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-- FIRST SUPPORT FOR QQQ, MICROSOFT HITS RESISTANCE, BANDS CONTRACT FOR ORACLE, GOOGLE LEADS, SMALL-CAP BREADTH LAGS, UTILITIES BREADTH TURNS BEARISH, SECTOR SCTR RANKINGS AND CORRELATIONS --

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

WEBINAR CHARTS AND LINKS... Today's Webinar will start with a live demo showing how to find signals on PerfCharts. I will start with the major stock indices, drill down into the sectors and then look at twenty industry group ETFs in two separate PerfCharts. Even though there are...   READ MORE 

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-- SEMIS POWER TECH SECTOR, THREE SEMI STOCKS WITH FRESH BREAKOUTS, THROWBACK ZONE FOR QQQ, SMALL-CAPS STRUGGLE, XLU BREAKS DOWN AS YIELDS RISE, TLT GETS COLD FEET --

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

SEMICONDUCTOR ETF LEADS WITH NEW HIGH ... Link for today's video. Chart 1 shows the Semiconductor SPDR (XSD) surging over 1.5% and hitting yet another new high. The ETF surged in the second half of October and then embarked on a steady advance defined by the Raff Regression...   READ MORE 

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-- SMALL-CAPS LEAD, NEW HIGH PARADE, FINANCE LAGS, BAC AND MS, XLE HITS RESISTANCE, XOM, CVX AND SLB, PALLADIUM PERKS UP, GOLD HITS FIB LEVEL, GDX HOLDS BREAK --

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

LARGE-CAPS AND SMALL-CAPS LEAD FEBRUARY CHARGE... Link for today's video. Even though the stock market is not firing on all cylinders, the majority of cylinders are firing bullish and this is enough to support an uptrend in the broad indices. February may be a short month, but it...   READ MORE 

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FALLING CONSUMER PRICES MAKE FED'S JOB MORE DIFFICULT -- SO DO FALLING COMMODITY PRICES -- A RISING DOLLAR IS PUSHING COMMODITY PRICES LOWER -- WEAK GERMAN YIELD WEIGHS ON TREASURY YIELD -- DOLLAR INDEX IS ON VERGE OF RESUMING ITS UPTREND

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

FED NOW FOCUSED ON LOW INFLATION ... Today's announcement that consumer prices in the U.S. fell -0.7 in January, the biggest drop since late 2008 (and the first annual decline since 2009), is going to make the Fed's job harder. [The core CPI, excluding food...   READ MORE 

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Equity Market Breakout is Broadly Based but Short-term Indicators are Becoming Overstretched

by Martin Pring,

President, Pring Research

* Emerging markets about to experience an important breakout. * Yield curve continues to flatten. * Confidence in the bond market faces an important technical test. US Equities We have seen some nice breakouts in the last few trading sessions, which have been pretty broadly based as you can see from Chart 1,...   READ MORE 

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-- QQQ BREAKOUT, SPY TARGETS, BREADTH LINES CONFIRM, SECTOR AD LINES, T-YIELDS HIT INFLECTION, TLT SURGES OFF FIB ZONE, YIELD CURVE, UTILITIES FIRM AND REITS BREAK --

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

WEBINAR CHARTS... Welcome to the Fed edition of the Market Message. No, I am not going to dissect Fed speak and analyze every word from the testimony of Fed Chair Janet Yellen. Instead, I am going to analyze the charts, which contain all available information. Before hitting Treasuries, I will...   READ MORE 

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-- A BREAK FOR THE TRANSPORT ETF, AIRLINES, TRUCKERS, RAILROADS, DELIVERY SERVICES, 3 AIRLINE STOCKS, 2 TRUCKING STOCKS, OIL WEIGHS, OIL SERVICES HITS RESISTANCE --

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

TRANSPORT ISHARES BREAKS CHANNEL LINE... Some transportation-related industry groups and stocks are at interesting junctures right now. First, the broader market is in an uptrend as the S&P 500 hit an all time high last week. Second, oil prices remain weak and this is beneficial to several transport-related...   READ MORE 

