Lets take our regular look at six of the US indexes
sp'500
A powerful net weekly decline of -76pts (3.6%), settling at 2023, around the 38% fib retrace of the 1871-2116 wave. Underlying MACD (blue bar histogram) is starting to tick lower. At the current rate, a bearish cross is not likely for at least another week.
Best guess: renewed upside to the Dec' FOMC.. at which point the sp' could be trading in the 2120/30s. What will be critical... the action of the Fed. If rates are raised... will it inspire confidence in the market?
On the flip side.. if no rate rise... an initial 'relief' break to new historic highs in the 2140/70 zone... would ironically be a problem for the equity bull maniacs.
Any further delay in raising int' rates will increase uncertainty across world capital markets, which could easily lead to another very significant wave lower into early 2016.
Nasdaq comp'
The tech' saw a net weekly decline of -4.3%, closing back under the 5K threshold. Equity bulls need to quickly re-take the 5K threshold, and break new historic highs (>5231) before year end.
Dow
The mighty Dow declined by -665pts (3.7%) to 17245. The 17K threshold remains important, with the 10MA @ 17037. A weekly close <17K would be a real problem for the bull maniacs, but that looks unlikely in the near term. Best guess... resumed upside into mid Dec'... first target is the 18K threshold, and then the May high of 18351.
NYSE comp'
The master index declined by -3.4% to 10155. The giant 10K threshold is key.. where there also happens to be a clear price gap. Sustained action <10K looks unlikely in the near term. In terms of upside... first target will be the 10800/11000 zone.
R2K
The second market leader - R2K, lead the way lower this week, -4.4% @ 1146, completely reversing last weeks gains. Despite the weekly loss, the underlying MACD cycle remains fractionally positive. In terms of upside, next level is around 1220.
Trans
The 'old leader' - Transports, saw a decline of -2.8%, setting @ 8010. Price structure in the Trans looks tired, as the 200dma was not able to be surpassed (unlike the Dow, sp'500). If the broader market can rally into the next FOMC, best upside target remains the 8400/500s.. where the 200dma is lurking.
Summary
So, six weeks up.. from a marginally higher low of sp'1871, all the way to 2116, a rather monstrous hyper-ramp of 245pts (13.5%) across just 26 trading days.
Understandably, with a rather significant net weekly decline across all the indexes some are getting seriously bearish again. Yet, the Oct' close was very decisive, and threatens renewed upside into December.
Best guess... market is close/has floored, upside to test the 2110/30 zone by the next FOMC of Dec'17th.
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Looking ahead
M - Empire state manu'
T - CPI, indust prod', Housing market
W - Housing starts, EIA report, FOMC minutes (2pm)
T - weekly jobs, phil fed', leading indicators
F -*OPEX*
*notable appearances from Fed officials Dudley (Wednesday) and Bullard (Friday).
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