Friday, February 25, 2011

Weekly Stock Market Overview - 2/25/2011

All the major US indices were negative. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped -260.80 points or -2.10%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped -23.13 points or -1.72%, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped -52.90 points or -1.87%. Read More ...

The Energy sector was the strongest sector (1.19%) last week followed by the Utilities sector (-0.49%). The Industrial sector was the worst performing sector (-3.19%) of the week followed by the Materials sector (-3.01%).

The Basic Materials sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Healthcare, while Hospitals, Major Integrated Oil/Gas, and Oil & Gas Pipelines are among the most overvalued industries. The Utilities sector is the most oversold sector followed by Consumer Goods, while Photographic Equip/Supls, Beverages-Brewers, and Trucks & Other Vehicles are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
12.04% COG Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. Energy
6.93% RDC Rowan Cos. Energy
6.88% VFC V.F. Corp. Consumer Discretionary


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-13.06% EXPD Expeditors Int'l. Industrials
-12.31% HPQ Hewlett-Packard Information Technology
-10.99% FTR Frontier Communications Telecommunications Services


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 2
Downtrend Broken Resistance 13
Uptrend Support 21
Uptrend Exhaustion 2
Uptrend Broken Support 4
Downtrend Resistance 7
Oversold 5

Friday, February 18, 2011

Weekly Stock Market Overview - 2/18/2011

It was an up week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 117.99 points or 0.96%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 13.86 points or 1.04%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 24.51 points or 0.87%. Read More ...

The Energy sector was the strongest sector (3.93%) last week followed by the Health Care sector (1.33%). The Utilities sector was the worst performing sector (-0.28%) of the week followed by the Technology sector (0.36%).

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 Utilities sector is the most oversold sector followed by Healthcare, while Drug Manufacturers/Major, Drug Delivery, and Biotechnology are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
19.00% FDO Family Dollar Stores Consumer Discretionary
12.52% WMB Williams Cos. Energy
10.87% AMD Advanced Micro Devices Information Technology


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-12.46% NTAP NetApp, Inc. Information Technology
-10.51% JDSU JDS Uniphase Corp Information Technology
-9.88% ODP Office Depot Consumer Discretionary


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 0
Downtrend Broken Resistance 14
Uptrend Support 10
Uptrend Exhaustion 116
Uptrend Broken Support 6
Downtrend Resistance 35
Oversold 2

Friday, February 11, 2011

Weekly Stock Market Overview - 2/11/2011

It was an up week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 181.11 points or 1.50%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 18.28 points or 1.39%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 40.14 points or 1.45%. Read More ...

The Consumer Discretionary sector was the strongest sector (3.59%) last week followed by the Industrial sector (2.91%). The Energy sector was the worst performing sector (-0.03%) of the week followed by the Health Care sector (0.15%).

The Utilities sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Consumer Goods, while Recreational Vehicles, Housewares & Accessories, and Rubber & Plastics are among the most overvalued industries. The Industrial Goods sector is the most oversold sector followed by Basic Materials, while Gold, Copper, and Specialty Chemicals are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
23.74% JDSU JDS Uniphase Corp Information Technology
22.44% BIG Big Lots, Inc. Consumer Discretionary
14.91% JCP Penney (J.C.) Consumer Discretionary


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-15.19% CSCO Cisco Systems Information Technology
-14.06% CSC Computer Sciences Corp. Information Technology
-8.57% NVDA NVIDIA Corp. Information Technology


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 0
Downtrend Broken Resistance 16
Uptrend Support 8
Uptrend Exhaustion 63
Uptrend Broken Support 8
Downtrend Resistance 21
Oversold 4

Friday, February 04, 2011

Weekly Stock Market Overview - 2/4/2011

It was an up week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 268.45 points or 2.27%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 34.53 points or 2.71%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 82.41 points or 3.07%. Read More ...

The Materials sector was the strongest sector (4.67%) last week followed by the Energy sector (4.25%). The Utilities sector was the worst performing sector (0.47%) of the week followed by the Consumer Staples sector (1.10%).

The Basic Materials sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Conglomerates, while Major Integrated Oil/Gas, Aluminum, and Oil & Gas Equipment/Svcs are among the most overvalued industries. The Healthcare sector is the most oversold sector followed by Financial, while Drug Delivery, Drug Manufacturers/Major, and Savings & Loans are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
34.50% JDSU JDS Uniphase Corp Information Technology
21.53% ERTS Electronic Arts Information Technology
15.26% HAR Harman Int'l Consumer Discretionary


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-7.70% PCAR PACCAR Inc. Industrials
-6.68% PHM Pulte Homes, Inc. Consumer Discretionary
-6.31% AVY Avery Dennison Corp. Industrials


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 1
Downtrend Broken Resistance 19
Uptrend Support 14
Uptrend Exhaustion 47
Uptrend Broken Support 6
Downtrend Resistance 17
Oversold 5