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

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

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