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Rally Checkup
Rally Checkup
The S&P; 500 broke above its highs from last week today, which confirms a continuation of the uptrend that started back on March 9th. Since then, the S&P; 500 is up 25.5%. Five sectors have outperformed the overall market since March 9th, while five have underperformed. Financials are up the ...
Yahoo! Personal Finance: Calculators,Money Advice,Guides,& More
finance.yahoo.com — On February 25 I published an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal' entitled, " The S&P... Gets Its Earnings Wrong ." In that article I said that, although the S&P weights each individual's stock by its market capitalization to compute the return on ... (more) Yahoo! Personal Finance: Calculators,Money ...
S&P 500 50-Day Moving Average Spread
S&P 500 50-Day Moving Average Spread
bespokeinvest.typepad.com — The S&P; 500 is currently trading 8.56% above its 50-day moving average, which is its most overbought... reading since May 2001. As shown in the historical 50-day moving average spread chart of the S&P; 500 below, these levels are rarely reached, and ... (more) S&P 500 50-Day Moving Average Spread
S&P 500 Moving Average Analysis
S&P 500 Moving Average Analysis
bespokeinvest.typepad.com — The S&P; 500 is now trading above its 50-day moving average and below its 200-day moving average,... and the recent rally has now been one of the most impactful during the current bear market in regards to where the index is trading relative to its 50- ... (more) S&P 500 Moving Average Analysis
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THE SHARK REPORT — ... Some technicals indicating a pull back in our future and the best since the bottom; ...

Words from the (investment) wise 4.12.09
The Big Picture — ... market since March 9, while five have underperformed. Financials are up the most at 60.3%, followed by Consumer Discretionary (36.3%), Industrials (34.4%), Materials (32.1%), and Technology (29.8%). All of the outperforming sectors are cyclical in nature. “Health Care has rallied the least at just 11.9%. Consumer Staples, Energy, Utilities, and Telecom are the other four sectors that have underperformed the S&P 500 during the rally.” Source: Bespoke, April 9, 2009. Robert Buckland (Citigroup): Earnings outlook - don’t ...

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