Detector: Bulls Are All Dressed Up, But Might Have No Place To Go
Stock market bulls made a valiant effort to fight off another looming correction last week. The economy is showing strong signs of recovery, the Fed remains confident enough to continue its stimulus tapering, and attractive alternative investments to the U.S. stock market seem scarce.
Sector Detector: Bullish Fundamental Rankings At Odds With Bearish Technicals
As the Federal Reserve eventually allows interest rates to rise, we likely will see a rotation out of value and into growth as defensive debt-intensive companies struggle relative to companies that have lower debt burden and stronger prospective earnings growth.
What The Market Wants: Market Poised To Head Higher: 3 Stocks To Consider
Yesterday, the market continued its winning ways for the fifth consecutive day. The S&P 500 closed within 1% of its all-time high, and the DJI was even closer to its all-time high.
Sector Detector: Rejuvenated Market Seeks Follow-Through, But Earnings Loom Large
Weakness the prior week was due in part to traders exiting positions for vacation during the holiday-shortened week, protecting big capital gains, cashing out to pay taxes on capital gains, and “delta hedging” on put options.
What The Market Wants: Positive News And Stocks At Bargain Prices
Last week’s market performance was nasty again, especially for the Small-cap Growth style/cap, down 4%. Large-caps faired the best, losing only 2.7%. That’s ugly and today’s market seemed likely to be uglier today with escalating tensions over the weekend in Ukraine.
Fast And Furious Selloff Provides Important Market Cleansing
The sudden bearish turn last week in the market -- after hitting new highs the prior week -- has come fast and furious as selloffs are wont to do. And the pullback might have further still to go.
What The Market Wants: Market Conundrum
What can we say after yet another sharp sell-off? Since last Friday’s open, the S&P 500 has fallen nearly 3%, the Nasdaq has fallen more than 4.3% and the Russell 2000 has fallen more than 3%.
Sector Detector: Rankings Take A Bearish Turn As The Flight To Safety Solidifies
The technical picture and our fundamentals-based sector rankings have both taken a bearish turn, so we might see more weakness ahead
What The Market Wants: Where Are Valuations Now?
The strongest index of the day was the Russell 2000, up 1.8%, followed by the S&P 500, up 0.8%, and the NASDAQ, up 0.7%. NYSE volume was a strong 810 million.
Caution Flag Stays Out As Stocks Continue Their Consolidation
As Q1 of 2014 comes to an end, we can see that January was extremely weak, February gained it all back, and March treaded water.
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