Friday, June 25, 2010

Weekly Stock Market Overview - 6/25/2010

All the major US indices were negative. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped -306.83 points or -2.94%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped -40.75 points or -3.65%, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped -86.32 points or -3.74%. Read More ...

The Financial sector was the strongest sector (-1.31%) last week followed by the Health Care sector (-1.83%). The Energy sector was the worst performing sector (-5.61%) of the week followed by the Consumer Discretionary sector (-5.11%).

The Technology sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Industrial Goods, while Wireless Communications, General Contractors, and Telecom Services/Domestic are among the most overvalued industries. The Financial sector is the most oversold sector followed by Healthcare, while Medical Practitioners, Investmnt Brokerage-Natl, and Medical Instruments/Supls are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
5.55% BTU Peabody Energy Corp Materials
4.34% VLO Valero Energy Energy
4.31% MCO Moody's Corp Financials


Weekly S&P 500 Loosers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-12.32% DRI Darden Restaurants Consumer Discretionary
-11.58% ODP Office Depot Consumer Discretionary
-11.49% APC Anadarko Petroleum Energy


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 7
Downtrend Broken Resistance 10
Uptrend Support 21
Uptrend Exhaustion 1
Uptrend Broken Support 0
Downtrend Resistance 6
Oversold 44

Sunday, June 20, 2010

S&P 500 members - Downtrend Resistance alert

S&P 500 Trend Analysis - 6/18/2010

It was a second consecutive positive week for the S&P 500 index (^GSPC). During the week, the S&P 500 gained 25.91 points, or 2.37%, and closed at 1117.51 on Friday, June 18, 2010. S&P 500 was trading at average weekly trading volume. Read More ...

A medium-term downtrend had started on April 26, 2010 at 1219.80 and reached 1040.78 on May 25, 2010. S&P 500 lost 179.02 points, or 14.68%, in 29 days.

In our previous publication on Sunday May 23 we wrote:

"price is near the monthly uptrend support level. An uptrend support alert usually follows by at least a short term rally."

A short term rally started on May 25th at 1040.78 and reached 1121.01 on Friday June 18th. The price is near the trend resistance line (1102.36) and close to 50% retracement level.
S&P 500 - short-term trend
Technical Stock Market Timing System


Daily Williams' Percentage Range and Lane's Stochastic are strongly overbought for both S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average. More than 60 S&P members have the Downtrend Resistance Alert. A medium - term downtrend may resume soon.


Presented by www.thegreedytrader.com Research Group.

Friday, June 18, 2010

Weekly Stock Market Overview - 6/18/2010

It was an up week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 239.57 points or 2.35%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 25.91 points or 2.37%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 66.20 points or 2.95%. Read More ...

The Utilities sector was the strongest sector (2.94%) last week followed by the Industrial sector (2.85%). The Consumer Discretionary sector was the worst performing sector (0.68%) of the week followed by the Consumer Staples sector (0.72%).

The Basic Materials sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Consumer Goods, while Confectioners, Gold, and Cleaning Products are among the most overvalued industries. The Financial sector is the most oversold sector followed by Healthcare, while Investmnt Brokerage-Natl, Medical Practitioners, and Medical Instruments/Supls are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
15.72% MTB M&T Bank Corp. Financials
14.00% SUN Sunoco., Inc. Energy
11.98% MU Micron Technology Information Technology


Weekly S&P 500 Loosers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-8.18% BBY Best Buy Co., Inc. Consumer Discretionary
-5.75% S Sprint Nextel Corp. Telecommunications Services
-5.33% SCHW Charles Schwab Financials


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 0
Downtrend Broken Resistance 16
Uptrend Support 2
Uptrend Exhaustion 3
Uptrend Broken Support 0
Downtrend Resistance 64
Oversold 4

Friday, June 11, 2010

Weekly Stock Market Overview - 6/11/2010

It was an up week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 279.10 points or 2.81%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 26.72 points or 2.51%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 24.43 points or 1.10%. Read More ...

The Energy sector was the strongest sector (5.37%) last week followed by the Materials sector (5.36%). The Technology sector was the worst performing sector (1.49%) of the week followed by the Consumer Staples sector (1.53%).

The Healthcare sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Basic Materials, while Specialized Health Svcs, Gold, and Drugs - Generic are among the most overvalued industries. The Consumer Goods sector is the most oversold sector followed by Technology, while Dairy Products, Security Software & Svcs, and Electronic Equipment are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
16.82% GCI Gannett Co. Consumer Discretionary
13.71% CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Materials
11.77% GLW Corning Inc. Information Technology


Weekly S&P 500 Loosers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-7.38% APC Anadarko Petroleum Energy
-5.88% FTR Frontier Communications Telecommunications Services
-5.26% AET Aetna Inc. (New) Health Care


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 1
Downtrend Broken Resistance 5
Uptrend Support 21
Uptrend Exhaustion 1
Uptrend Broken Support 0
Downtrend Resistance 3
Oversold 31

Friday, June 04, 2010

Weekly Stock Market Overview - 6/4/2010

All the major US indices were negative. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped -204.66 points or -2.02%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped -24.53 points or -2.25%, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped -37.87 points or -1.68%. Read More ...

The Technology sector was the strongest sector (-1.02%) last week followed by the Consumer Staples sector (-1.06%). The Materials sector was the worst performing sector (-5.33%) of the week followed by the Industrial sector (-3.95%).

The Utilities sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Technology, while Wireless Communications, Telecom Services/Domestic, and Water Utilities are among the most overvalued industries. The Consumer Goods sector is the most oversold sector followed by Basic Materials, while Agricultural Chemicals, Electronic Equipment, and Copper are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
10.87% SWN Southwestern Energy Co. Utilities
5.54% WLP WellPoint Health Networks Health Care
4.94% AMGN Amgen Health Care


Weekly S&P 500 Loosers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-22.44% TLAB Tellabs, Inc. Information Technology
-15.22% FTI FMC Technologies Inc. Energy
-13.99% THC Tenet Healthcare Corp. Health Care


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 5
Downtrend Broken Resistance 1
Uptrend Support 27
Uptrend Exhaustion 0
Uptrend Broken Support 0
Downtrend Resistance 2
Oversold 35