I am not sure if everyone is watching how stellar the performance of the two particularly strong sectors in September has been.
A look at the one-month performance shows a clear lean on Financials and Energy. Everyone keeps pointing to oil's volatility but the energy stocks have some of the strongest SCTR's.
For a bull market, we want to see the stocks on the left side of this panel outperform. If we add a cycle line to the chart, it fits almost perfectly over the last month. This is a very nice bullish setup.
The Bullish Percent Index (BPI's) are very strong. This is not an overbought condition. This is a very strong, broad, bullish setup. Usually, the Bullish Percents have to start making lower lows below 50 and then a lower high before the market struggles to make higher highs. Currently, the $BPNYA is still very strong. With the Percentage Of Stocks Above The 200 DMA ($NYA200R) in the lower panel showing a lot of strength, this is not the place where we usually collapse from.
The energy stocks are dominating the SCTR lists and the Bank, Broker and Insurance stocks are moving into the top leadership area of the SCTR's. This looks like a nice setup for the 4th quarter at this point in time. That doesn't mean we won't get 3-5% pullbacks, but they should be bought as this looks like a strong setup for equities in the 4th Quarter.
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Next, I will be presenting in person at Golden Gate University in September if you are in the area.
September 20th, 2016 @ 4 PM
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536 Mission Street
San Francisco, 94104
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