Weekly Stock Market Overview - Oct. 26, 2012

All the major US indices were negative. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped -236.30 points or -1.77%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped -21.25 points or -1.48%, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped -17.67 points or -0.59%. Read More ...

The Health Care sector was the strongest sector (-0.69%) last week followed by the Consumer Staples sector (-1.01%). The Materials sector was the worst performing sector (-2.64%) of the week followed by the Energy sector (-2.53%).

The Services sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Consumer Goods, while Appliances, Publishing - Books, and Housewares & Accessories are among the most overvalued industries. The Basic Materials sector is the most oversold sector followed by Utilities, while Water Utilities, Chemicals-Major Diversifd, and Oil & Gas Equipment/Svcs are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners

Gains/Loses(%)	Symbol	Company	Sector
20.70%	DV	DeVry Inc.	Industrials
13.57%	SHLD	Sears Holdings Corporation	Consumer Discretionary
9.52%	PKI	PerkinElmer	Health Care

Weekly S&P 500 Losers

Gains/Loses(%)	Symbol	Company	Sector
-20.68%	NFX	Newfield Exploration Co	Energy
-18.59%	ATI	Allegheny Technologies Inc	Materials
-17.91%	CLF	Cliffs Natural Resources Inc	Materials

Weekly S&P 500 Alerts

Stock Market Alerts	Count
Downtrend Exhaustion	2
Downtrend Broken Resistance	15
Uptrend Support	71
Uptrend Exhaustion	1
Uptrend Broken Support	5
Downtrend Resistance	6
Oversold	23

Weekly Stock Market Overview - Oct. 19, 2012

It was a mixed week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 14.66 points or 0.11%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 4.60 points or 0.32%, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped -38.49 points or -1.26%. Read More ...

The Materials sector was the strongest sector (1.98%) last week followed by the Financial sector (1.90%). The Technology sector was the worst performing sector (-2.11%) of the week followed by the Consumer Staples sector (-0.39%).

The Basic Materials sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Conglomerates, while Gold, Major Integrated Oil/Gas, and Copper are among the most overvalued industries. The Utilities sector is the most oversold sector followed by Technology, while Printed Circuit Boards, Semiconductr-Memory Chips, and Semiconductor-Broad Line are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners

Gains/Loses(%)	Symbol	Company	Sector
22.33%	DF	Dean Foods	Consumer Staples
14.61%	PHM	Pulte Homes, Inc.	Consumer Discretionary
10.58%	NE	Noble Corp	Energy

Weekly S&P 500 Losers

Gains/Loses(%)	Symbol	Company	Sector
-28.81%	APOL	Apollo Group	Consumer Discretionary
-20.44%	AMD	Advanced Micro Devices	Information Technology
-9.15%	DV	DeVry Inc.	Industrials

Weekly S&P 500 Alerts

Stock Market Alerts	Count
Downtrend Exhaustion	1
Downtrend Broken Resistance	22
Uptrend Support	20
Uptrend Exhaustion	21
Uptrend Broken Support	13
Downtrend Resistance	35
Oversold	4

Weekly Stock Market Overview - Oct 12, 2012

All the major US indices were negative. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped -281.30 points or -2.07%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped -32.34 points or -2.21%, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped -92.08 points or -2.94%. Read More ...

The Utilities sector was the strongest sector (-0.65%) last week followed by the Energy sector (-1.39%). The Technology sector was the worst performing sector (-3.14%) of the week followed by the Consumer Discretionary sector (-2.86%).

The Services sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Industrial Goods, while Publishing - Books, Management Services, and Food Wholesale are among the most overvalued industries. The Technology sector is the most oversold sector followed by Utilities, while Printed Circuit Boards, Semiconductor-Broad Line, and Semiconductor Equip/Matrl are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners

Gains/Loses(%)	Symbol	Company	Sector
14.88%	BTU	Peabody Energy Corp	Materials
11.51%	KMX	Carmax Inc	Consumer Discretionary
10.19%	S	Sprint Nextel Corp.	Telecommunications Services

Weekly S&P 500 Losers

Gains/Loses(%)	Symbol	Company	Sector
-19.69%	EW	Edwards Lifesciences Corp	Health Care
-14.91%	AMD	Advanced Micro Devices	Information Technology
-14.48%	DLTR	llar Tree Inc.	Consumer Discretionary

Weekly S&P 500 Alerts

Stock Market Alerts	Count
Downtrend Exhaustion	3
Downtrend Broken Resistance	22
Uptrend Support	36
Uptrend Exhaustion	6
Uptrend Broken Support	4
Downtrend Resistance	8
Oversold	12

Weekly Stock Market Overview - Oct. 5, 2012

It was an up week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 173.02 points or 1.29%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 20.26 points or 1.41%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 19.96 points or 0.64%. Read More ...

The Financial sector was the strongest sector (3.01%) last week followed by the Health Care sector (2.62%). The Energy sector was the worst performing sector (0.20%) of the week followed by the Technology sector (0.21%).

The Industrial Goods sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Healthcare, while Medical Practitioners, Drugs - Generic, and Biotechnology are among the most overvalued industries. The Utilities sector is the most oversold sector followed by Technology, while Printed Circuit Boards, Semiconductor-Broad Line, and Diversified Utilities are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners

Gains/Loses(%)	Symbol	Company	Sector
11.90%	STZ	Constellation Brands	Consumer Staples
9.06%	LEN	Lennar Corp.	Consumer Discretionary
9.05%	HIG	Hartford Financial Svc.Gp.	Financials

Weekly S&P 500 Losers

Gains/Loses(%)	Symbol	Company	Sector
-13.66%	HPQ	Hewlett-Packard	Information Technology
-8.24%	JDSU	JDS Uniphase Corp	Information Technology
-6.96%	NTAP	NetApp, Inc.	Information Technology

Weekly S&P 500 Alerts

Stock Market Alerts	Count
Downtrend Exhaustion	2
Downtrend Broken Resistance	35
Uptrend Support	19
Uptrend Exhaustion	28
Uptrend Broken Support	8
Downtrend Resistance	25
Oversold	7