S&P 500 - Analysis and Trading

[Joules MM1]

The Plight of the Transports
Friday, September 21, 2012 at 05:14PM

One of the more noteworthy market trends over the past couple of months has been the relative underperformance of the Dow Jones Transportation Index. After a devastating few days that saw both FedEx (FDX) and Norfolk Southern (NSC) collapse on negative guidance, the Transports fell nearly 6% this week. At the same time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) only fell a few points. Below is a chart comparing the performance of the Transports and the Dow over the last six months. The huge divergence between the two over the last couple of weeks stands out.

Over the last six months, the Dow (DJIA) is up 3.47%, while the Transports are down 7.90%. While wide, the 6-month spread in performance between the two is not out of the ordinary, as shown in the chart below. At the same time, peaks and troughs in the performance spread have not really been bullish or bearish for the future direction of the overall market either. While the spread could widen more, it's likely that we'll see a reversal in the relative underperformance of the Transports in the near future, but that doesn't mean the Dow is doomed.

http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbi...ransports.html

[Joules MM1]

more wheat from the chaffe........most positive reviews of markets and underlying or even out-layer fundamentals tend to come close to major tops in markets.....Joe maybe a tad early.....worth a read

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-m...aign=moneygame

The Biggest Myth In The Stock Market Today
Joe Weisenthal | Sep. 22, 2012, 5:59 AM

[Joules MM1]

julian ct ‏@joulesmm1

sad state of affairs: http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/Speech...tatement092812 … ....this is a global trend of passive aggressive control sposed to benefit the community

http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/Speech...tatement092812

[Joules MM1]

http://blogs.decisionpoint.com/chart...0120928cs.html

extrapolation bias?

thinking on it; look at the action of June-Aug 2010 and compare that to the current narration for this period, we're in now

excerpt

The chart below shows the average Rel-to-52 for all the stocks in the S&P 500 (we measure the Rel-to-52 of each stock in the S&P 500 and average the results). We can see that the recent price highs were not confirmed by the Rel-to-52 Index, which means that there are fewer stocks pushing into the high side of the envelope.

[Joules MM1]

CHARTS: Every Bullish And Bearish Trend In The Stock Market Right Now
Sam Ro | Sep. 27, 2012, 6:59 PM
intro:
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/rbccm...#ixzz27wI1gfOl

charts:
http://www.businessinsider.com/rbccm...-such-is-low-1

[Joules MM1]

Despite 12% Rally Hedge Funds Turn From Stocks

By Whitney Kisling and Nikolaj Gammeltoft - Oct 5, 2012 10:03 AM GMT+1000

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The underexposure of hedge funds is one of the reasons I remain bullish on equities,” Michael Strauss, who helps oversee about $26 billion as chief investment strategist at Commonfund in Wilton, Connecticut, said in a phone interview. “It may create forced buying into the market.”

The ISI gauge of hedge-fund bullishness measuring the proportion of bets that shares will rise slipped to 46.5 last week from 48.1 in late August. The level is below the measure’s 10-year average of 50.2, the ISI data show.

“There’s latent buying power in hedge funds which could help push the rally,” Ablin, who helps oversee about $65 billion as chief investment officer at BMO Private Bank in Chicago, said in a phone interview. “I track liquidity looking for where the next dry powder is going to come from and I’m not seeing much in the traditional places.”

Investors expecting stocks to appreciate at the end of the year will be disappointed, according to Jeffrey Sica of SICA Wealth Management. Hedge funds won’t chase returns or accept more risk as the stock market becomes vulnerable to political turmoil in the U.S. where the so-called fiscal cliff looms and as Europe’s debt crisis worsens.

note the

so-called fiscal cliff

comment ......the worm turns so quickly

[Sam Collins]

Some more,
S&P 500 with NYSE ad/dec data,
Attachment 48990

Nasdaq with Nas ad/dec data strong!

Attachment 48991

hey TH, where'd you grab those a/d indicators?

[Joules MM1]

America's Debt-To-GDP Hits A 6-Year Low
Joe Weisenthal | Oct. 9, 2012, 3:42 PM

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/us-de...#ixzz28qiyMnLW

less ammo for the doomsters, tho wont stop strong pull back.....