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DOW JOINS S&P 500 IN RECORD HIGH -- NASDAQ NEARS TEST OF ITS 2000 HIGH -- GERMAN DAX HITS NEW RECORD -- BRITAIN MAY BE NEXT -- JAPAN REACHES 15-YEAR HIGH -- DOLLAR INDEX TESTS 20-YEAR RESISTANCE LINE -- EAFE ISHARES BREAK OUT TO UPSIDE ON GOOD VOLUME

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

DOW JOINS REST OF THE MARKET IN NEW HIGHS. ... The chart picture for U.S. and global stocks brightened even further on Friday. [News that eurozone finance ministers offered Greece a four-month extension of its bailout package gave a late boost to global stocks]. All major U.S. stock hit...   READ MORE 

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-- $SPX AND $NDX P&F CHARTS, AEROSPACE & DEFENSE ETF'S LEAD, 5 DEFENSE STOCKS, INTERNET ETF BREAKS OUT, 3 ISTOCKS CHALLENGING RESISTANCE, OIL STALLS, XLE GETS COLD FEET --

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

REST AFTER BIG SURGE... Link for today's video. After big gains the first two weeks of February, stocks took a breather this week and consolidated. A rest after a sharp advance is perfectly normal at this stage. Among the groups, the Energy SPDR (XLE) fell back along with...   READ MORE 

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JAPAN AND EUROPE LEAD EAFE ISHARES HIGHER -- GERMANY, FRANCE, AND THE UK LEAD EUROPE -- HOW TO HEDGE GERMAN ISHARES AGAINST WEAK EURO -- JAPANESE STOCKS NEAR 15-YEAR HIGH -- HEDGING AGAINST THE FALLING YEN HAS BEEN A GOOD IDEA

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

EAFE ISHARES TURN UP ... Foreign stocks continue to show signs of strength. Chart 1 shows EAFE iShares (EFA) trading above its 200-day moving average after recently exceeding its late November peak. At the start of February, it also broke a declining resistance line drawn over June/September/November highs. That...   READ MORE 

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US Equity Upside Breakout So Far So Good

by Martin Pring,

President, Pring Research

* -NASDAQ Composite offers quality upside leadership. * -Watch the 5-year yield for a clue as to future rate movements. * -Gold starting to show bull market characteristics but can it confirm with some positive trend action? In last week’s article I drew your attention to the fact that the technical picture...   READ MORE 

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-- THE KEY TO THE BREAKOUTS, MATERIAL SECTOR LEADERSHIP, SHORT-TERM BREADTH INDICATORS, UTILITIES ETFS HIT SUPPORT, TLT HITS FIBONACCI CLUSTER, OIL, GOLD, URANIUM AND LOTS OF STOCKS --

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

WEBINAR CHARTS AND LINK... Stocks are short-term overbought after big runs in February, but the breakouts are holding and these are bullish until proven otherwise. Today's Webinar will look at five stock indices, sector High-Low Percent, a short-term breadth indicator, the utilities sector, the long-term Treasury bond ETF,...   READ MORE 

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-- SURGE AND FOLLOW THROUGH, GROWTH VERSUS VALUE, BREAKING DOWN XLY AND XLF, WATER ETF GETS INTERESTING, FIVE STOCKS IN STRONG GROUPS, NEW HIGH PARADE --

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

SURGE AND FOLLOW THROUGH BODES WELL... The major stock indices surged off support levels last week and followed through with breakouts this week. Chart 1 shows five major index ETFs on one chart for easy reference. The top chart shows the S&P 1500 hitting new highs in November-December,...   READ MORE 

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GLOBAL STOCK RALLY IS STARTING TO BROADEN OUT -- GERMANY AND FRANCE LEAD EUROPE HIGHER -- GREEK STOCKS ARE BOUNCING FROM SUPPORT -- THE HEDJ IS THE BEST WAY TO HEDGE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF FALLING EURO -- SMALLER STOCKS LEAD S&P 500 HIGHER

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

DOW JONES GLOBAL INDEX HITS THREE-MONTH HIGH ... One of the major concerns in the new year has been fear that foreign markets would start to weigh on U.S. stocks. Although U.S. stocks have been the strongest in the world, they need some help from foreign markets. They'...   READ MORE 

