A Market With Pockets of Health and Pockets of Sickness
There’s lots to love about the stock market right now. And many things to be concerned about.
There’s lots to love about the stock market right now. And many things to be concerned about.
It’s an either/or market, and you’re either in the favorite names or you might own something on the expanding new lows list.
We got that rally last week, but under the surface, there are worrying trends.
The market finally got oversold, but not in the manner I expected. Let’s see what’s next.
Oil down, transports up. That’s the old relationship. But it isn’t working these days.
We can talk about the Semis and the transports, but it’s the options that are giving the most worrying signal.
The SOX are tracing out a possible double top. Or a pennant. We don’t know yet. But Transports are following oil, which is down.
While the overall sentiment was bearish, not all members feel that way.
Several key sectors broke higher only to finish near session lows, creating potential false breakouts that traders are now watching closely for signs of a reversal.
An up day for stocks. Well, about half of them, that is. Here’s what I’m watching.