Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Tuesday Morning Chartology

The Morning Call

5/27/14

The Market
           
    Technical

     Tuesday Morning Chartology

            The S&P (and the Dow) closed Friday above its all time high (the sixth challenge for the Dow, the third for the S&P).  That is less significant for the S&P than the DJIA since it is already in short and intermediate term uptrends.  For the DJIA, if it remains above 16601 through the close next Friday, its short and intermediate term trends will re-set to up.  Both are above their 50 day moving averages.  Friday’s volume was almost nonexistent and breadth was mixed---so there is an issue of follow through.  A check of our internal indicator shows that in a Universe of 145 stocks, 31 are at or above their all-time highs, 26 are near their all-time highs, 88 are neither.

            Are the bulls gaining strength (medium)?



            The long Treasury continues within its short term uptrend and even bounced off of the lower boundary of a very short term uptrend.  It is well above its 50 day moving average and is once again approaching the upper boundary of its intermediate term downtrend.



            GLD remains within short and intermediate term downtrends and below its 50 day moving average.  As you can see, it has been teasing the tip of that pennant formation for the last three trading days.  I am still not making a call on the direction of any break.



            The VIX closed below the lower boundary of its short term trading range for the third day, another day or so and the break will be confirmed.  The short term trend will re-set to down.  It remained below its 50 day moving average and within an intermediate term downtrend.



            The seasonal pattern of small cap stock performance (short):

            Update on ‘the best stock market indicator ever’:

    Fundamental
    
            More on valuation (short):

            And:

            The latest from David Stockman (medium):

     Investing for Survival

            Globalize your portfolio (medium):

       News on Stocks in Our Portfolios
·         Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS): FQ2 EPS of C$1.40 beats by C$0.08.
·         Revenue of C$5.81B (+9.6% Y/Y) beats by C$200M.

Economics

   This Week’s Data

            April durable goods orders rose 0.8% versus expectations of a decline of 0.8%; ex transportation orders, the number was up 0.1% versus estimates of drop of 0.1%.

   Other

            Summary of first quarter retail profits (short):
           
            Tuesday morning humor (short):

Politics

  Domestic

From the most transparent administration in history (medium):

  International

            David Stockman on China’s financial dilemma (medium and a must read):

                Bank of China on the Chinese real estate problems (short):

                China sinks Vietnamese fishing boat (short):

                Bank of Japan considering ‘tapering’ (medium):

                Kyle Bass on the Chinese and Japanese economies (medium):

            Summary of Putin’s Friday press conference (medium):

            Latest from Ukraine:






No comments:

Post a Comment