Saturday, September 25, 2010

Weekly Stock Market Overview - 9/24/2010

It was an up week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 252.41 points or 2.38%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 23.08 points or 2.05%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 65.61 points or 2.83%. Read More ...

The Consumer Discretionary sector was the strongest sector (2.90%) last week followed by the Technology sector (2.62%). The Financial sector was the worst performing sector (-0.04%) of the week followed by the Consumer Staples sector (1.78%).

The Utilities sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Industrial Goods, while Farm/Construction Machnry, Water Utilities, and Electric Utilities are among the most overvalued industries. The Services sector is the most oversold sector followed by Basic Materials, while Publishing - Newspapers, Drugs Wholesale, and Specialty Retail Other are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
16.21% NVDA NVIDIA Corp. Information Technology
14.43% ODP Office Depot Consumer Discretionary
12.42% SHLD Sears Holdings Corporation Consumer Discretionary


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-18.01% ADBE Adobe Systems Information Technology
-8.17% IGT International Game Technology Consumer Discretionary
-6.95% IP International Paper Materials


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 0
Downtrend Broken Resistance 88
Uptrend Support 5
Uptrend Exhaustion 17
Uptrend Broken Support 1
Downtrend Resistance 76
Oversold 4

Friday, September 17, 2010

Weekly Stock Market Overview - 9/17/2010

It was an up week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 192.61 points or 1.85%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 16.04 points or 1.45%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 73.13 points or 3.26%. Read More ...

The Technology sector was the strongest sector (3.63%) last week followed by the Consumer Discretionary sector (1.42%). The Utilities sector was the worst performing sector (-1.88%) of the week followed by the Energy sector (-1.16%).

The Utilities sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Technology, while Security Software & Svcs, Long Distance Carriers, and Telecom Services/Domestic are among the most overvalued industries. The Basic Materials sector is the most oversold sector followed by Services, while Specialty Retail Other, Drug Stores, and Publishing - Newspapers are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
15.37% JCP Penney (J.C.) Consumer Discretionary
10.87% NOVL Novell Inc. Information Technology
10.87% XRX Xerox Corp. Information Technology


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-7.31% COG Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. Energy
-6.97% CLF Cliffs Natural Resources Inc Materials
-5.97% MEE Massey Energy Co. Materials


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 0
Downtrend Broken Resistance 61
Uptrend Support 0
Uptrend Exhaustion 12
Uptrend Broken Support 3
Downtrend Resistance 98
Oversold 3

Sunday, September 12, 2010

More than a half of S&P 500 members are overbought

S&P 500 Trend Analysis - 9/10/2010

It was a second positive week after 3 consecutive negative weeks for the S&P 500 index (^GSPC). During the week, the ^GSPC climbed 5.04 points, or 0.46%, and closed at 1109.55 on Friday, September 10, 2010. Daily Williams' Percentage Range and Lane's Stochastic are strongly overbought. Weekly volume was 32% below average. Read More ...
S&P 500 - monthly trend
Technical Stock Market Timing System


The S&P 500 monthly trend has started on April 26, 2010 and is forming a triangle chart pattern. Price is near the trend resistance. ^GSPC has a Downtrend Resistance alert.

More than a half of S&P 500 members have an overbought daily Lane's Stochastic and almost a half has an overbought daily Williams' Percentage Range indicator. Read More ...

More than 10% of S&P 500 index members made a new 52-week high, but almost a half of them closed this week below the previous week's close. This event is called a "buying climax". Read More ...

The S&P 500 members MACD bullish/bearish divergence ratio is 1/3. That means that three times more S&P 500 members have MACD bearish divergence than bullish divergence. The Lane's stochastic bullish/bearish divergence ratio is 3/8. Read More ...

All above technical indicators are bearish. S&P 500 index downtrend may resume soon.



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Friday, September 10, 2010

Weekly Stock Market Overview - 9/10/2010

It was a mixed week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped -32.69 points or -0.31%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 5.04 points or 0.46%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 8.73 points or 0.39%. Read More ...
The Health Care sector was the strongest sector (2.06%) last week followed by the Industrial sector (0.90%). The Utilities sector was the worst performing sector (-0.57%) of the week followed by the Consumer Discretionary sector (0.03%).

The Basic Materials sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Industrial Goods, while Agricultural Chemicals, Copper, and Farm/Construction Machnry are among the most overvalued industries. The Technology sector is the most oversold sector followed by Healthcare, while Semiconductr-Memory Chips, Information Technlgy Svcs, and Semiconductor Equip/Matrl are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
11.81% JDSU JDS Uniphase Corp Information Technology
9.29% ORCL Oracle Corp. Information Technology
9.19% ADBE Adobe Systems Information Technology


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-8.90% NSM National Semiconductor Information Technology
-8.77% HAR Harman Int'l Consumer Discretionary
-7.75% WHR Whirlpool Corp. Consumer Discretionary


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 0
Downtrend Broken Resistance 45
Uptrend Support 1
Uptrend Exhaustion 6
Uptrend Broken Support 2
Downtrend Resistance 103
Oversold 1

Friday, September 03, 2010

Weekly Stock Market Overview - 9/3/2010

It was an up week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 297.28 points or 2.93%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 39.92 points or 3.75%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 80.12 points or 3.72%. Read More ...
The Financial sector was the strongest sector (5.75%) last week followed by the Consumer Discretionary sector (5.18%). The Utilities sector was the worst performing sector (1.54%) of the week followed by the Health Care sector (2.10%).
The Utilities sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Services, while Auto Dealerships, Diversified Utilities, and Auto Parts Wholesale are among the most overvalued industries. The Industrial Goods sector is the most oversold sector followed by Healthcare, while Lumber Wood Production, General Contractors, and Heavy Construction are among the most oversold industries.
Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
13.09% DF Dean Foods Consumer Staples
12.29% ODP Office Depot Consumer Discretionary
11.48% MWW Monster Worldwide Industrials

Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-4.86% BF-B Brown-Forman Corp. Consumer Staples
-3.36% CPB Campbell Soup Consumer Staples
-2.55% BSX Boston Scientific Health Care

Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 0
Downtrend Broken Resistance 38
Uptrend Support 0
Uptrend Exhaustion 7
Uptrend Broken Support 0
Downtrend Resistance 49
Oversold 2