A Few Thoughts on Wednesday’s Market: In looking at the charts from yesterday’s trading activity I was struck by the apparent breakdown and weakness in the vast majority of the charts I looked at. While there is a good possibility several of these indices could bounce from these levels, another couple of down days will break the upward trend that has been in place since early summer and signal the start of a new downward trend. The charts of the various sector indices I track can be grouped into 3 basic categories. The 1st being the capitalization weighted tech indices that are very heavily weighted with Apple, Inc. ‘AAPL’. Due to the excessive weighting of Apple within these indices as Apple has moved lower, these indices have been dragged lower at a sharp paces. Basically a kind of “Live by the Sword, Die by the Sword” situation.
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Sterling Market Commentary for Wednesday January 25th, 2012
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A Few Thoughts on Wednesday’s Market: In looking at the charts from yesterday’s trading activity I noticed that it looks like the NASDAQ 100 ‘NDX’ has entered an area of upside resistance that could be tough to get through. Additionally the very vast majority of the sector indices I track are not confirming the move higher by the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Granted I expect the NASDAQ to be higher today due to the incredible earnings by Apple, Inc. ‘AAPL’. However…………….
Market Commentary – September 1st, 2011
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A Few Thoughts Before the Open: In looking at the yesterday’s charts of the various sector indices that I track I noticed that many of the indices rallied up to their 40 day moving average before turning back lower yesterday. …
Market Commentary – August 19th, 2011
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A Few Thoughts Following the Close: The overall market again moved lower Friday in a broad based selloff that saw every index I track move lower on the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down approximately 173 points at…
Market Commentary – August 16th, 2011
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A Few Thoughts Before the Open: As I write this, pre-market futures are sharply lower in the U.S. due to news form Europe that economic growth is slowing on that side of the Atlantic. Not sure where the futures will…
Market Commentary – August 15th, 2011
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A Few Thoughts After the Close: The overall market moved sharply higher yesterday in a relatively broad based move that saw basically every sector index I track move higher on the day. The strongest sectors were the N.A. Telecom, Banking, …
Market Commentary – August 8th, 2011
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A Few Thoughts After the Close: The overall market sold off sharply today with a major portion of the sell off coming in the last 45 minutes of the day. For the day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was lower…
Market Commentary – August 3rd, 2011
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A Few Thoughts Before the Open: In looking at the charts from yesterday’s trading activity of the individual stocks I have the following thoughts: Everything has a negative chart pattern. This doesn’t mandate an end to the world, but don’t…
Market Commentary – July 19th, 2011
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed lower yesterday at 12,385.16 Oil was lower by $1.35 to $96.25 per barrel, and Gold was higher by $12.30 to $1,602.40 per ounce. A Thought Before the Open: In looking at the charts from…
Market Commentary – July 12th, 2011
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A Couple of Thoughts After the Close: Following a roller coaster of a day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the day just over 58 points lower to close at 12,446.88 It looks to me like the Dow is going…