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Forthcoming Big Move in Equities is Likely. The Question is Which Way will it Be?

by Martin Pring,

President, Pring Research

* The NYA starts to break down against the S&P again. * Emerging markets ETF triggers some short-term sell signals. * The EEM is resting above key long-term support. US Equities The market continues to frustrate both bull and bear alike as the major averages steadfastly refuse to break out from...   READ MORE 

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INDEX OVERVIEW, RISK ON OR OFF?, XLF-XLK-XLY, HIGH-LOW INDICATORS, SECTOR RANKINGS, FOCUS ON UTILITIES, TWENTY STOCKS AND Q&A -- S&P 500 AND S&P MIDCAP 400 STALL AFTER BREAKOUTS -- IS RISK REALLY BACK ON? -- INDEX HIGH-LOW PERCENT

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

WEBINAR CHARTS AND COMMENTARY... The market remains a mixed up beast over the last few months, but the bigger trend is still up and the bulk of the evidence is still bullish. Choppy trading over the last few months just means we had a consolidation within an uptrend. Major topping...   READ MORE 

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QQQ LAGS WITH LOWER HIGH -- PERFCHART AND RRG FOR MAJOR INDEX ETFS -- MICROSOFT, INTEL AND AMGEN WEIGH -- GOOGLE STALLS AT RESISTANCE -- FACEBOOK NEARS SUPPORT -- AMGEN CORRECTS

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

QQQ LAGS WITH LOWER HIGH... The Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQ) is still lagging the broader market with a series of lower highs since December. Chart 1 shows QQQ breaking out in late October and hitting new highs throughout November. Relative weakness started in late December when QQQ failed to take...   READ MORE 

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STRONG JOBS REPORT PUSHES INTEREST RATES SHARPLY HIGHER AND TREASURY BONDS LOWER -- HIGHER RATES BOOST BANKS AND BROKERS -- BUT HURT UTILITIES AND GOLD -- S&P 500 ENDS DAY LOWER WHICH KEEPS IT IN TRADING RANGE

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

STRONG JOBS REPORT PUSH RATES HIGHER... A strong jobs report on Friday pushed interest rates sharply higher all across the yield curve. The daily bars in Chart 1 show the 10-Year Treasury Note yield jumping to the highest close in a month. [Bond prices fell sharply as a result]. Short-term...   READ MORE 

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STRONG JOBS REPORT PUSHES FINANCIALS HIGHER -- BANKS AND BROKERS SURGE -- S&P 500 EXCEEDS JANUARY HIGH -- JUMP IN BOND YIELDS IS CAUSING PROFIT-TAKING IN REITS, UTILITIES, AND GOLD

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

FINANCIALS LEAD MARKET RALLY ... A strong jobs report is pushing stock prices higher today. Chart 1 shows the Financials Sector SPDR (XLF) jumping above initial resistance at its late January peak (near 24.00) and climbing back over its 50-day line. Banks and brokers are leading the XLF higher. Chart...   READ MORE 

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Moment of Truth Approaching for US Equities

by Martin Pring,

President, Pring Research

* Short-term oscillators turn bullish for equities * EFA breaks above significant down trend line * Gold short-term momentum reverses to the downside US Equities Last week the headline of my Market Roundup article read as follows, ”Will the end-of the month bullish seasonal for equities be enough to avoid a downside domino...   READ MORE 

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DOW BREAKS THROUGH RESISTANCE -- SO DO MIDCAP AND SMALL CAPS -- S&P 500 SHOULD BE NEXT -- ENERGY SHARES ARE AT A LONG-TERM SUPPORT LEVEL AND MAY BE BOTTOMING -- THAT WOULD HINT AT A BOTTOM IN OIL

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

DOW EXCEEDS CHART RESISTANCE... A 211 point gain in the Dow Industrials was enough to push it through initial chart resistance at its mid-December. That's a strong sign that the sidways price pattern in effect since early December is being resolved on the upside. The Dow isn'...   READ MORE 

