Written by Gary
DOW flat (+0.06%), major US indexes fractionally in the green as markets trade sideways in ‘no-man’s land’. Texas Tea slides to the 46 handle, US dollar shows fractional weakness and gold trading sideways in the 1273 range. Short-term indicators neutral with a bullish slant.
Here is the current market situation from CNN Money | |
![]() | North and South American markets are mixed today. The Bovespa is up 0.72% while the S&P 500 gains 0.13%. The IPC is off 0.16%. |
Traders Corner – Health of the Market
Index | Description | Current Value |
Investors.com Members Sentiment: | % Bullish (the balance is Bearish) | 74% |
CNN’s Fear & Greed Index | Above 50 = greed, below 50 = fear | 32% |
Investors Intelligence sets the breath | Above 50 bullish | 55% |
StockChart.com Overbought / Oversold Index ($NYMO) | anything below -30 / -40 is a concern of going deeper. Oversold conditions on the NYSE McClellan Oscillator usually bounce back at anything over -50 and reverse after reaching +40 oversold. | -44.90 |
StockChart.com NYSE % of stocks above 200 DMA Index ($OEXA200R) | $NYA200R chart below is the percentage of stocks above the 200 DMA and is always a good statistic to follow. It can depict a trend of declining equities which is always troubling, especially when it drops below 60% – 55%. Following a major market correction, the conditions for safe re-entry are when: a) Daily $OEXA200R rises above 65% Secondary Bullish Indicators: a) RSI is POSITIVE (above 50) b) Slow STO is POSITIVE (black line above red line) c) MACD is POSITIVE (black line above red line) | 65% |
StockChart.com NYSE Bullish Percent Index ($BPNYA) | Next stop down is ~57, then ~44, below that is where we will most likely see the markets crash. | 57% |
StockChart.com S&P 500 Bullish Percent Index ($BPSPX) | In support zone and rising. ~62, ~57, ~45 at which the markets are in a full-blown correction. | 55% |
StockChart.com 10 Year Treasury Note Yield Index ($TNX) | ten year note index value | 18.40 |
StockChart.com Consumer Discretionary ETF (XLY) | As long as the consumer discretionary holds above [66.88], all things being equal, it is a good sign for stocks and the U.S. economy | 78.04 |
StockChart.com NYSE Composite (Liquidity) Index ($NYA) | Markets move inverse to institutional selling and this NYA Index is followed by Institutional Investors | 10,477 |
What Is Moving the Markets
Here are the headlines moving the markets. | |
![]() | U.S. consumer spending ends third-quarter with strong momentumWASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer spending rose more than expected in September as households boosted purchases of motor vehicles and inflation increased steadily, which could bolster expectations of an interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve in December. |
![]() | M&A flurry lifts S&P, Nasdaq; Nike drags Dow(Reuters) – The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were slightly higher on Monday as a raft of deals lifted sentiment, even as investors remained cautious ahead of the outcome of the U.S. election next week. |
![]() | GE to merge oil unit with Baker Hughes to create service giant(Reuters) – General Electric Co said on Monday it would merge its oil and gas business with Baker Hughes Inc , creating the world’s second-largest oilfield services provider as industry competition heats up to supply more-efficient products and services to the energy industry. |
![]() | CenturyLink to buy Level 3 Communications for about $24 billion(Reuters) – CenturyLink Inc said it would buy Level 3 Communications Inc in a deal valued at about $24 billion to expand its fiber optic network and enterprise business and compete with telecommunications rivals like AT&T Inc and Verizon VZ.N>. |
![]() | Big Fidelity investor in Wells Fargo trimmed position in SeptemberBOSTON (Reuters) – Fidelity Contrafund, one of the largest investors in Wells Fargo & Co , reduced its stake in the scandal-hit bank by 5 percent in September, according to the fund’s latest holdings report. |
![]() | Atlanta Fed sees U.S. economy seen expanding at 2.7 percentNEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. economy is on track to grow at a 2.7 percent annualized pace in the fourth quarter, the Atlanta Federal Reserve’s GDP Now forecast model showed on Monday. |
![]() | Xerox settles with large investor over spin-off(Reuters) – Xerox Corp said on Friday it had settled with one of its biggest shareholders who had sued earlier to block a plan for spinning off its document outsourcing business into a new publicly traded company. |
![]() | Traders see remote chance of Fed rate hike this weekNEW YORK (Reuters) – Traders on Monday placed a low probability the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates at its policy meeting later this week amid mixed economic data and ahead of the U.S. presidential election, according to interest rates futures. |
![]() | EU ethics committee clears Barroso of wrongdoing over Goldman jobBRUSSELS (Reuters) – An EU ethics committee has cleared former European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso of breaking rules by taking a job at Goldman Sachs but said he did not show the “considerate judgment” one would expect from someone of his stature. |
![]() | Two Early Voting Charts That Look Disastrous For HillaryBoth Clinton and Trump have highlighted early voting statistics that suggest their campaigns are performing well relative to the 2012 campaigns of Obama and Romney. That said, new statistics presented by the New York Times on early voting in several states seem to reveal some devastating trends for team Hillary. As background, early voting has grown substantially over the past 2 decades and now accounts for roughly one-third of all votes cast.
