Friday, November 25, 2011

Weekly Stock Market Overview - Nov 25, 2011

All the major US indices were negative. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped -564.22 points or -4.78%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped -56.98 points or -4.69%, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped -130.99 points or -5.09%. Read More ...

The Consumer Staples sector was the strongest sector (-2.22%) last week followed by the Utilities sector (-3.47%). The Energy sector was the worst performing sector (-6.34%) of the week followed by the Financial sector (-5.76%).

The Healthcare sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Utilities, while Electric Utilities, Biotechnology, and Gas Utilities are among the most overvalued industries. The Services sector is the most oversold sector followed by Basic Materials, while Music & Video Stores, Gaming Activities, and Aluminum are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
1.70% FTR Frontier Communications Telecommunications Services
1.67% AN AutoNation, Inc. Consumer Discretionary
1.44% BIIB BIOGEN IDEC INC Health Care


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-15.19% MWW Monster Worldwide Industrials
-14.04% NBR Nabors Industries Ltd. Energy
-13.32% SVU Supervalu Inc. Consumer Staples


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 1
Downtrend Broken Resistance 48
Uptrend Support 98
Uptrend Exhaustion 0
Uptrend Broken Support 0
Downtrend Resistance 0
Oversold 19

Friday, November 18, 2011

Weekly Stock Market Overview - Nov 18, 2011

All the major US indices were negative. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped -357.52 points or -2.94%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped -48.20 points or -3.81%, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped -106.25 points or -3.97%. Read More ...

The Consumer Staples sector was the strongest sector (-1.33%) last week followed by the Utilities sector (-2.06%). The Energy sector was the worst performing sector (-5.69%) of the week followed by the Financial sector (-5.55%).

The Healthcare sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Consumer Goods, while Housewares & Accessories, Textile-Apparel Clothing, and Textile-Apparel Footwr/Ac are among the most overvalued industries. The Services sector is the most oversold sector followed by Conglomerates, while Music & Video Stores, Gaming Activities, and Wholesale Other are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
15.84% MU Micron Technology Information Technology
5.47% VMC Vulcan Materials Materials
4.44% JEC Jacobs Engineering Group Industrials


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-17.62% NTAP NetApp, Inc. Information Technology
-16.73% ANF Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Consumer Discretionary
-13.55% SHLD Sears Holdings Corporation Consumer Discretionary


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 0
Downtrend Broken Resistance 57
Uptrend Support 18
Uptrend Exhaustion 0
Uptrend Broken Support 1
Downtrend Resistance 0
Oversold 4

Friday, November 11, 2011

Weekly Stock Market Overview - Nov 11, 2011

It was a mixed week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 170.44 points or 1.42%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 10.62 points or 0.85%, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped -7.40 points or -0.28%. Read More ...

The Health Care sector was the strongest sector (2.65%) last week followed by the Consumer Staples sector (1.58%). The Financial sector was the worst performing sector (-0.38%) of the week followed by the Technology sector (0.42%).

The Basic Materials sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Utilities, while Oil & Gas Pipelines, Electric Utilities, and Gas Utilities are among the most overvalued industries. The Services sector is the most oversold sector followed by Industrial Goods, while Music & Video Stores, Gaming Activities, and Metals Fabrication are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
9.01% VIA-B Viacom Inc. Consumer Discretionary
7.29% LOW Lowe's Cos. Consumer Discretionary
7.08% NBR Nabors Industries Ltd. Energy


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-18.27% CSC Computer Sciences Corp. Information Technology
-12.55% PWR Quanta Services Inc. Industrials
-10.84% IFF International Flav/Frag Materials


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 0
Downtrend Broken Resistance 77
Uptrend Support 6
Uptrend Exhaustion 1
Uptrend Broken Support 1
Downtrend Resistance 42
Oversold 0

Friday, November 04, 2011

Weekly Stock Market Overview - Nov 4, 2011

All the major US indices were negative. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped -247.87 points or -2.03%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped -31.86 points or -2.48%, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped -51.00 points or -1.86%. Read More ...

The Utilities sector was the strongest sector (-0.09%) last week followed by the Technology sector (-1.62%). The Financial sector was the worst performing sector (-5.44%) of the week followed by the Health Care sector (-2.98%).

The Basic Materials sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Consumer Goods, while Textile-Apparel Clothing, Textile-Apparel Footwr/Ac, and Oil & Gas Pipelines are among the most overvalued industries. The Healthcare sector is the most oversold sector followed by Industrial Goods, while Drug Delivery, Metals Fabrication, and Medical Instruments/Supls are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
9.78% BIG Big Lots, Inc. Consumer Discretionary
7.92% RSH RadioShack Corp. Consumer Discretionary
7.75% HUM Humana Inc. Health Care


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-24.22% ANF Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Consumer Discretionary
-13.41% MS Morgan Stanley Financials
-11.99% HIG Hartford Financial Svc.Gp. Financials


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 0
Downtrend Broken Resistance 113
Uptrend Support 2
Uptrend Exhaustion 3
Uptrend Broken Support 0
Downtrend Resistance 47
Oversold 3