Charts to Watch
What ended up being a tough week for the market left many names I was following pulling back m0re than I would have desired but still intact. While I believe it is always prudent to be looking at stocks from the short side, the longer term trend is still higher. I think that it is VERY likely that we see the markets continue to consolidate and even lose ground but I think people tend to lose tract of their long ideas during these times and this is when you want to be watching them as if they hold in during…
Charts to Watch
Today was a tough day for the Bulls but there are still some charts on the long side which interest me. They may not all be ready to go here and now but represent a mix of sectors and situations. Expeditors International (EXPD) could be setting up a longer term trade opportunity but first I want to see the 200 day SMA hold as support. Amgen (AMGN) acts well in what looks to be a longer consolidation pattern. Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) Potential Inverse Head & Shoulders pattern but wants to see 200 Day SMA hold Apache (APA) Still…
Daily Wrap
DJIA +180.85 (+1.21%) to 15,176.08; S&P 500 +23.84 (+1.48%) to 1,636.36; NASDAQ +36.76 (+1.26%) to 2,962.90 An second retest of the 50 day Moving Average proved to be a spring board sending the S&P 500 screaming higher on the day and of the major indices only second to the Russell 2000. Helping today’s cause was two positive data point in economic news. First the retail sales rose 0.6% when consensus expectations were 0.4% and then initial Unemployment claims came in at 334K when I had 354K as the estimate or a 20K beat. What I am watching now is the 20 day SMA…
Daily Wrap
DJIA +106.20 (+0.72%) to 14,818.75; S&P 500 +11.37 (+0.72%) to 1,593.61; NASDAQ +26.40 (+0.93%) to 2,866.95 The market continues its recovery from the recent dip now not also challenging recent highs but making all time highs (closing and intraday). The trend remains strongly in-tact with the SPY up over 12.36% YTD and maybe more astoundingly 16.99% over a rolling 12 month period. In economic news today we saw Personal Spending meet forecasts with a 0.2% increase but Personal Income not only missed forecasts of a 0.4% gain but actually ticked down 0.2%. Lastly, Pending Home sales beat expectations with a 1.5% increase over last month when…
Week in Review
DJIA +8.37 (+0.06%) to 13,981.76; S&P 500 -1.59 (-0.10%) to 1,519.79; NASDAQ -6.63 (-0.21%) to 3,192.03 A pretty lack luster Friday to close off a lack luster week. There wasn’t a shortage of events and things the market could use to drive direction one way or the other but it simply chose not to. The market seems firmly pitted between valuations that may seem somewhat extended and technicals that would like a pullback but the continued accommodating environment from the Fed and also the Government as they continue to run deficits and even if cutting it is slow to not shock the economy. How the market…
Daily Wrap
DJIA +47.46 (+0.34%) to 14,018.70; S&P 500 +2.42 (+0.16%) to 1,519.43; NASDAQ -5.51 (-0.17%) to 3,186.49 With no major economic data scheduled for announcement today, the markets were quiet today before the President’s speech tonight and often a quiet market will just consolidate or drift into the trend which has been undoubtedly higher since the November bottom. Not so quite today was Apple Computers (AAPL) and last night I noted that there was expectation going into the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference piggy backing on David Einhorn’s comments. Often in these cases it is a buy the rumor sell the news event and today that…
Daily Wrap
DJIA -21.73 (-0.16%) to 13,971.24; S&P 500 -0.92 (-0.06%) to 1,517.01; NASDAQ -1.87 (-0.06%) to 3,192.00 Today’s market held in a tight range and is reflected in the close in the S&P 500 which is down less than 1point. This week has a fair amount of data, fed speak and some scheduled Obama talk. I try and log it all and then update the numbers as they come out so visit the Event’s Calendar for the updates and there is also currently a dividends and splits list. The stock of the day today was Nordisk (NVO) which received an FDA Complete Response Letter indicating that the company’s insulin products will…