It’s Already A Below Average September. Now What? – The Market Breadth

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Stock Market Commentary The S&P 500 is down 4.1% month-to-date. This loss makes this month a below average September for a maximum drawdown and fulfills September’s reputation as one of the index’s three most dangerous months of the year. As I noted last week, August’s extreme drawdown significantly increased the risk of September being worse … Read more

Market Rotations Are Wearing Down Overbought Resistance – The Market Breadth

Market Rotations Are Wearing Down Overbought Resistance – The Market Breadth (Credit: Eduardo Tavares, https://www.flickr.com/photos/28761527@N06/3499009813)

Stock Market Commentary Bears still look ready to bow out, but they still have their paws firmly planted on high-tech stocks, especially semiconductors. The market rotations out of tech are nudging enough stocks higher, especially small caps, to rechallenge the threshold defining overbought conditions for market breadth. The stark divergence in stocks greatly reduces the … Read more

Bears Signal Readiness to Bow Out – The Market Breadth

Bears Signal Signal Readiness to Bow Out

Stock Market Commentary After just acknowledging politics could deliver on-going surprises for traders and investors, both up and down, I certainly did not expect the first day of trading after that post to confirm my assessment. On Sunday, President Biden bowed out the 2024 Presidential campaign and endorsed VP Kamala Harris. The stock market greeted … Read more

Overbought Conditions End with Blow-Off Tops – The Market Breadth

blow-off top (Credit: Giuseppe Milo, Giuseppe Milo Geyser - Iceland - Black and white street photography, https://www.flickr.com/photos/87690240@N03/23894931910)

Stock Market Commentary The latest overbought period lasted two days, a typical duration. However, the start of the period was atypical given the fuel from historic heroics from small cap stocks. The end of the overbought period was remarkable by delivering some of the clearest topping signals of the year. Key indices that soared into … Read more

A Bearish Divergence Too Strong To Ignore – The Market Breadth

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Stock Market Commentary The stock market’s bearish divergence is too strong to ignore. The S&P 500 and the NASDAQ achieved all-time highs while market breadth sunk again this week. Both short-term and long-term market breadth indicators are at key support levels. Even if market breadth somehow rebounds from current levels, I find myself getting yet … Read more

Can A Bullish Divergence Create A Bottom for Stocks? – The Market Breadth

Can A Bullish Divergence Create A Bottom for Stocks – The Market Breadth (Credit: UnknownNet Photography on Flickr - https://www.flickr.com/photos/110548908@N06/24936496357)

Stock Market Commentary Last week was an intense week of trading. The ever-escalating conflict in the Middle East disturbed markets. However, the initial negative reaction in futures market was mostly erased by the time of the market open on Thursday. The indices even managed to gain ground before getting faded. Thus, the market still fundamentally … Read more

Is the Stock Market Oversold Enough Following Fresh Bearish Milestones? – The Market Breadth

Oversold enough? AT50 (MMFI) is speeding toward the oversold threshold.

Stock Market Commentary April showers have arrived in the form of stockdrops instead of raindrops. After a near relentless push higher every month since November, the S&P 500 is down 4.4% month-to-date. Both the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ have confirmed bearish breakdowns and the ETF of small caps, IWM, is again in a bear … Read more

All Hail NVIDIA and A New Market Call – The Market Breadth

All Hail NVIDIA

Stock Market Commentary There is a deepening irony in my on-going bearishness on the stock market. The sector most visibly responsible for the anti-bearish animal spirits leaning against poor market breadth is the same sector I remain unapologetically bullish about: Artificial Intelligence (AI). The ironic contrast was in full display last week as the bullish … Read more

Bullish Truths Invite Small Cap Stocks to the Party – The Market Breadth

Bullish Truths Invite Small Cap Stocks to the Party

Stock Market Commentary Last week repeated a familiar story. The S&P 500 and the NASDAQ closed up for the week. Since the October lows, each index has only suffered one down week. The iShares Russell 2000 ETF was part of the party until the calendar flipped to 2024. The ETF of small caps lost altitude … Read more

Bring on the Bears, Overbought Conditions End Decisively – The Market Breadth

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Stock Market Commentary Bring on the bears…The process terminating a historically extended overbought period started with the first trading day of the year. While the S&P 500 recovered from the year’s initial fit of selling, small caps did not. The sagging fortunes of small caps have now returned the related ETF to bear market territory. … Read more