Vialoux's Tech Talk: May 23, 2014

by Don Vialoux, Timing the Market

(Editor’s Note: Next Tech Talk report is available on Tuesday May 27^th)

Stock Twits Released Yesterday

(Price charts were added )

Nice breakout by $PPLT above 145.18. Seasonal influences are positive until early June.

Five of Canada’s six bank stocks moved to all-time highs this morning. Ditto for $ZEB

Editor’s Note: ZEB is an equally weighted bank ETF based on Canada’s top six banks

Nice breakout by $IBB above 235.84. Seasonal influences are positive until early June

Technical Action by Individual Equities Yesterday

Technical action by S&P 500 stocks was quietly neutral. Six S&P 500 stocks broke resistance (DLTR, HRB, HES, MON, ACT, ABBV) and four stocks broke support (HRL, PDCO, AES, HPQ). Monsanto and Hess broke to six year highs. Hess announced sale of its retail operations. Notable on the downside was Hewlett Packard after announcing major layoffs. Patterson Dental broke through several levels of support.

Technical action by TSX 60 stocks was exceptionally bullish yesterday. Five TSX 60 stocks broke resistance (CM, TD, IMO, CPG, CCT). The Memorial Day holiday trade on Monday for the TSX 60 Index is lining up nicely.

Weekly Technical Review of Select Sector SPDRs

Technology

· Intermediate trend remains up (Score: 1.0)

· Units remain above their 20 day moving average (Score:1.0)

· Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index remains positive (Score: 1.0)

· Technical score based on the above indicators remains at 3.0 out of 3.0.

· Short term momentum indicators are trending up, but are overbought.

Materials

· Intermediate trend remains up

· Units remain above their 20 day moving average

· Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index remains positive

· Technical score remains at 3.0 out of 3.0

· Short term momentum indicators are trending down.

Industrials

· Intermediate trend remains up.

· Units remain above their 20 day moving average

· Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index changed from positive to neutral

· Technical score slipped to 2.5 from 3.0 out of 3.0

· Short term momentum indicators are trending down.

Consumer Discretionary

· Intermediate trend remains up

· Units moved above their 20 day moving average

· Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index changed from negative to neutral

· Technical score improved to 2.5 from 1.0 out of 3.0

· Short term momentum indicators improved from down to mixed

Financials

· Intermediate trend remains neutral

· Units moved above their 20 day moving average

· Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index remains negative

· Technical score improved to 1.5 from 0.5 out of 3.0.

· Short term momentum indicators are trending down.

Energy

· Intermediate trend remains up.

· Units moved above their 20 day moving average

· Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index remains neutral

· Technical score improved to 2.5 from 1.5 out of 3.0

· Short term momentum indicators are trending down.

Consumer Staples

· Intermediate trend remains up.

· Units remain below their 20 day moving average

· Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index changed from neutral to negative

· Technical score slipped to 1.0 from 1.5 out of 3.0

· Short term momentum indicators are trending down.

Health Care

· Intermediate trend remains down.

· Units remain above their 20 day moving average

· Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index changed from neutral to positive

· Technical score improved to 2.0 from 1.5 out of 3.0

· Short term momentum indicators are trending up, but are overbought

Utilities

· Intermediate trend remains up

· Units remain below their 20 day moving average

· Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index remains negative.

· Technical score remains at 1.0 out of 3.0

· Short term momentum indicators are trending down, but are oversold.

Summary of Weekly Seasonal/Technical Parameters for SPDRs

Key:

Seasonal: Positive, Negative or Neutral on a relative basis applying EquityClock.com charts

Trend: Up, Down or Neutral

Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index: Positive, Negative or Neutral

Momentum based on an average of Stochastics, RSI and MACD: Up, Down or Mixed

Twenty Day Moving Average: Above, Below

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Horizons Seasonal Rotation ETF HAC May 22^nd 2014

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