Overview
Equity indices are probing new highs on multiple timeframes. Breadth is improving. Bullish sentiment is at historical averages.
Here's the S&P on a daily, weekly, and monthly:-
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Here's the weekly charts of the Dow, Transports, NASDAQ, and Russell 2000:-
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Breadth via the Cumulative Advance/Decline for the NYSE and S&P 500:-
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Sector Analysis
Technology and Consumer Discretionary are the leading pair.
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They're followed by Industrials, Materials, and Healthcare which all improved.
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Utilities and Staples are weakening but remain above their MAs. The bottom three are Financials, Real Estate, and Energy:-
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Alpha Capture Portfolio
Our model portfolio enjoyed another good week, climbing +3.3% vs +1.5% for the S&P. It's fully allocated across 12 names with total open risk of 8.7%. Our cash is down to just 7% having added to an existing position during the week.
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Watchlist
Not many changes to our list this weekend, which continues to be dominated by technology and consumer discretionary.
Here's a sample from the full list of 30 names:-
$STT
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$PAH
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$MASI
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$JNPR
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$WDC
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$MKSI
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$FCAU
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$PYPL
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$YNDX
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$PCLN
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