Friday, October 26, 2012

Weekly Stock Market Overview - Oct. 26, 2012

All the major US indices were negative. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped -236.30 points or -1.77%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped -21.25 points or -1.48%, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped -17.67 points or -0.59%. Read More ...

The Health Care sector was the strongest sector (-0.69%) last week followed by the Consumer Staples sector (-1.01%). The Materials sector was the worst performing sector (-2.64%) of the week followed by the Energy sector (-2.53%).

The Services sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Consumer Goods, while Appliances, Publishing - Books, and Housewares & Accessories are among the most overvalued industries. The Basic Materials sector is the most oversold sector followed by Utilities, while Water Utilities, Chemicals-Major Diversifd, and Oil & Gas Equipment/Svcs are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
20.70% DV DeVry Inc. Industrials
13.57% SHLD Sears Holdings Corporation Consumer Discretionary
9.52% PKI PerkinElmer Health Care


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-20.68% NFX Newfield Exploration Co Energy
-18.59% ATI Allegheny Technologies Inc Materials
-17.91% CLF Cliffs Natural Resources Inc Materials


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 2
Downtrend Broken Resistance 15
Uptrend Support 71
Uptrend Exhaustion 1
Uptrend Broken Support 5
Downtrend Resistance 6
Oversold 23

Friday, October 19, 2012

Weekly Stock Market Overview - Oct. 19, 2012

It was a mixed week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 14.66 points or 0.11%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 4.60 points or 0.32%, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped -38.49 points or -1.26%. Read More ...

The Materials sector was the strongest sector (1.98%) last week followed by the Financial sector (1.90%). The Technology sector was the worst performing sector (-2.11%) of the week followed by the Consumer Staples sector (-0.39%).

The Basic Materials sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Conglomerates, while Gold, Major Integrated Oil/Gas, and Copper are among the most overvalued industries. The Utilities sector is the most oversold sector followed by Technology, while Printed Circuit Boards, Semiconductr-Memory Chips, and Semiconductor-Broad Line are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
22.33% DF Dean Foods Consumer Staples
14.61% PHM Pulte Homes, Inc. Consumer Discretionary
10.58% NE Noble Corp Energy


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-28.81% APOL Apollo Group Consumer Discretionary
-20.44% AMD Advanced Micro Devices Information Technology
-9.15% DV DeVry Inc. Industrials


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 1
Downtrend Broken Resistance 22
Uptrend Support 20
Uptrend Exhaustion 21
Uptrend Broken Support 13
Downtrend Resistance 35
Oversold 4

Friday, October 12, 2012

Weekly Stock Market Overview - Oct 12, 2012

All the major US indices were negative. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped -281.30 points or -2.07%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped -32.34 points or -2.21%, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped -92.08 points or -2.94%. Read More ...

The Utilities sector was the strongest sector (-0.65%) last week followed by the Energy sector (-1.39%). The Technology sector was the worst performing sector (-3.14%) of the week followed by the Consumer Discretionary sector (-2.86%).

The Services sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Industrial Goods, while Publishing - Books, Management Services, and Food Wholesale are among the most overvalued industries. The Technology sector is the most oversold sector followed by Utilities, while Printed Circuit Boards, Semiconductor-Broad Line, and Semiconductor Equip/Matrl are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
14.88% BTU Peabody Energy Corp Materials
11.51% KMX Carmax Inc Consumer Discretionary
10.19% S Sprint Nextel Corp. Telecommunications Services


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-19.69% EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp Health Care
-14.91% AMD Advanced Micro Devices Information Technology
-14.48% DLTR llar Tree Inc. Consumer Discretionary


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 3
Downtrend Broken Resistance 22
Uptrend Support 36
Uptrend Exhaustion 6
Uptrend Broken Support 4
Downtrend Resistance 8
Oversold 12

Friday, October 05, 2012

Weekly Stock Market Overview - Oct. 5, 2012

It was an up week for the major markets. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 173.02 points or 1.29%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 20.26 points or 1.41%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 19.96 points or 0.64%. Read More ...

The Financial sector was the strongest sector (3.01%) last week followed by the Health Care sector (2.62%). The Energy sector was the worst performing sector (0.20%) of the week followed by the Technology sector (0.21%).

The Industrial Goods sector is the most overvalued sector followed by Healthcare, while Medical Practitioners, Drugs - Generic, and Biotechnology are among the most overvalued industries. The Utilities sector is the most oversold sector followed by Technology, while Printed Circuit Boards, Semiconductor-Broad Line, and Diversified Utilities are among the most oversold industries.

Weekly S&P 500 Winners
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
11.90% STZ Constellation Brands Consumer Staples
9.06% LEN Lennar Corp. Consumer Discretionary
9.05% HIG Hartford Financial Svc.Gp. Financials


Weekly S&P 500 Losers
Gains/Loses(%) Symbol Company Sector
-13.66% HPQ Hewlett-Packard Information Technology
-8.24% JDSU JDS Uniphase Corp Information Technology
-6.96% NTAP NetApp, Inc. Information Technology


Weekly S&P 500 Alerts
Stock Market Alerts Count
Downtrend Exhaustion 2
Downtrend Broken Resistance 35
Uptrend Support 19
Uptrend Exhaustion 28
Uptrend Broken Support 8
Downtrend Resistance 25
Oversold 7