by Don Vialoux, Timing the Market
Interesting Charts
Not a good day for the bulls!!
· Malaysian flight 17 was shot down by a missile
· Israel started a ground offensive against the Gaza strip
· The White House was on “lock down” after receiving a suspicious package
· Responses to corporate reports mostly was “Sell on news”
· Technical deterioration by equity indices around the world as well as most sectors was significant. Deterioration was greater in equity markets outside of North America (notably in Europe and Russia)
· Percent of S&P 500 stocks trading above their 50 day moving average plunged
· The VIX Index, better known as the Fear Index, spiked (Up over 32%)
· Treasury bond, gold and aluminum prices spiked.
Technical Action by Individual Equities
Technical action by S&P 500 stocks was active and slightly bearish. Eleven S&P 500 stocks broke resistance and 15 stocks broke support.
Technical action by TSX 60 companies was bullish. Four TSX 60 stocks broke resistance (Enbridge, Metro, Canadian Pacific and George Weston) and one TSX 60 stock broke support (TransAlta).
Mark Leibovit on BNN’s Money Talk
Following is a link:
http://www.bnn.ca/Video/player.aspx?vid=395795
Weekly Technical Review on 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 parameters remains at 3.0 out of 3.0.
· Short term momentum indicators are trending down
Materials
· Intermediate trend remains up.
· Units fell below their 20 day moving average yesterday
· Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index remains neutral
· Technical score remains at 1.5 out of 3.0.
· Short term moment indicators are trending down
Industrials
· Intermediate trend remains down.
· Units remain below their 20 day moving average
· Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index remains negative
· Short term momentum indicators are mixed
Consumer Discretionary
· Intermediate trend remains up
· Units fell below their 20 day moving average yesterday
· Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index changed from positive to neutral
· Technical score fell to 1.5 from 3.0 out of 3.0.
· Short term momentum indicators are trending down
Financials
· Intermediate trend remains up
· Units remain below their 20 day moving average yesterday
· Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index changed from negative to neutral
· Technical score improved to 1.5 from 1.0 out of 3.0
· Short term momentum indicators are trending down
Energy
· Intermediate trend remained down
· Units remained below their 20 day moving average
· Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index improved to neutral from negative
· Technical score improved to 0.5 from 0.0 out of 3.0
· Short term momentum indicators are trending down.
Consumer Staples
· Intermediate trend remains up
· Units fell below their 20 day moving average
· Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index remains neutral
· Technical score fell to 1.5 from 2.5 out of 3.0.
· Short term momentum indicators are trending down.
Health Care
· Intermediate trend remains up
· Units fell below their 20 day moving average
· Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index changed from positive to negative
· Technical score fell to 1.0 from 3.0 out of 3.0
· Short term momentum indicators are trending down.
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 donn
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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Red: Downgrade from last week
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Horizons Seasonal Rotation ETF HAC July 17th 2014
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