Critcal week for market coming up; GLB: $TFX, $ESLT

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This week there will be more comments from the FED and we will be in the middle of the period when mutual funds dress up their end of quarter portfolio reports for their shareholders. I am therefore expecting strength in the recent winners ( the 4 FANG stocks, FB,AMZN,NFLX and GOOG,  are looking better) for this last week of the first quarter. Then we may get a decline until earnings come out later in mid-April. I do not think this market is in bad shape. Look at this monthly chart of the SPY. Compared to what happened in 2000 and 2007, this market looks pretty healthy.

Screen Shot 2016-03-26 at 8.37.50 PMThis blow-up of this monthly chart since 2013 shows more clearly what has been happening recently.

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While the market has leveled off and we have had a few down months, the market has been resilient. This index would have to break below these recent lows for me to become concerned. So we could see a rising market for the rest of the year. However, we need to remember that the market typically performs poorly during the first term of a new president, and this next president could be  something! All new presidents tend to tighten the budget early in their term so that they can relax things and spend more  to ignite the economy just in time for their re-election campaign…

There were again few new 52 week highs on Thursday, only 49. There were even more new lows than highs. This suggests that buying stocks at new highs and GLBs has not worked out most of the time. One that has, that I have been following is TFX, which had a huge volume GLB around $140 on 2/25 and has not looked back. Note the unusually high volume when the stock broke above its green line top to an all-time high.

Screen Shot 2016-03-26 at 8.54.15 PMThis is exactly the type of price action we want to see when we buy a GLB. But few GLBs have turned out this well recently. It is very important to sell a GLB stock quickly if it does not behave like TFX. ESLT also broke out last week. TC2000 sent me and my students a GLB alert at the open on 3/22, at 91.46. ESLT closed that day at 97.50. Note the large volume on the break-out.

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Meanwhile the GMI is at 5 (of 6) and still on a Buy signal. The GMI2 is only at 3 (of 8) reflecting its very sensitive short term components.

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GMI at 6, going back in, great week! $MXL and $SQ; 11 strong stocks, Get my posts as tweets: @WishingWealth

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My trading account had the best week in quite a long time!  I moved some funds back into an S&P500 mutual fund in my university pension and began buying stocks. I bought some dividend paying stocks as well as promising growth stocks. Most of my purchases have had recent green line break-outs (GLB) to an all-time high. However, I wanted to write about two positions I hold in stocks that are approaching, but not above, their green line tops. The first is MXL, which I believe had  a cup and handle break out last week. The break-out came on above average trading volume. I started a position and will go in much more if MXL can close above its all-time top at 19.50, made in 2010. I usually wait for the GLB, but its fundamental and technical strength tempted me to move early. If MXL closes below its pivot break-out line, around 18.18, I will begin to exit the trade. MXL has very strong IBD stats.MXLcupThe second stock I have been buying is SQ.  It is a recent (11/2015) IPO and my former Apple Genius son and webmaster told me that SQ has a great product for small business owners. My son helps people in the DC metro area to learn how to operate their Apple products. Even technically challenged persons can use the Square square. They make that small square card reader that even Boomer business owners can attach to their phones and accept charge card payments. I bought SQ after I noticed that the stock held up at the bottom line in the chart even when the market had a few large down days in February. About a week after I bought some, Visa announced that they had taken a 10% stake in SQ, a very nice surprise! If SQ can close above its green line top at 14.78 I will aggressively accumulate it.

SQ03202016Here are the results of my TC2000 scan for stocks that have doubled the past year, are near their yearly highs and have a strong long term  monthly RWB pattern.The top 5 with a blue flag to the left appeared in one of my many IBD lists of noteworthy stocks. Like the great trader, Nicolas Darvas, I like to buy stocks that have already doubled and are trading near their all-time highs. These stocks are for educational purposes and research only. Everyone needs to use his/her personal set-up for timing purchases and managing risk. Only a few are GLB stocks. Guess which!

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The GMI remains at 6 (of 6). I am glad there are so many media pundits skeptical of this advance. The market climbs a wall of worry.  I am riding this rise until my indicators tell me to get out. Get my posts as tweets:  @WishingWealth

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GMI at 5! Dividend stocks dominate the new high list…

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For the first time since December 29, I recorded over 100 new 52 week highs in one day out of about 5100 U.S. stocks. The only GMI component that is still not positive is the most important. The QQQ is still below its 30 week average. On the other hand, the other indexes are strengthening. The SPY, NYSE, DOW 30 Industrial and the DOW 20 Transportation indexes have all reclaimed their 30 week averages. These indexes were the first to weaken and are now the first to strengthen. Remember that the T2108 also reached levels in January only seen at major market bottoms. Here is the weekly chart of the SPY. While it has retaken its 30 week average (red line), I will not be very bullish until that average turns up again.

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The psychology of the market has changed. People can only stay scared for a limited amount of time. I believe we have worn out the fear surrounding oil and China. It will take something new to really scare investors again. Perhaps if the FED starts to raise interest rates again that will precipitate a major decline. Unless these indexes close back below their 30 week averages, I will continue to slowly reinvest in stocks.

The composition of stocks hitting new highs last week is amazing. Of the 152 stocks over $15 that hit a new high last week, 53% had dividend yields of 2% or more and 26% paid 3% or more. The most frequent  industries in this new high list were utilities, 24% followed by REITs, 7%. In other words 31% of the stocks that hit new highs last week were utilities and REITs. This is not a growth stock market. The winners of the bull market, especially biotechs,  have been decimated. The boomers, smarting from their losses and earning nothing in their savings accounts are piling into safe dividend paying stocks and ETFs. Perhaps in a few months after people become more confident of a market bottom, people will take chances with the more speculative stocks. For now, it looks like the solid dividend paying companies are where the new highs will be seen. Of course, if we get to the “Sell in May” season and the FED starts to raise, there may be no place to hide from a reinvigorated bear…..

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