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FALLING OIL BOOSTS CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY STOCKS -- LEADERS INCLUDE DISNEY, WHIRLPOOL, AND KOHLS -- AUTOS AND HOMEBUILDES ALSO CLIMB -- GENERAL ELECTRIC AND FORD HAVE GOOD DAY -- RYLAND AND TOLL BROTHERS TURN UP

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY SPDR SHOWS RELATIVE STRENGTH... Consumer discretionary stocks have been among the biggest beneficiaries of falling oil prices. Today is no exception. With crude falling 8% during the day, consumer discretionary stocks are among the day's biggest gainers. The daily bars in Chart 1 show the Consumer...   READ MORE 

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WEBINAR CHARTS AND LINK -- MARKET REMAINS STUCK, BUT NOT BROKEN -- RISK INDICATOR OVERVIEW -- SECTOR SPDRS AND THEIR SEVEN BREADTH INDICATORS -- 6 ETF CHARTS -- 9 STOCK CHARTS -- Q&A: CREATING SHADED BOXES, USING THE RAFF CHANNEL AND MORE

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

WEBINAR CHARTS... The major index ETFs and key sector SDPDRs remain stuck in trading ranges, but we are seeing some promising signs over the last two days. As the charts in today's Webinar show, the Consumer Discretionary SPDR (XLY), Industrials SPDR (XLI) and Technology SPDR (XLK) all surged...   READ MORE 

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DIA BREAKS TRIANGLE TREND LINE -- EQUAL-WEIGHT S&P 500 ETF TESTS KEY LEVEL -- FIVE SECTOR ETFS WITH REVERSAL PATTERNS -- BPI HITS MOMENT-OF-TRUTH FOR GOLD MINERS ETF -- GOLD TESTS BREAKOUT WITH A THROWBACK

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

DIA BREAKS TRIANGLE TREND LINE... Link for today's video. Stocks came under selling pressure last week as the major index ETFs gapped down on Tuesday and stayed down. Chart 1 shows the Dow SPDR (DIA) gapping below 175 and closing below the lower trend line of a triangle....   READ MORE 

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WEAK GDP REPORT PUSHES STOCKS LOWER IN HEAVY TRADING AND THREATENS SUPPORT -- S&P 500 WEEKLY CHART SHOWS NEGATIVE DIVERGENCES -- BONDS ARE OUTPEFORMING STOCKS IN NEW YEAR -- DROP IN TWO-YEAR YIELD SHOWS SOME LOSS OF CONFIDENCE

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

FRIDAY SELLOFF IN HEAVY TRADING THREATENS CHART SUPPORT... Friday's disappointing fourth quarter GDP report of only 2.6% caused heavy selling of stocks and buying of bonds. The combination of falling stock prices and heavy volume gave the week's performance a negative look, and suggests tht...   READ MORE 

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BATTLING SUPPORT AND CONSOLIDATING -- S&P MIDCAP CONSOLIDATES NEAR HIGHS -- SMALL AND MICRO CAPS PERK UP -- GROWTH OUTPERFORMS VALUE -- CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY HOLDING UP WELL, FINANCE NOT -- HOUSING AND RETAIL SPDRS BOUNCE ABOVE SUPPORT

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

STILL BATTLING SUPPORT AND CONSOLIDATING... Link for today's video. The major stock indices remain range bound since early November, but these ranges still look like consolidations or corrections within bigger uptrends. Chart 1 shows the S&P 500 breaking out in late October on its way to...   READ MORE 

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NEW LOWS IN CRUDE OIL AND TREASURY YIELDS INCREASE DEFLATIONARY CONCERNS -- STOCKS SELLOFF IN AFTERNOON TRADING -- DOW HITS NEW JANUARY LOW -- NASDAQ AND S&P 500 MAY CHALLENGE THEIR JANUARY LOWS -- VIX JUMPS 18%

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

10-YEAR TREASURY TUMBLES AS OIL HITS NEW LOW... Deflationary forces continue to push commodity prices and bond yields lower. Most commodities fell again today, with most attention on oil. The black line in Chart 1 shows the United States Oil ETF (USO) falling to a new low today. So did...   READ MORE 

