Thursday, October 4, 2018

Stocks Pullback as Interest Rates Continue to Rise...




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The DJIA, closed down 200 points at 26,627led by weakness in HD, AAPL, V, UNH and MSFT.  This is the fifty-ninth consecutive close above 25,000 since June 15 and the sixteenth close above 26,000 since Feb 1.

Two of eleven sectors were higher, led by financial XLF +0.68% and utilities XLU +0.53%.

SPY down 2.28 at 289.44, on 111.5 million shares, 75% above average volume. Down on higher volume.
VIX up 2.61 at 14.22 
Oil down 1.59 at 74.63
TLT down .81 at 114.02 on 16.2 million shares. 

VZ +1.34%, TRV +1.25%, led the DJIA, 6 advancers, -9
STZ +5.38%, LLY +4.02% and JEF +3.10%, led the SPX.

SBUX +0.76%, HSIC +0.60%, JBHT +0.32%, and DISH +0.22%, led the NDX.


Intermediate and long term up trend intact.  3-day short term trend is down.

Up: 
DownDIA, SPY, IWM, QQQ,

Breadth weakened on Thursday, as decliners led 2,392 to 602 on the NYSE and led 2,374 to 650 on the NASDAQ

The SPY MFC green line closed below the upper zone pointed down at 77 is defensive.

Uptrend sectors:   XLV, XLI, XLK, XLY, XLP, XLU,  
Neutral sectors:  XLE, XLF, XLRE, XLB, XLC,
Down trend sectors:

The 6-month intermediate and long-term trends are still up.  The three-month trend is up.  The ten-day trend is up.

3-month Intermediate Term Market Trend: Up
3-day Short Term Market TrendDown

of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Thursday.


36 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA.  AMGN, CA, QCOM, XLNX, SBUX, CSCO, ADP, ESRX, INTU, CHTR, SYMC, AVGO, ULTA, HSIC, WBA, ATVI, MSFT, TMUS, SHPG, QRTEA, HOLX, ALXN, BKNG, GILD, NTES,  VRTX, AAPL, FOXA, CSX, NVDA, SWKS, BMRN, DISH, INTC, MELI, PCAR,   

NDX Stocks to Watch on Friday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 0


Moving Below 30 DMA = 18
ADBE, ADSK, BIIB, CELG, CERN, CTSH, FISV, GOOGL, HAS, ILMN, INCY, ISRG, NFLX, ORLY, REGN, ROST, TTWO, VRSK,


Intermediate-term trending stocks
ADBE, COST, DG, AAPL, AMZN, MA, V, AET, ISRG, PAYX, VRSN, COP, CRM, NTAP, RNG, SQ, UNH, NVDA, ALGN, CHGG, GRUB, TWLO, W, CDNS, PAYC, FISV, NDAQ, LPSN, PSTG, ZUMZ, WIX, SHAK, ETFC, EL, CME, KORS, A, WUBA,

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