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Pressure Intensifies for Software Stocks – The Market Breadth

pressure intensifies for software stocks - the market breadth

Stock Market Analysis Summary Mounting pressure on software stocks stands out as weakening market breadth coincides with multiple key technical breakdowns. A neutral stance remains appropriate as market breadth continues to deteriorate, offsetting selective AI-driven strength in semiconductors and small caps. Buying decisions stay highly selective, with technical confirmation guiding risk while bearish signals continue … Read more

Is the Market Ready to End the Year Positively? – The Market Breadth

Is the Stock Market Ready to End the Year Positively - The Market Breadth

Stock Market Analysis Summary Late-week buying pressure restored optimism, keeping markets positioned to end the year positively despite unresolved technical risks. Major indices defended key moving averages, while small caps and consumer stocks showed improving relative strength. Market breadth remains uneven, but longer-term indicators continue to support the potential to end the year positively. Leadership … Read more

Still On Breadth’s Edge of A Breakdown – The Market Breadth

AT50 (MMFI) closed at 41.4%, holding barely above its prior low, showing short-term market breadth remained fragile at breadth's edge.

Stock Market Commentary The stock market started the week in familiar melt-up mode, supported by a (temporary) thaw in the economic war between the U.S. and China. Optimism persisted until the Federal Reserve weighed in with its latest announcement on monetary policy, when Chair Jerome Powell balked at the idea of a December rate cut. … Read more

Exhaustion Appears in Key Parts of the Market – The Market Breadth

exhaustion appears in key parts of the market

Stock Market Commentary The month of August featured three distinctly strong expansions of market breadth. The last expansion featured the largest single-day expansion I have ever seen. In between these episodes, the market showed signs of exhaustion. The latest exhaustion is centered on the AI trade. NVDA earnings slightly disappointed and included slowing revenue growth … Read more

Bullish Surge In Market Breadth As Fed Chair Powell Reignites Rally – The Market Breadth

bullish surge in market breadth as Fed Chair Powell reignites rally

Stock Market Commentary Last week delivered one of the most bullish one-day expansions of market breadth I have ever seen. On Friday, August 22nd, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke at the Jackson Hole confab and gave financial markets sufficiently dovish signals to reignite a rally that had waned most of the week. Big cap … Read more