Overview
Equities recovered this week with the NASDAQ leading the way and posting all time highs on a daily and weekly basis, but the other major indices remain mostly rangebound and just below their highs.
The S&P rebounded from a brief test of its 50-day MA this week, to finish +0.8% on the week, flat on the month, and just 1.4% below its all time high.
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The NASDAQ's recovery, shown here on a weekly, was much stronger making it to fresh highs.
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The pullback in the Transports has been much deeper and it remains below its 10-wk MA despite rebounding this week.
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The Russell also recovered well to reclaim its 10-wk MA but remains rangebound and unchanged over 4 months.
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Breadth shown here via the NYSE Cumulative Advance/Decline improved to just below its previous highs.
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Sector Rankings
Consumer Discretionary ($XLY) joins long-time leader Technology ($XLK) at the top this week, clearly helped by the new highs in the respectively heavily-weighted $AMZN and $AAPL.
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They're followed by Materials, Utilities, Industrials, Healthcare, and Staples, which all remain above their 50-day MA.
Then comes Financials which despite a reasonable recovery off the lows this week still appear to be rolling over longer-term.
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At the bottom I have Real Estate ($XLRE), and Energy ($XLE), which remain below their 200-day MA despite recent strength.
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Alpha Capture Portfolio
Our model portfolio recovered from a weak start to finish marginally higher on the week vs +0.8% for the S&P. It had three exit signals and three new entries, and heads into next week with open risk of 5.2% across 8 names, and around 40% in cash.
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Watchlist
Our watchlist continues to be dominated by technology, consumer discretionary, and some healthcare/biotech.
Here's a sample from the full list of 25 names:-
$IMGN
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$INFI
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$RMD
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$XCRA
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$SYMC
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$CENT
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$BOBE
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$MAR
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