T2108 Update: May 13, 2011

(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. To learn more about it, see my T2108 Resource Page.) T2108 Status: 55% and Neutral General Trading Call: Hold. Commentary T2108 dropped 9 percentage points to 55% as the S&P 500 dropped 0.8%. So far, the index is holding the first … Read more

T2108 Update: May 11, 2011

(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. To learn more about this technical indicator, see my T2108 Resource Page.) T2108 Status: 63% and Neutral – just fell from overbought General Trading Call: Hold. If no shorts in the portfolio initiate “some”, more aggressive on break of May low … Read more

Goldman Sachs at Two Year Lows….vs the S&P 500

Every now and then, I check in on the chart of Goldman Sachs (GS) as a potential indicator of the underlying health of the stock market. This year, I have been consistently surprised at Goldman’s persistent relative weakness compared to the general market. After recently refreshing my chart of the S&P 500 price in gold, … Read more

The Fed-Inspired S&P 500 Likely to Remain Overbought As Index Reaches for Previous Uptrend

With the S&P 500 hitting fresh 3-year highs this week, the index is poised to recapture the previous uptrend that was interrupted by March’s double calamities of the Japan earthquake and hostilities in Libya. The stock market is overbought with T2108, the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages (DMAs), at a … Read more