Data Remains Mostly Neutral
All the major equity indexes closed higher Tuesday with positive internals on the NYSE while the NASDAQ’s were mixed. Trading volumes rose on both exchanges from the prior session. All the indexes closed near their intraday highs with the DJT turning to a neutral trend from negative while the SPX made a fractional new closing high. The data remains generally neutral. So, at this stage, we see no evidence to alter our current near-term “neutral/positive” macro-outlook for equities.
On the charts, all the major equity indexes closed higher yesterday on higher trading volume.
- The NYSE saw positive breadth and up/down volume while the NASDAQ had slightly negative breadth but positive up/down volume.
- The two technical events on the charts worth noting were the SPX (page 2) making a new closing high, although by a small measure, as the DJT (page 4) finally closed above its downtrend line that had been in place since the beginning of June. As such, its near-term trend turned neutral from bearish.
- So, regarding trends, the SPX, COMPQX (page 3) and MID (page 4) are positive with the rest neutral.
- No change was seen in cumulative breadth with the All Exchange and NASDAQ A/Ds neutral and the NYSE’s positive.
- No stochastic signals were generated.
The data still finds all the McClellan 1-Day OB/OS oscillators in neutral territory (All Exchange: +1.78 NYSE: +9.82 NASDAQ: -5.21).
- The Rydex Ratio (contrarian indicator page 8) measuring the action of the leveraged ETF traders was unchanged at 1.33 and remains bearish.
- Meanwhile, the Open Insider Buy/Sell Ratio dipped a bit further to 39.1 but remains in its neutral range as insiders again backed off their recent buying activity.
- This week’s contrarian AAII bear/bull ratio (27.17/34.32) and Investors Intelligence Bear/Bull Ratio at 16.5/52.6 (contrary indicator page 9) saw little change leaving the AAII neutral and the II bearish.
- Valuation finds the forward 12-month consensus earnings estimate from Bloomberg lifting to $204.54 for the SPX. As such, the SPX forward multiple is 21.6 with the “rule of 20” finding fair value at approximately18.8.
- The SPX forward earnings yield is 4.62%.
- The 10-year Treasury yield closed at 1.18. We view support to be 1.13% and resistance at 1.3%.
In conclusion, yesterday’s action left the charts and data at levels that suggest we maintain our current “neutral/positive” macro-outlook for equities intact.
SPX: 4,374/NA
DJI: 34,718/35,150
COMPQX: 14,585/14,780
NDX: 14,800/15,050
DJT: 14,100/14,701
MID: 2,667/2,729
RTY: 2,120/2,225
VALUA: 9,415/9,704