DP Trading Room: Equal-Weight RSP vs. SPY

Erin Swenlin
by Erin Swenlin,
Vice President, DecisionPoint.com
Carl Swenlin
by Carl Swenlin,
President and Founder, DecisionPoint.com

On this week's edition of The DecisionPoint Trading Room, Carl opens with a discussion of Regional Banks and gives us a link to a video that explains the safety of brokerage versus savings account insurance. He also covers why we use relative strength of the SPY v. the equally-weighted RSP. Erin gives us an in-depth "under the hood" review of the sectors and takes your symbol requests!

This video was originally recorded on April 10, 2023. Click this linkto watch on YouTube. You can also watch this episode and other past episodes on the StockCharts on demand video service,StockChartsTV.com. Registration is free!

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Erin Swenlin
About The Author:

Erin launched the DecisionPoint daily blog, specializing in charting and indicators, alongside Carl Swenlin in 2009. She serves as a consulting technical analyst and blog contributor at StockCharts. Learn More 

Carl Swenlin
About The Author:

Carl has been an active market analyst since 1981, a pioneer in the creation of online technical resources. A co-founder of DecisionPoint, he is also now a consultant and blog author for StockCharts. Learn More 

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