Weekly Stock Market Overview - May 25, 3012

It was an up week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 85.45 points or 0.69%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 22.60 points or 1.74%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 58.74 points or 2.11%. Read More ...

The Materials sector was the strongest sector (3.72%) last week followed by the Consumer Discretionary sector (3.02%). The Health Care sector was the worst performing sector (0.97%) of the week followed by the Utilities sector (1.02%).

The Utilities sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Financial, while REIT - Residential, Diversified Utilities, and REIT/Healthcare Facilities are among the most overvalued industries. The Services sector is the most oversold sector followed by Technology, while Computer Peripherals, Wireless Communications, and Semiconductr-Memory Chips are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners

Gains/Loses(%)	Symbol	Company	Sector
11.97%	S	Sprint Nextel Corp.	Telecommunications Services
11.00%	CPWR	Compuware Corp.	Information Technology
10.93%	URBN	Urban Outfitters Inc.	Consumer Discretionary

Weekly S&P 500 Losers

Gains/Loses(%)	Symbol	Company	Sector
-15.47%	DELL	Dell Inc.	Information Technology
-13.46%	NTAP	NetApp, Inc.	Information Technology
-7.12%	TIF	Tiffany & Co.	Consumer Discretionary

Weekly S&P 500 Alerts

Stock Market Alerts	Count
Downtrend Exhaustion	19
Downtrend Broken Resistance	9
Uptrend Support	64
Uptrend Exhaustion	0
Uptrend Broken Support	1
Downtrend Resistance	4
Oversold	67

Weekly Stock Market Overview - May 18, 2012

All the major US indices were negative. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped -451.22 points or -3.52%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped -58.17 points or -4.30%, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped -155.03 points or -5.28%. Read More ...

The Utilities sector was the strongest sector (-1.42%) last week followed by the Consumer Staples sector (-1.50%). The Financial sector was the worst performing sector (-7.02%) of the week followed by the Materials sector (-6.40%).

The Utilities sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Healthcare, while Diversified Utilities, Biotechnology, and Drug Manufacturers/Major are among the most overvalued industries. The Basic Materials sector is the most oversold sector followed by Services, while Education & Training Services, Rental & Leasing Services, and Electronics Stores are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners

Gains/Loses(%)	Symbol	Company	Sector
5.07%	WMT	Wal-Mart Stores	Consumer Staples
3.12%	BMC	BMC Software	Information Technology
2.90%	LM	Legg Mason	Financials

Weekly S&P 500 Losers

Gains/Loses(%)	Symbol	Company	Sector
-23.42%	JCP	Penney (J.C.)	Consumer Discretionary
-23.02%	ANF	Abercrombie & Fitch Co.	Consumer Discretionary
-16.60%	X	United States Steel Corp.	Materials

Weekly S&P 500 Alerts

Stock Market Alerts	Count
Downtrend Exhaustion	32
Downtrend Broken Resistance	9
Uptrend Support	170
Uptrend Exhaustion	1
Uptrend Broken Support	1
Downtrend Resistance	3
Oversold	103

Weekly Stock Market Overview - May 11, 2012

All the major US indices were negative. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped -217.67 points or -1.67%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped -15.71 points or -1.15%, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped -22.52 points or -0.76%. Read More ...

The Utilities sector was the strongest sector (1.01%) last week followed by the Health Care sector (0.16%). The Financial sector was the worst performing sector (-1.92%) of the week followed by the Materials sector (-1.88%).

The Utilities sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Healthcare, while Water Utilities, Drug Manufacturers/Other, and Diversified Utilities are among the most overvalued industries. The Basic Materials sector is the most oversold sector followed by Technology, while Computer Peripherals, Gold, and Copper are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners

Gains/Loses(%)	Symbol	Company	Sector
19.77%	MWW	Monster Worldwide	Industrials
17.72%	DF	Dean Foods	Consumer Staples
8.54%	TSN	Tyson Foods	Consumer Staples

Weekly S&P 500 Losers

Gains/Loses(%)	Symbol	Company	Sector
-13.68%	CSCO	Cisco Systems	Information Technology
-12.87%	DNB	The Dun & Bradstreet Corp.	Industrials
-12.69%	PBI	Pitney-Bowes	Industrials

Weekly S&P 500 Alerts

Stock Market Alerts	Count
Downtrend Exhaustion	12
Downtrend Broken Resistance	10
Uptrend Support	118
Uptrend Exhaustion	4
Uptrend Broken Support	5
Downtrend Resistance	11
Oversold	44

Weekly Stock Market Overview - May 4th, 2012

All the major US indices were negative. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped -190.04 points or -1.44%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped -34.26 points or -2.44%, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped -112.86 points or -3.68%. Read More ...

The Utilities sector was the strongest sector (-0.11%) last week followed by the Consumer Staples sector (-0.55%). The Energy sector was the worst performing sector (-3.53%) of the week followed by the Materials sector (-3.38%).

The Utilities sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Financial, while Water Utilities, Regional-Mid-Atlantc Bnks, and REIT - Residential are among the most overvalued industries. The Technology sector is the most oversold sector followed by Conglomerates, while Computer Peripherals, Wireless Communications, and Semiconductr-Memory Chips are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners

Gains/Loses(%)	Symbol	Company	Sector
22.78%	SUN	Sunoco., Inc.	Energy
7.14%	MAS	Masco Corp.	Industrials
4.99%	PWR	Quanta Services Inc.	Industrials

Weekly S&P 500 Losers

Gains/Loses(%)	Symbol	Company	Sector
-14.11%	MWW	Monster Worldwide	Industrials
-13.82%	PRU	Prudential Financial	Financials
-12.45%	RRD	R.R. Donnelley & Son	Industrials

Weekly S&P 500 Alerts

Stock Market Alerts	Count
Downtrend Exhaustion	4
Downtrend Broken Resistance	18
Uptrend Support	38
Uptrend Exhaustion	6
Uptrend Broken Support	4
Downtrend Resistance	17
Oversold	13