Friday, January 28, 2011

Weekly Stock Market Overview - 1/28/2011

All the major US indices were negative. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped -48.14 points or -0.41%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped -7.01 points or -0.55%, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped -2.65 points or -0.10%. Read More ...

The Energy sector was the strongest sector (1.44%) last week followed by the Materials sector (0.89%). The Consumer Discretionary sector was the worst performing sector (-1.90%) of the week followed by the Health Care sector (-1.79%).

The Basic Materials sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Conglomerates, while Major Integrated Oil/Gas, Aluminum, and Oil & Gas Pipelines are among the most overvalued industries. The Healthcare sector is the most oversold sector followed by Utilities, while Drug Delivery, Drug Manufacturers/Major, and Drug Manufacturers/Other are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
18.04% TER Teradyne Inc. Information Technology
14.11% BHI Baker Hughes Energy
12.78% GLW Corning Inc. Information Technology


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-29.32% EK Eastman Kodak Consumer Discretionary
-25.54% MWW Monster Worldwide Industrials
-21.46% TLAB Tellabs, Inc. Information Technology


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 2
Downtrend Broken Resistance 26
Uptrend Support 12
Uptrend Exhaustion 24
Uptrend Broken Support 13
Downtrend Resistance 23
Oversold 4

Friday, January 21, 2011

Weekly Stock Market Overview - 1/21/2011

It was a mixed week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 84.46 points or 0.72%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped -9.89 points or -0.76%, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped -65.76 points or -2.39%. Read More ...

The Utilities sector was the strongest sector (0.66%) last week followed by the Consumer Staples sector (0.55%). The Materials sector was the worst performing sector (-3.41%) of the week followed by the Technology sector (-1.72%).

The Basic Materials sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Technology, while Printed Circuit Boards, Major Integrated Oil/Gas, and Technical/System Software are among the most overvalued industries. The Utilities sector is the most oversold sector followed by Financial, while REIT - Diversified, Savings & Loans, and REIT/Healthcare Facilities are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
8.13% NWSA News Corporation Consumer Discretionary
7.57% HRB Block H&R Consumer Discretionary
6.34% LMT Lockheed Martin Corp. Industrials


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-20.37% AIG American Int'l. Group Financials
-9.83% JDSU JDS Uniphase Corp Information Technology
-8.41% FCX Freeport-McMoran Cp & Gld Materials


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 1
Downtrend Broken Resistance 35
Uptrend Support 6
Uptrend Exhaustion 27
Uptrend Broken Support 6
Downtrend Resistance 38
Oversold 2

Friday, January 14, 2011

Weekly Stock Market Overview - 1/14/2011

It was an up week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 112.62 points or 0.96%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 21.74 points or 1.71%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 52.13 points or 1.93%. Read More ...

The Energy sector was the strongest sector (3.47%) last week followed by the Financial sector (3.08%). The Health Care sector was the worst performing sector (0.34%) of the week followed by the Utilities sector (0.51%).

The Technology sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Basic Materials, while Printed Circuit Boards, Major Integrated Oil/Gas, and Technical/System Software are among the most overvalued industries. The Utilities sector is the most oversold sector followed by Financial, while REIT - Diversified, REIT/Healthcare Facilities, and Diversified Utilities are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
19.37% NVLS Novellus Systems Information Technology
18.72% NVDA NVIDIA Corp. Information Technology
12.70% JEC Jacobs Engineering Group Industrials


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-14.67% SVU Supervalu Inc. Consumer Staples
-11.74% AIG American Int'l. Group Financials
-8.35% MRK Merck & Co. Health Care


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 0
Downtrend Broken Resistance 34
Uptrend Support 16
Uptrend Exhaustion 51
Uptrend Broken Support 8
Downtrend Resistance 37
Oversold 5

Friday, January 07, 2011

Weekly Stock Market Overview - 1/7/2011

It was an up week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 97.25 points or 0.84%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 13.86 points or 1.10%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 50.30 points or 1.90%. Read More ...

The Technology sector was the strongest sector (2.22%) last week followed by the Health Care sector (1.81%). The Consumer Staples sector was the worst performing sector (-0.96%) of the week followed by the Materials sector (-0.26%).

