Archive for May, 2007

Market uptrend: Finally time for a breather?

Despite some short-term weakness in this week’s overall market trend picture, the intermediate- and longer-term trend of most major indices and sectors remains up. There’s plenty of room for the market to correct further here – and it’s certainly due for a breather – but it will probably take a significant sell-off from these [...]

S&P 500: Another 10-30 points to go?

The ability of most major stock markets and indices to continue to move higher speaks for itself: the trend remains up. This is further confirmed by the almost all positive weekly trend picture, with only the Japan Index ETF currently negative.
The S&P 500 appears to have pushed above the 1510-1520 resistance level and is [...]

Uptrend still OK, but fasten seat belts

The current trend picture for most stock markets and sectors remains almost completely positive, although Thursday’s market sell-off in the U.S may be a sign to expect more turbulence ahead. As usual, however, until the trend picture and other indicators suggest otherwise, the benefit of the doubt remains on the side of the bulls.
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Trend, sentiment indicators still positive

A still all-positive trend picture and a declining but not-yet-extreme put/call ratio point to a still-intact intermediate-term uptrend in the major U.S. stock indices. Certainly many stocks are “stretched” here and could correct at any time, but until the intermediate-term trend and sentiment indicators suggest otherwise, I’ll continue to view sell-offs as buying – i.e., [...]