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August 2017

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Aerospace Has Been Strong, But It's Relative Strength Momentum Is Weakening

by Tom Bowley

Bull markets are fueled by sector and industry group rotation. Throughout the bull market since 2009, we've seen each of the key aggressive sectors take their turn leading on a relative basis. Within each sector, we also see relative leadership and weakness among industry groups... Read More 

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Stocks Have A Bad Day, August Is Living Up To Its Reputation

by John Murphy

S&P 500 FALLS TO SIX-WEEK LOW... Selling pressure resumed with a vengeance today. And a lot of support levels have been broken. Chart 1 shows the S&P 500 falling back below its 50-day average to the lowest level in more than a month. Volume was higher... Read More 

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With Earnings Season Winding Down Whats Next?

by John Hopkins

As earnings season winds down traders are going to be looking for new reasons to be long the market. So far, according to Thompson's Reuters, 460 of the companies represented in the S&P 500 have reported earnings with almost 74% beating expectations... Read More 

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Two Potential Double Tops to Watch Going Forward

by Arthur Hill

Doubles Tops are forming in two key ETFs, the Semiconductor SPDR (XSD) and the Consumer Discretionary SPDR (XLY), and chartists should watch these important groups for clues on broad market direction in the coming week or two. First, let's talk about the Double Top... Read More 

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Are The Transports Falling Off The Rails?

by Greg Schnell

The Transportation indexes look like they are struggling here. That's not usually a good thing. There are three components: Railroads - $DJUSRR, Airlines - $DJUSAR, and Trucking - $DJUSTK. Starting with the railroads, this has all the making of a derailment... Read More 

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Market Is Very Overvalued

by Carl Swenlin

The market has been rising ahead of earnings for over two years, and it is very overvalued. Nevertheless, bullish investors seem unconcerned... Read More 

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The Table has Been Set - The Earnings Smorgasboard

by John Hopkins

Everyone likes a good meal, especially an all you can eat buffet. And if you are a trader, you've just been served up an earnings smorgasboard. So far, per Thomson Reuters, over 400 companies in the S&P have reported for Q2, 2017, with almost 73% beating earnings expectations... Read More 

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Friday's Strong Job Report May Not Be As Strong As It Looks

by John Murphy

IS THIS THE REAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE? ... Friday's job report saw 209,000 new jobs added during July which was well above expectations. Hourly earnings also saw a July again of 0.3% which attracted the most attention... Read More 

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Searching For More Summertime Breakouts

by Tom Bowley

A month ago, I posted an article looking at 3 NASDAQ 100 stocks that were looking to make technically significant breakouts. Sirius XM Holdings (SIRI) had a cup in play that, if broken, would measure to 5.90, or nearly 8%. It broke out on heavy volume and hit a high of 5... Read More 

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An Ugly Price Relative, but a very Nice Uptrend

by Arthur Hill

The price relative, or ratio chart, is handy for measuring relative performance, but it does not always reflect the trend for the underlying securities... Read More 

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Watching Support Fade

by Carl Swenlin

As the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) has been moving steadily to record highs, I have observed a persistent erosion of underlying support as expressed by 52-Week New Highs for the DJIA component stocks... Read More 

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Looking For Some New Direction In The Market

by Greg Schnell

One of the hardest parts about investing, is staying with the constant rotation of sectors. Amazon is already down more than $100 since the high last week. Gulp! While it's only 10%, $100 a share is an ouch... Read More