Friday, June 29, 2012

Weekly Stock Market Overview - June 29, 2012

It was an up week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 239.31 points or 1.89%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 27.14 points or 2.03%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 42.63 points or 1.47%. Read More ...

The Energy sector was the strongest sector (4.62%) last week followed by the Materials sector (3.10%). The Technology sector was the worst performing sector (0.86%) of the week followed by the Consumer Discretionary sector (1.09%).

The Utilities sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Healthcare, while Electric Utilities, Diversified Utilities, and Drug Manufacturers/Major are among the most overvalued industries. The Technology sector is the most oversold sector followed by Conglomerates, while Wireless Communications, Networking & Commun Dvcs, and Computer Peripherals are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
39.70% STZ Constellation Brands Consumer Staples
17.22% LEN Lennar Corp. Consumer Discretionary
13.95% PHM Pulte Homes, Inc. Consumer Discretionary


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-13.95% ORLY O'Reilly Automotive Inc. Consumer Discretionary
-11.69% NKE NIKE Inc. Consumer Discretionary
-8.56% WLP WellPoint Health Networks Health Care


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 1
Downtrend Broken Resistance 35
Uptrend Support 6
Uptrend Exhaustion 2
Uptrend Broken Support 0
Downtrend Resistance 23
Oversold 9

Friday, June 15, 2012

Weekly Stock Market Overview - June 15, 2012

It was an up week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 212.97 points or 1.70%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 17.18 points or 1.30%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 14.38 points or 0.50%. Read More ...

The Energy sector was the strongest sector (1.74%) last week followed by the Financial sector (1.44%). The Materials sector was the worst performing sector (-0.14%) of the week followed by the Consumer Discretionary sector (0.02%).

The Utilities sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Industrial Goods, while Diversified Utilities, Electric Utilities, and General Contractors are among the most overvalued industries. The Financial sector is the most oversold sector followed by Basic Materials, while Industrial Metals/Mineral, Investmnt Brokerage-Natl, and Diversified Investments are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
13.91% FTR Frontier Communications Telecommunications Services
10.53% EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp Health Care
9.73% COG Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. Energy


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-8.78% STJ St Jude Medical Health Care
-7.64% DV DeVry Inc. Industrials
-7.64% NFX Newfield Exploration Co Energy


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 10
Downtrend Broken Resistance 19
Uptrend Support 13
Uptrend Exhaustion 14
Uptrend Broken Support 1
Downtrend Resistance 22
Oversold 28

Friday, June 08, 2012

Weekly Stock Market Overview - June 9, 2012

It was an up week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 435.63 points or 3.59%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 47.62 points or 3.73%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 110.94 points or 4.04%. Read More ...

The Financial sector was the strongest sector (4.80%) last week followed by the Materials sector (4.47%). The Consumer Staples sector was the worst performing sector (2.80%) of the week followed by the Health Care sector (3.04%).

The Technology sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Utilities, while Long Distance Carriers, Diversified Utilities, and Electric Utilities are among the most overvalued industries. The Basic Materials sector is the most oversold sector followed by Consumer Goods, while Aluminum, Trucks & Other Vehicles, and Beverages-Brewers are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
18.73% S Sprint Nextel Corp. Telecommunications Services
13.45% SNDK SanDisk Corp. Information Technology
12.13% MAS Masco Corp. Industrials


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-6.74% FAST Fastenal Co. Industrials
-6.71% HAL Halliburton Co. Energy
-5.45% RSH RadioShack Corp. Consumer Discretionary


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 4
Downtrend Broken Resistance 10
Uptrend Support 10
Uptrend Exhaustion 4
Uptrend Broken Support 0
Downtrend Resistance 11
Oversold 20

Saturday, June 02, 2012

Weekly Stock Market Overview - June 1, 2012

All the major US indices were negative. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped -336.26 points or -2.70%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped -39.78 points or -3.02%, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped -90.05 points or -3.17%. Read More ...

The Utilities sector was the strongest sector (-0.20%) last week followed by the Consumer Staples sector (-2.15%). The Energy sector was the worst performing sector (-4.74%) of the week followed by the Financial sector (-3.78%).

The Utilities sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Financial, while Diversified Utilities, REIT - Residential, and Electric Utilities are among the most overvalued industries. The Technology sector is the most oversold sector followed by Basic Materials, while Computer Peripherals, Wireless Communications, and Semiconductr-Memory Chips are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
3.55% MON Monsanto Co. Materials
3.03% NEM Newmont Mining Corp. (Hldg. Co.) Materials
2.90% NTAP NetApp, Inc. Information Technology


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-14.76% SHLD Sears Holdings Corporation Consumer Discretionary
-11.47% PHM Pulte Homes, Inc. Consumer Discretionary
-11.47% KSS Kohl's Corp. Consumer Discretionary


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 30
Downtrend Broken Resistance 6
Uptrend Support 85
Uptrend Exhaustion 3
Uptrend Broken Support 0
Downtrend Resistance 2
Oversold 95