The Services sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Technology, while Printed Circuit Boards, Staffing/Outsourcing Svcs, and Technical/System Software are among the most overvalued industries. The Healthcare sector is the most oversold sector followed by Financial, while Drug Delivery, REIT - Diversified, and REIT/Healthcare Facilities are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
29.03% NVDA NVIDIA Corp. Information Technology
14.49% PHM Pulte Homes, Inc. Consumer Discretionary
12.15% JDSU JDS Uniphase Corp Information Technology


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-12.01% STZ Constellation Brands Consumer Staples
-11.69% FDO Family Dollar Stores Consumer Discretionary
-10.07% SVU Supervalu Inc. Consumer Staples


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 0
Downtrend Broken Resistance 36
Uptrend Support 6
Uptrend Exhaustion 33
Uptrend Broken Support 7
Downtrend Resistance 47
Oversold 0

Sunday, December 26, 2010

S&P 500 Trend Analysis - 12/23/2010

It was a fourth consecutive positive week for the S&P 500 (^GSPC). During the week, the ^GSPC gained 12.86 points, or 1.03%, and closed at 1256.77 on Thursday, December 23, 2010. The S&P 500 and NASDAQ composite indices have Uptrend Exhaustion alert. Read More ...

S&P 500 index long-term uptrend had started on March 6, 2009 at 666.79 and reached 1259.39 on Wednesday December 22, 2010. S&P 500 gained -592.6 points, or almost 90%, in 22 months. The chart has formed a three wave's structure. The third (C) wave is in progress now.
S&P 500 long-term trend
Technical Stock Market Timing System

The third (C) wave up has a five wave's structure. It has started on July 1st at 1010.91 and gained almost 25% reaching 1259.39 on Wednesday December 22.
S&P 500 medium-term trend
Technical Stock Market Timing System

The fifth sub wave is in progress now. It has started on November 16, 2010 at 1173 and gained 86.39 or almost 7.4%. The fifth sub wave has a fifth wave's structure as well.
S&P 500 short-term trend
Technical Stock Market Timing System


Daily Relative Strength Index (RSI) and weekly Lane's Stochastic (%D-Slow) are overbought while daily Williams' Percentage Range, Lane's Stochastic, and weekly Williams' Percentage Range are strongly overbought. Daily Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) has bearish divergence.

More than 40% of S&P 500 members have overbought weekly Lane's Stochastic indicator and more than 68% have overbought weekly Williams' Percentage Range indicator.

More than 127 of S&P 500 index members made a new 52-week high, while 19 of them closed this week below the previous week's close. This event is called a "buying climax".

The S&P 500 members' weekly MACD bearish/bullish divergence ratio is 48/4. It means that 12 times more S&P 500 members have weekly MACD bearish divergence than the bullish divergence. The weekly Lane's stochastic bullish/bearish divergence ratio is 89/1.

All the above technical indicators are bearish. S&P 500 index uptrend may reverse soon.

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Weekly Stock Market Overview - 12/23/2010

It was an up week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 81.58 points or 0.71%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 12.86 points or 1.03%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 22.63 points or 0.86%. Read More ...

The Energy sector was the strongest sector (2.31%) last week followed by the Financial sector (2.19%). The Health Care sector was the worst performing sector (-0.06%) of the week followed by the Consumer Staples sector (0.14%).

The Conglomerates sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Basic Materials, while Oil & Gas Equipment/Svcs, Major Integrated Oil/Gas, and Specialty Chemicals are among the most overvalued industries. The Technology sector is the most oversold sector followed by Financial, while Computer Peripherals, REIT - Diversified, and Multimedia/Graphics Sftwr are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
14.08% JBL Jabil Circuit Information Technology
11.22% ODP Office Depot Consumer Discretionary
10.43% HBAN Huntington Bancshares Financials


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-6.29% DRI Darden Restaurants Consumer Discretionary
-5.27% BEN Franklin Resources Financials
-5.03% EBAY eBay Inc. Consumer Discretionary


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 0
Downtrend Broken Resistance 28
Uptrend Support 11
Uptrend Exhaustion 57
Uptrend Broken Support 5
Downtrend Resistance 45
Oversold 2

Friday, December 17, 2010

Weekly Stock Market Overview - 12/17/2010

It was an up week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 81.59 points or 0.72%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 3.51 points or 0.28%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 5.43 points or 0.21%. Read More ...

The Health Care sector was the strongest sector (1.21%) last week followed by the Materials sector (0.83%). The Financial sector was the worst performing sector (-1.42%) of the week followed by the Consumer Discretionary sector (-0.53%).

