Monday, August 28, 2017

unLABOR DAY

A week before Labor Day, everyone, including global economists at Jackson Hole, seems to be on vacation - with both NYSE and Nasdaq Volume below normal levels. However, the recent market decline has reversed, as has the NYSE Hi/Lo reading. The AAII Bull/Bear ratio inverted to the Bear side (Bullish for stocks); the Dollar hit a new recent Low, and MMF inflows continue to expand, as they leave equity funds and ETFs. But Margin Debt leapt back to all time highs, with low interest rates. Not a good sign for when rates rise again, just as with the national debt of $20T !!
Here are the numbers:

Date
8/25/2017
8/18/2017
Indices: DJIA  21813 21674
NAZ  6265 6216
SPX  2443 2425
WklyVolume (Bshs). naz/ny…. 7.6/3.5 9.0/3.9
Specul.Ratio hi=bullish 2.17 2.31
Sentiment: put/call-CBOE  61 71
VIX>50-alltmlow=8.8 11.3 14.3
DeltaMSI-50% MAC crossover 48 51
Advance/Dec-NYSE.. 2126/944 1386/1678
Weekly Net: 1182 -292
     Cumulative: 178803 177621
Weekly  NYSE hi/low… 207/203 164/245
New Hi's/Low's Nasdaq h/l 152/222 147/282
McClellan  Oscillator 8 -49
McClellanSum .+750/-1000 172 241
Newsletter Inv.Intel -Bull 48.1 50.5
Surveys-Tues Bear:-5yrs 18.3 18.1
Wed. AAII  -Bull  28.1 34.2
Bear  38.3 32.8
US$-WSJ 92.5 93.4
3-box rev Bullish%-  65 54
US equity -ICI Fund Flows weeklate (11.2B)
MMF flows Change in $B 29,4B 12.6B
MargDebt- top (300M) monthly  550B
10-yr Tsy yield hi= stock buying 2.17 2.2
2-yr Tsy Yield: Inflation 1.33 1.31
TIP (ETF) Inflation 114.1 114

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Monday, August 21, 2017

WHY DOES A BICYCLE ALWAYS FALL DOWN?

Because it is two-tired !!
That's the way the market seem these lazy days of summer - August.
Last week the NYSE New Highs to Lows went negative, following the week before's Nasdaq lead. Advance/decline stocks also went negative.
Stocks on a BUY signal are barely positive (54), while its twin, the Delta MACD is at 51.
 With no signs of a Recession or Inflation, hopefully it's just setting up for a correction or reaccumulation for another winter rally.

Here are the numbers:

Date 8/18/2017 8/11/2017
Indices: DJIA  21674 21858
NAZ  6216 6256
SPX  2425 2441
WklyVolume (Bshs). naz/ny…. 9.0/3.9 9.5/4.0
Specul.Ratio hi=bullish 2.31 2.38
Sentiment: put/call-CBOE  71 81
VIX>50-alltmlow=8.8 14.3 15.5
DeltaMSI-50% MAC crossover 51 60
Advance/Dec-NYSE.. 1386/1678 561/2527
Weekly Net: -292 -1966
     Cumulative: 177621 177913
Weekly  NYSE hi/low… 164/245 259/231
New Hi's/Low's Nasdaq h/l 147/282 244/297
McClellan  Oscillator -49 -69
McClellanSum .+750/-1000 241 460
Newsletter Inv.Intel -Bull 50.5 57.5
Surveys-Tues Bear:-5yrs 18.1 17
Wed. AAII  -Bull  34.2 33.7
Bear  32.8 32.3
US$-WSJ 93.4 93.1
3-box rev Bullish%-  54 67
US equity -ICI Fund Flows weeklate (2.8B)
MMF flows Change in $B 12.6B 30B
MargDebt- top (300M) monthly 
10-yr Tsy yield hi= stock buying 2.2 2.19
2-yr Tsy Yield: Inflation 1.31 1.29
TIP (ETF) Inflation 114 111.7

With record numbers of dollars coming out of Money Market Funds, mostly into the crowded trade of short term bonds, anyone who has a minimal knowledge of covered call options and/or an interest in hedging stock market exposure might want to check out: brentleonard.com for an alternative strategy that is low-risk as well as highly rewarding. For those of you wanting more details and actual trading results, a new book is available for $14.95 at Amazon.com: Zero (IN)Tolerance


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Monday, August 14, 2017

FEDERAL RESERVE OR FEDERAL REVERSE??

August's second half and September are the worst time of year for the Stock Market - will the Fed keep raising rates to fight no imminent Inflation? We finally got a shot across the bow last week with a market downdraft of more than 1%, but have rallied almost all the way back in a retracement - the McClellan Oscillator gave us the clue at minus 69 (below 50), and the CBOE put/call option ratio spiked to 81 as the VIX almost doubled. MMFs flows jumped up from mutual funds, and NYSE Breadth was terrible. See below:

Date   8/11/2017 8/4/2017
Indices: DJIA  21858 22092
  NAZ  6256 6351
SPX  2441 2476
WklyVolume (Bshs). naz/ny…. 9.5/4.0 9.7/4.3
Specul.Ratio hi=bullish 2.38 2.26
Sentiment: put/call-CBOE  81 68
VIX>50-alltmlow=8.8 15.5 10
DeltaMSI-50% MAC crossover 60 66.4
Advance/Dec-NYSE.. 561/2527 1522/1546
Weekly Net: -1966 -24
     Cumulative: 177913 179879
Weekly  NYSE hi/low… 259/231 388/131
New Hi's/Low's Nasdaq h/l 244/297 298/216
McClellan  Oscillator -69 -13
McClellanSum .+750/-1000 460 711
Newsletter Inv.Intel -Bull 57.5 60
Surveys-Tues Bear:-5yrs 17 16.2
Wed. AAII  -Bull  33.7 36.1
Bear  32.3 32.1
US$-WSJ 93.1 93.4
3-box rev Bullish%-  67 69
US equity -ICI Fund Flows weeklate (3.9B)
MMF flows Change in $B 30B 20.4B
MargDebt- top (300M) monthly 
10-yr Tsy yield hi= stock buying 2.19 2.26
2-yr Tsy Yield: Inflation 1.29 1.35
TIP (ETF) Inflation 111.7 113.6

With record numbers of dollars coming out of Money Market Funds, mostly into the crowded trade of short term bonds, anyone who has a minimal knowledge of covered call options and/or an interest in hedging stock market exposure might want to check out: brentleonard.com for an alternative strategy that is low-risk as well as highly rewarding. For those of you wanting more details and actual trading results, a new book is available for $14.95 at Amazon.com: Zero (IN)Tolerance


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