Wednesday, February 16, 2022

SPX Rallies from Lows after Fed Minutes...Energy, Materials Lead Sectors...Geopolitical Concerns Remain...

 
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SPX, NDX, and DJI opened lower, pulled back and traded in a range until the Fed minutes were released at 2 pm EST.  When the minutes did not show any indications of the Fed tightening more aggressively than currently perceived, the SPX rallied over 40 points to close up +3.94, at 4475.  Russia, Ukraine invasion fear, remains a geopolitical event risk.

After-hours EPS: AMAT, CSCO rally, NVDA moves lower.
 
SPY up .50 at 446.60, on 84.8 million shares, below average volume, up on lower volume.
VIX down 1.41 at 24.29
QQQ down .09 at 356.04
 
 
DIS, PG, NKE, BA led the DJIA, 13 advancers, -13
GNRC, ABMD, WAB, CINF led the SPX, 397 advancers.
KHC, ADI, ABNB, DDOG led the NDX, 45 advancers.
 
The two-year trend term is up.  The one-year trend is up.
 
Up: IWM, SPY,
Down:  QQQ, DIA,
 
Nine of eleven sectors were higher on day, led by XLE, XLB and XLI.
 
Energy leaders: DVN, SLB, HAL, BKR
Basic Materials leaders: ALB, IFF, NEM, MLM
Industrials leaders: WAB, LDOS, TXT, NOC
 
Advancers strengthened on Tuesday as advancers led 2,110 to 1,245 on the NYSE and led 2,439 to 2,262 on the NASDAQ.
 
The SPY MFC green line is turned down at 39.7 and is short-term bearish.  SPY closed above the HOLD of Monday’s hammer. 
 
 
Uptrend sectorsXLE, XLP, XLF,
Neutral sectors: XLU, XLI, XLB, XLRE, XLV, XLK, XLY,
Down trend sectors: XLC,
 
The 6-month intermediate trend is up.  The ten-day trend is down.
 
3-month Intermediate Term Market Trend: Down
3-day Short Term Market TrendUp a little
 
45 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Tuesday.
 
40 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA:  CERN, ATVI, EXC, BKNG, INCY, BIDU, FISV, JD, SIRI, TMUS, DDOG, MAR, CHTR, DLTR, ABNB, FTNT, PDD, ZS, CRWD, REGN, TEAM, MU, MELI, PANW, SPLK, AAPL, ALGN, AMZN, AVGO, COST, CTSH, MTCH, NVDA, ORLY, PCAR, VRTX, ADI, CSX, GOOGL, KHC,
 
NDX Stocks to Watch on Wednesday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 4
ADI, CSX, GOOGL, KHC,
 
Moving Below 30 DMA = 2
EA, OKTA,
 
 
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Ben W. said...

Thank you, Dave! James Bullard speaks Thursday. Apparently he’s calling for 4 .25 rate increases before July, 1. 😝😝😝