Friday, August 17, 2012

Weekly Stock Market Overview - Aug. 17, 2012

It was an up week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 67.25 points or 0.51%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 12.29 points or 0.87%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 55.73 points or 1.84%. Read More ...

The Technology sector was the strongest sector (2.06%) last week followed by the Consumer Discretionary sector (1.82%). The Utilities sector was the worst performing sector (-1.20%) of the week followed by the Health Care sector (-0.54%).

The Technology sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Consumer Goods, while Home Furnishings/Fixtures, Wireless Communications, and Toys & Games are among the most overvalued industries. The Utilities sector is the most oversold sector followed by Healthcare, while Health Care Plans, Drug Delivery, and Drug Manufacturers/Other are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
15.69% SHLD Sears Holdings Corporation Consumer Discretionary
12.25% ANF Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Consumer Discretionary
11.07% PCS MetroPCS Communications Inc. Telecommunications Services


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-15.44% SPLS Staples Inc. Consumer Discretionary
-8.17% A Agilent Technologies Information Technology
-7.42% PRGO Perrigo Co Health Care


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 0
Downtrend Broken Resistance 58
Uptrend Support 9
Uptrend Exhaustion 21
Uptrend Broken Support 2
Downtrend Resistance 97
Oversold 0

Friday, August 10, 2012

Weekly Stock Market Overview - Aug. 10, 2012

It was an up week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 114.85 points or 0.88%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 14.84 points or 1.07%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 53.68 points or 1.81%. Read More ...

The Materials sector was the strongest sector (2.76%) last week followed by the Energy sector (2.65%). The Utilities sector was the worst performing sector (-0.87%) of the week followed by the Consumer Staples sector (-0.34%).

The Technology sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Basic Materials, while Agricultural Chemicals, Long Distance Carriers, and Diversified Commun Svcs are among the most overvalued industries. The Healthcare sector is the most oversold sector followed by Industrial Goods, while Health Care Plans, Farm/Construction Machnry, and Metals Fabrication are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
36.09% DF Dean Foods Consumer Staples
26.36% FOSL Fossil, Inc. Consumer Discretionary
26.19% CSC Computer Sciences Corp. Information Technology


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-7.39% FE FirstEnergy Corp. Utilities
-7.31% BIG Big Lots, Inc. Consumer Discretionary
-6.78% VNO VORNADO RLTY TR Financials


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 0
Downtrend Broken Resistance 57
Uptrend Support 5
Uptrend Exhaustion 11
Uptrend Broken Support 3
Downtrend Resistance 104
Oversold 3

Friday, August 03, 2012

Weekly Stock Market Overview - Aug 3, 2012

It was an up week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 22.25 points or 0.17%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 5.00 points or 0.36%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 9.66 points or 0.33%. Read More ...

The Technology sector was the strongest sector (1.37%) last week followed by the Financial sector (0.54%). The Health Care sector was the worst performing sector (-0.85%) of the week followed by the Utilities sector (-0.58%).

The Utilities sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Basic Materials, while Agricultural Chemicals, Diversified Utilities, and Electric Utilities are among the most overvalued industries. The Financial sector is the most oversold sector followed by Industrial Goods, while Life Insurance, Metals Fabrication, and Investmnt Brokerage-Natl are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
18.28% FTR Frontier Communications Telecommunications Services
13.73% X United States Steel Corp. Materials
11.95% GPS Gap (The) Consumer Discretionary


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-20.09% ANF Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Consumer Discretionary
-15.14% COH Coach, Inc. Consumer Discretionary
-13.19% SEE Sealed Air Corp.(New) Materials


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 2
Downtrend Broken Resistance 54
Uptrend Support 8
Uptrend Exhaustion 10
Uptrend Broken Support 3
Downtrend Resistance 62
Oversold 13