Meanwhile, most of the … |
![]() | Welcome To The Halloween NationSubmitted by Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, What was with James Comey’s Friday letter to congress? It looks to me like the FBI Director had to go nuclear against his parent agency, the Department of Justice, and Attorney General Loretta Lynch, his boss, in particular. Why? Because the Attorney General refused to pursue the Clinton email case when more evidence turned up in the underage sexting case against Anthony Weiner, husband of Hillary’s chief of staff, Huma Abedin. Over the weekend, the astounding news story broke that the FBI had not obtained a warrant to examine the emails on Weiner’s computer and other devices after three weeks of getting stonewalled by DOJ attorneys. What does it mean when the Director of the FBI can’t get a warrant in a New York minute? It must mean that the DOJ is at war with the FBI. Watergate is looking like thin gruel compared to this fantastic Bouillabaisse of a presidential campaign fiasco. One way you can tell is that The New York Times is playing down the story Monday morning. Columnist Paul Krugman calls the Comey letter “cryptic.” Krugman’s personal cryptograph insinuates that Comey is trying to squash an investigation of “Russian meddling in American elections.” Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid chimed in with a statement that “it has become clear that you [Comey] possess explosive information about close ties and coordination between Donald Trump, his top advisers and the Russian government.” How’s that for stupid and ugly? It&r … |
![]() | Brazile Exclaims “Please God, Let This End Soon” As CNN Fires Her For “Uncomfortable Interactions” With Clinton CampaignUpdate: Politico reports that in yet another statement, CNN spokeswoman Lauren Pratapas said that on Oct. 14, the network accepted Brazile’s resignation.
In a tweet, Brazile thanked CNN and her former colleagues there.
* * * As we detailed earlier, it seems DNC Chair Donna Brazile is hoping for rescue by a higher power as the net narrows around her lies and obfuscation. Following more examples of Brazile passing debate questions to the Clinton Campaign, CNN spokesperson Lauren Pratapas said in a statement that:
While there has ben no official statement from the DNC, here is Donna Brazile … |
![]() | Big Mergers May Face a Higher Bar in WashingtonThe White House is looking at the impact on jobs and pay when approving corporate deals, including planned mergers like General Electric-Baker Hughes and AT&T-Time Warner. |
![]() | WPP Gets a Boost, for Now, From Digital CompetitionIntense competition is probably responsible for bumpy sales by WPP and other ad industry giants. |
![]() | Chinese Capital Controls Aren’t So Scary for AIAThe Asian insurer is beginning to look more fairly priced now that capital controls are getting tighter. |
![]() | Deep Dive: 15 third-quarter earnings winners include Netflix, Amazon and AdobeS&P 500 member companies have turned around a profit slump, says Phil van Doorn. |
![]() | Market Extra: Here are 4 ways a steeper yield curve could drive other financial marketsInvestors can’t afford to ignore a steepening yield curve, because assets ranging from emerging-market debt to U.S. real estate will feel the bite of higher borrowing costs in the U.S. |
![]() | The Tell: Know when to fold ’em: The stock market just gave us 3 ominous ‘tells’Taking his place among some of the stock market’s most pessimistic doomsayers, Graham Summers, chief market strategist at Phoenix Capital Research, has been extremely bearish on equities for a long time. This is his latest warning. |
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