Charting Stocks

Last week, we mentioned that technical indicators began to turn negative. Technical damage continued today as the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Dow Jones Transportation Average, and  S&P 500 closed below their pivotal 50 and 200 day moving averages (first time since March), with all 3 averages registering an RSI sell signal.  NASDAQ bucks the trend [...]

The Dow Jones Industrial Average breached its November low, closing below 7500 for the first time since October 2002.
In only 18 months, the index has given back all of the gains achieved over the previous 5 years.
The chart below shows the index taking out the 2002 lows, but keep in mind that this is a [...]

Charting Stocks Weekly Update
Negative divergence has been present in the major average for the past couple of months. Meaning that while the price action of the major averages have been moving higher, some of their respective indicators have been moving in the opposite direction (lower). In a true uptrend, you’d like to see [...]

January 1, 2007
Charting Stocks 2007 Outlook:
The case for a Stock Market decline in 2007
-Contraction of the manufacturing sector: Usually precedes a recession
-Auto production declining by more than 10%: Usually precedes a recession.
-The collapsing real estate market: Public Home Builders report record cancellations. KB Homes 53% of orders were cancelled in 2006. Pulte Homes 36%, [...]