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Will The End-Of-The-Month Bullish Seasonal for Equities Be Enough To Avoid A Downside Domino Effect?

by Martin Pring,

President, Pring Research

* NYSE Composite is forming a head and shoulders top or is it a bottom? * IWM experiences false upside breakout * SPY/EFA ratio is signaling a dollar correction. Will the Index take the bait? * Wisdom Tree Yuan fund right on a key up trend line I last wrote about the US...   READ MORE 

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WEBINAR CHARTS -- DOW DIAMONDS PLUNGES AND EW S&P 500 ETF STALLS -- LARGE-CAP TECHS LEAD THE MARKET LOWER -- WEEKLY CHARTS FOR PERSPECTIVE -- MID-CAP HIGH-LOW PERCENT LEADS -- HIGH-LOW PERCENT FOR XLY AND XLK LAGS -- OIL AND ENERGY ETFS

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

WEBINAR CHARTS... The major index ETFs have gone nowhere since mid November and continue to go nowhere during earnings season. For example, the S&P 500 SPDR (SPY) surged off support in the 2000 area with a 3% move last week and gave a chunk back with a decline...   READ MORE 

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MID CAPS AND LARGE TECHS SHOW RELATIVE STRENGTH -- DR HORTON AND LENNAR LEAD ITB SUPPORT BOUNCE -- BIOTECHS SHOW BROAD STRENGTH -- CARZ BREAKS LATE DECEMBER HIGH -- TOYOTA AND DAIMLER LEAD -- GM HITS SUPPORT ZONE AS F CONSOLIDATES

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

MID CAPS AND LARGE TECHS SHOW RELATIVE STRENGTH ... Link for today's video. The S&P MidCap SPDR (MDY) and the Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQ) are starting to show relative strength, but in two different ways. Chart 1 shows QQQ with a breakout in late October and new...   READ MORE 

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S&P 500 CONFIRMS KEY SUPPORT LEVEL -- $NDX FORMS BIG CONTINUATION PATTERN -- LARGE AND MID CAPS LEAD NEW HIGHS -- DEFENSIVE SECTORS LEAD RANKINGS -- XLU, XLP AND XLV HIT NEW HIGHS -- OFFENSIVE SECTORS SURGE OFF SUPPORT -- UPS SHOWS CHALLENGE OF EARNINGS

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

S&P 500 SURGES TO CONFIRM KEY SUPPORT LEVEL... Link for today's video. Stocks bounced this week with broad strength that reinforced support areas for several key indices. Chart 1 shows the S&P 500 breaking above the 2000 area in November and successfully testing this...   READ MORE 

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EUROPEAN STOCKS LEAD GLOBAL RALLY ON ECB ACTION -- GERMANY AND FRANCE LEAD EUROPE RALLY -- BUT EURO FALLS TO ELEVEN-YEAR LOW -- WEAK OIL BOOSTS RETAILERS AND TRANSPORTS AS U.S. STOCKS RALLY -- S&P 500 CLEARS 50-DAY LINE -- VIX PLUNGES

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

ECB COMES THROUGH ... The ECB gave the world's financial markets what they wanted, and a little bit more. Mario Draghi expanded the ECB asset-buying program to include sovereign bonds to the tune of 60 billion euros per month at least until the end of September 2016. That comes...   READ MORE 

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ECB BOND BUYING MIGHT HELP EURO STOCKS, BUT NOT THE CURRENCY -- THE WISDOM TREE EUROPE HEDGED EQUITY FUND HEDGES OUT WEAK EURO -- CURRENCY VOLATILITY PUSHES MONEY INTO GOLD -- HOMEBUILDERS DROP BACK TO 200-DAY AVERAGE

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

ECB IS EXPECTED TO START QE TOMORROW... The ECB is expected to announce a quantitative easing program tomorrow (Thursday) which will involve buying sovereign bonds. [A leak today outlining some of the details of that program helped stabilize stocks here and in Europe]. Expectations for QE over the past few...   READ MORE 

