Lets take our regular look at six of the US indexes
sp'500
A rather significant net weekly gain of 54pts (2.6%)... settling the week at 2108 - a mere 0.5% from breaking the 2119 historic high. Underlying MACD (blue bar histogram) cycle is set to turn positive at the Monday open, and there is a viable 'best bullish case' upside of 3-5 weeks.. which will take us into early May.
There is clear trend/channel resistance in the 2120/30s in the immediate term, but that of course is rising each and every week. By early May, the sp'500 could easily be in the 2150/75 zone.
There is first support at the Wednesday low of 2061 - where the 50dma was lurking.. it looks unlikely that we'll be trading under there until at least May.. if not June.
Nasdaq Comp'
The tech' powered higher by a very significant 3.2%, with a new post 2009 high of 5042.. a mere 90pts (1.8%) from the March 2000 high of 5132. A monthly close in the 5200s will be decisive enough to clarify that the 6-7k zone is a valid target within the next 9-15 months.
Dow
The mighty Dow climbed 378pts (2.1%), settling the week @ 18127. New historic highs look due. The upper weekly bol' is offering 18300/400s in the immediate term. It is notable that the bigger monthly cycles have key resistance in the 18500/600s.
NYSE Comp'
The master index gained an impressive 3.0%, with a weekly close of 11070. There looks to be near term upside to the 11200/300s in April/may. 12K looks difficult before late summer, not least as there is typical seasonal weakness across May-June.
R2K
The second market leader is pushing hard to the upside, with a net weekly gain of 2.8%, with a new historic high of 1267. It is notable that the R2K is now trading above the upper weekly bol'. The 1300s look a viable target by early May. There are multiple aspects of support in the 1200/1150 zone. Under no outlook does a break under 1k look viable this year.
Trans
The 'old leader' saw a net weekly gain of 2.3% in the 9100s. The giant 10k threshold remains the next big target, although that looks out of range until at least June. Low Oil prices continue to help the Transport stocks. However, if the USD has put in a mid term top @ the big DXY 100 threshold, then the tranny will likely lag the broader market.. if Oil can push back above the $50 level.
Summary
So... some pre-FOMC declines to sp'2055, but then a relative hyper-ramp all the way to a Friday peak of 2113. With Yellen managing to placate the US capital markets, we're back to the primary upward trend.
The bulls have nothing to prove. The onus remains on the bears to break and hold under some of the recent lows. Right now... first support is the rising 50dma (sp'2064)... then the 2K threshold... and the Oct' spike low of 1820. Does anyone seriously think we'll be sustainably trading <2K any time soon?
All things considered, it looks like Mr Market has a fair chance of broad upside all the way into the June 17'th FOMC.. at which point int' rates might finally be raised. If so.. then it would be the perfect excuse for a market correction.. after the current multi-week up wave.
Looking ahead
There really isn't much of importance due next week... which considering this weeks gains, will likely favour the equity bulls
M - existing home sales
T - CPI, PMI manu', new home sales, Richmond Fed'
W - Durable goods orders
T - jobless claims
F - GDP (second Q1 rev), corp' profits, consumer sent'
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Back at the Monday open.