The Utilities sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Healthcare, while Water Utilities, Medical Practitioners, and Medical Labs & Research are among the most overvalued industries. The Financial sector is the most oversold sector followed by Basic Materials, while REIT/Healthcare Facilities, REIT - Diversified, and Regional-Southeast Banks are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
16.10% MI Marshall & Ilsley Corp. Financials
10.61% BCR Bard (C.R.) Inc. Health Care
9.87% X United States Steel Corp. Materials


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-18.01% BBY Best Buy Co., Inc. Consumer Discretionary
-8.92% HBAN Huntington Bancshares Financials
-6.93% DF Dean Foods Consumer Staples


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 1
Downtrend Broken Resistance 32
Uptrend Support 9
Uptrend Exhaustion 40
Uptrend Broken Support 2
Downtrend Resistance 42
Oversold 1

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Weekly Stock Market Overview - 12/10/2010

It was an up week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 28.23 points or 0.25%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 15.69 points or 1.28%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 46.08 points or 1.78%. Read More ...

The Financial sector was the strongest sector (3.78%) last week followed by the Technology sector (1.53%). The Utilities sector was the worst performing sector (-0.50%) of the week followed by the Energy sector (0.12%).

The Services sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Technology, while Jewelry Stores, Technical Services, and Auto Parts Stores are among the most overvalued industries. The Healthcare sector is the most oversold sector followed by Industrial Goods, while Drug Manufacturers/Major, Aerospace/Defense-Prd/Svc, and General Contractors are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
55.01% THC Tenet Healthcare Corp. Health Care
18.47% DF Dean Foods Consumer Staples


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-6.50% NSM National Semiconductor Information Technology
-6.18% COG Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. Energy
-5.96% SWN Southwestern Energy Co. Utilities


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 0
Downtrend Broken Resistance 40
Uptrend Support 2
Uptrend Exhaustion 43
Uptrend Broken Support 6
Downtrend Resistance 73
Oversold 3

Saturday, December 04, 2010

Weekly Stock Market Overview - 12/3/2010

It was an up week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 290.09 points or 2.62%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 35.31 points or 2.97%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 56.90 points or 2.24%. Read More ...

The Materials sector was the strongest sector (6.14%) last week followed by the Energy sector (5.30%). The Consumer Staples sector was the worst performing sector (1.09%) of the week followed by the Utilities sector (1.34%).

The Conglomerates sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Basic Materials, while Oil & Gas Equipment/Svcs, Oil & Gas Pipelines, and Copper are among the most overvalued industries. The Industrial Goods sector is the most oversold sector followed by Healthcare, while General Contractors, Drug Manufacturers/Major, and Hospitals are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
17.65% MI Marshall & Ilsley Corp. Financials
15.87% ANF Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Consumer Discretionary
15.81% RF Regions Financial Corp. Financials


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-8.50% KR Kroger Co. Consumer Staples
-5.69% LTD Limited Brands, Inc. Consumer Discretionary
-4.94% EBAY eBay Inc. Consumer Discretionary


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 1
Downtrend Broken Resistance 38
Uptrend Support 4
Uptrend Exhaustion 41
Uptrend Broken Support 7
Downtrend Resistance 27
Oversold 2

Friday, November 26, 2010

Weekly Stock Market Overview - 11/26/2010

It was a mixed week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped -111.55 points or -1.00%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped -10.33 points or -0.86%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 16.44 points or 0.65%. Read More ...

The Consumer Discretionary sector was the strongest sector (0.19%) last week followed by the Industrial sector (-0.18%). The Financial sector was the worst performing sector (-2.93%) of the week followed by the Energy sector (-1.70%).

The Consumer Goods sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Basic Materials, while Auto Parts, Textile-Apparel Footwr/Ac, and Trucks & Other Vehicles are among the most overvalued industries. The Services sector is the most oversold sector followed by Industrial Goods, while Education & Training Services, General Contractors, and Food Wholesale are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
16.72% MWW Monster Worldwide Industrials
12.43% SNDK SanDisk Corp. Information Technology
10.15% NYT New York Times Cl. A Consumer Discretionary


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-9.22% SVU Supervalu Inc. Consumer Staples
-7.98% ARG Airgas Inc. Materials
-5.67% AFL AFLAC Corporation Financials


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 3
Downtrend Broken Resistance 26
Uptrend Support 32
Uptrend Exhaustion 15
Uptrend Broken Support 3
Downtrend Resistance 10
Oversold 18