StOTD-6/11/14: Biotechs & Semis are YTD Leaders @ +15%; 3 Months Ago Semis Trailed Bio by 15%
Two of the YTD performance leaders are the Biotechs ($BTK) and Semiconductors ($SOX), both up roughly 15%. However, the paths to that 15% return could…
ChOTD-6/11/14 CBOE OEX:Equity Put/Call Ratio Showing Historic Caution
Today’s ChOTD shows the ratio between one supposed smart money put/call ratio (CBOE OEX P/C) to a supposed dumb money put/call ratio (CBOE Equity P/C).…
UPDATE: Biotech Index, ETF’s reach 61.8% Fibonacci Retracement of Feb-Apr Decline
On April 9, we pointed out a key Fibonacci Retracement cluster of support on the S&P SPDR Biotech ETF, $XBI (also generally corresponding with similar…
ChOTD-6/10/14 Median Distance From 52-Week Highs: S&P 100 Vs. Russell 2000
Following in line with yesterday’s chart on the # of 52-week highs, today’s ChOTD looks at the median distance from 52-week highs among S&P 100 and…
ChOTD-6/9/14 % Of Stocks @ 52-Week Highs: S&P 100 Vs. Russell 2000
Today’s ChOTD comes out of the bottomless “divergence barrel”. This one looks at the % of 52-week highs among S&P 100 constituents vs. Russell 2000…
Charts Of The Week: Why Recent Index Highs *LOOK* Like Fitting Tops On The Charts
This week we presented a series of charts outlining how recent index highs pass the so-called market top “look test”. By that we mean that…
StOTD-6/6/14: FTSE-100 @ Lowest Daily, Weekly & Monthly RSI(14) For All Closes > 6800 Since It Hit 6900 Only Time On 12/30/99…Finally Ready For Run @ 6900?
We’ve been discussing the setup in the London FTSE 100 for several months now, pondering its potential to finally break out to new post-2000 highs…
ChOTD-6/6/14 Why The Recent High DOESN’T Quite *LOOK* Like A Fitting Top: Wilshire 5000 Edition
This week, our ChOTD’s have been a series demonstrating why recent index highs (Russell 2000, Dow, S&P 400 Midcap and S&P 500) pass the so-called market top “look test”. To qualify, we…
ChOTD-6/5/14 Why The Recent Highs *LOOK* Like A Fitting Top: S&P 500 Edition
Continuing our series on why recent index highs pass the so-called market top “look test”, today we look at the S&P 500 (previously we looked…
ChOTD-6/4/14 Why The Recent Highs *LOOK* Like A Fitting Top: S&P 400 Midcap Edition
Today’s ChOTD in our series on how recent index highs pass the so-called market top “look test” focuses on the S&P 400 Midcap index (previously,…