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WEBINAR CHARTS -- IWM AND IWC STILL HOLDING BREAKOUTS -- RSP AND SPY STALL AFTER BREAKOUTS -- SECTOR PERFORMANCE REFLECTS A MIXED MARKET -- RANKING 27 SECTORS -- QQQ AND TOP TECHS LAG -- AIRLINES CONTINUE TO LEAD

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

WEBINAR CHARTS ... Click here for the Webinar recording. These are the charts and commentary from Tuesday's Webinar (20-January). Trading remains quite choppy and we can see this in sector performance since early November. In fact, the stock market as a whole has gone nowhere since early November. Well,...   READ MORE 

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The Rest of the World May be About to Beat US Equities for a While

by Martin Pring,

President, Pring Research

* Europe and Emerging Market equities positioned to move higher. * Philippine ETF breaks to the upside. * Silver breaks convincingly to the upside. * Gold breaks out against US equities. US versus the World The trend favoring US equities over most of the rest of the world, may be in the process of...   READ MORE 

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PUTTING THE PULLBACK INTO PERSPECTIVE -- RISK INDICATORS TURN NEGATIVE -- UTILITIES AND REITS CONTINUE TO ROCK -- WHY SO MANY NEW HIGHS IN XLF? -- XLY TESTS SUPPORT AS HIGH-LOW PERCENT TEETERS

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

PUTTING THE DECLINE INTO PERSPECTIVE... Link for today's video. The financial markets have been quite risk averse lately and the US stock market has been quite defensive over the last few weeks, but the S&P 500 is still less then 5% from an all time closing...   READ MORE 

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COPPER PLUNGES TO SIX-YEAR LOW -- FREEPORT MCMORAN PLUNGES ALONG WITH IT -- 10-YEAR BOND YIELD FALLS TO 20-MONTH LOW ON DEFLATION -- FALLING BOND YIELDS HURT BANK STOCKS -- RISING VIX SUGGESTS PERIOD OF LOW VOLATILITY MAY BE ENDING

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

COPPER FALLS TO SIX-YEAR LOW... It seems all we've hearing about lately is the plunge in the price of oil. That has led to a debate as to whether the plunge in crude is just the result of increased supply, or a sign of a weakening global economy....   READ MORE 

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WEBINAR CHARTS - KEEPING YOUR EYE ON THE TREND -- SMALL-CAPS AND MICRO-CAPS ARE STILL OK -- INDEX AD LINES HOLD SUPPORT -- HIGH-LOW PERCENT INDICATORS REMAIN BULLISH -- A NOT-SO-SURPRISING SMALL-CAP LEADER -- FOUR STRONG SMALL-CAP SECTORS

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

KEEPING YOUR EYE ON THE TREND... Link for today's video. These are the charts and commentary from Tuesday's Webinar (13-January). Trading has turned choppy in the major index ETFs since mid November, but sideways price action is not enough to derail the bigger uptrends. There are...   READ MORE 

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TRACKING 10 KEY INDUSTRY GROUP ETF'S -- BANKS POINT SOUTHWEST AS HOMEBUILDERS POINT NORTHEAST -- ENERGY SHARES LEAD MARKET LOWER -- FINANCE SPDR FILLS A PAIR OF GAPS -- REGIONAL BANKS WEIGH ON FINANCE SECTOR -- 5-YR YIELD AND STOCK MARKET CORRELATION

by John Murphy,

Chief Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

TRACKING 10 KEY INDUSTRY GROUP ETF'S... Link for today's video. PerfChart 1 shows year-to-date performance for 10 ETFs that represent different groups in the stock market. I normally use the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services SPDR (XES) and the Metals & Mining SPDR (XME) on...   READ MORE 

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Friday's Stock Market Action Hints at Further Weakness to Come Near-term

by Martin Pring,

President, Pring Research

* World Stock ETF getting closer to completing a top. * Gold in euro and yen build on recent breakouts. * Dollar denominated gold close to an upside breakout. US Equities On Friday the S & P Composite ($SPX) experienced the second day of a dark cloud cover formation, a bearish candlestick pattern....   READ MORE