[kid hustlr]

the din of "sell the rallies" overnight hit what i think is a small peak, i am buying the dips and selling the highs-to-close as opposed to getting short way too early as that is the very thing that assists these (SPX) distribution periods where shorter are creating the uptrend......Bespoke.com noted that this mornings SPX close saw the first time in several consecutive closes where stocks bought exceeded sales offered......the daily close above 4440 on the XJO that i've been looking for appears on for today however the other big elephant in the boat that US futes pay close attention to is the DAX and that is very close to calling a sell signal in my opinion .....technically, on a 7 day 15 min period there's a subtle inv h/s pattern on the DAX i've been running and a hold above 7270 with move above 7376 would be a very good sign of higher weekly highs.....

even tho Twiggs clearly shows money coming out of US indecies and the TRANS giving off smelly sell signals i think we have higher to go to complete cycles pre-election.....i think the EURO/USD and the TED are signalling higher prices too....

J, you wrote this in the XAO thread on 3rd October. Note the bolded. From what I gathered you felt the end was coming but you didn't want to get short too early.

Given the last few day's price action and the failure on the SPX to make a higher high are you still happy buying the dips? Perhaps we have a little bit of sideways action ahead of us or are we indeed going to start moving the other way for a while?

http://goldstocksforex.com/2012/10/1...op-threatened/ Twiggs seems to think a double top.

[Demiurgo]

Beware...

[Joules MM1]

MORGAN STANLEY: Here's The Chart That Shows Why Stocks Are Suddenly In A Bunch Of Trouble



Joe Weisenthal|Oct. 24, 2012, 7:02 PM


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/morga...#ixzz2AGtjfhSE

[Joules MM1]

Here's What 8 Economic Cycle Theories Are Saying About The World Right Now



Rob Wile|Oct. 24, 2012, 6:38 PM


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/econo...#ixzz2AGuIWmFM

9 pages

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edit: i dont usually comment on these news articles, shall on this one:

julian ct‏@joulesmm1

no way Kondratief cycle can play out the way he contended....the speed of innovation couldnt be calc'd back then, tech infl on human activity

[white_goodman]

MORGAN STANLEY: Here's The Chart That Shows Why Stocks Are Suddenly In A Bunch Of Trouble



Joe Weisenthal|Oct. 24, 2012, 7:02 PM


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/morga...#ixzz2AGtjfhSE

as a note you would have to look at the yellow line with some skepticism as of 09/10 or an asterisk atleast as its unprecedented how much central banks are tinkering with the long end of the curve, so the yellow line may be skewed higher than 'natural' whatever that means

[Joules MM1]

how stocks faired on other election days

http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbi...tion-days.html

[Joules MM1]

Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Tail risks lurk in the shadows. Fiscal cliff is out in the open.

http://soberlook.com/2012/11/tail-ri...cal-cliff.html


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[CanOz]

The Wedge appears again...

[wayneL]

The Wedge appears again...

AKA "Ending Diagonal"?

[CanOz]

AKA "Ending Diagonal"?

LOL, sounds ominous...Actually rising wedge patterns only meet their target 46% of the time according to Thomas Bulkowski's pattern site...

So no need to be too bearish...

CanOz

[wayneL]

LOL, sounds ominous...Actually rising wedge patterns only meet their target 46% of the time according to Thomas Bulkowski's pattern site...

So no need to be too bearish...

CanOz

Well, while Uncle Ben is in charge, you can't be anything but a bull in nominal terms. I'd be hedging currency risk however, FWIW

[Joules MM1]

Potential Sell Signal - Pure "90% Days"

Posted in on November 9, 2012 - 12:36pm

By Lawrence G. McMillan

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....A “90% down day” is just the opposite – where declining issues and volume must outnumber advancing issues and volume by a 9-to-1 ratio or more. For the purposes of this article, let’s designate this type of “90% day” as a “pure 90% day.”

A less stringent criteria is that of a “90% volume day,” where only the volume component is necessary to register a “90% day.” These are rather rare occurrences, especially in terms of NYSE data....