Lets take our regular look at six of the main US indexes
sp'500
A net weekly decline of -3pts (0.15%), settling opex @ 2271... just 11pts shy of recent historic highs. Underlying MACD (blue bar histogram) cycle continues to slowly tick lower. At the current rate, there won't be a bearish cross for at least another 2-3 weeks.
Best guess: upside to the 2320/30s... before a basic correction of 5% to the low 2200s. Any price action in the 2100s looks out of range. More broadly... the 2400s look viable by May/June.
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Nasdaq comp'
A minor net weekly decline of -0.3%, settling @ 5555. Upper bollinger will likely be in the 5700s in February. The 6000s look out of range until at least April/May.
Dow
A net weekly decline of -0.3%, settling at 19827. A renewed push higher looks due, and its notable the mighty Dow is only -0.9% below the giant psy' level of 20k. Upper bollinger is offering the 20500s into early Feb', which would equate to the sp'2320/30s.
NYSE comp'
The master index settled -0.3% @ 11192. New historic highs >11264 look due into February. The 12000s look a valid target for late spring.
R2K
The second market leader - R2K, was the laggard this week, settling lower by a rather significant -20pts (1.5%) at 1351. The 1425/50 zone appears a viable target in about 3 weeks. Underlying MACD is vulnerable to a bearish cross within 1-2 weeks, but instead... a divergent lower high (relative to mid Dec') looks due to occur by mid February.
Trans
The 'old leader' - Trans, was the one positive index/sector this week, managing a minor gain of 0.2%, settling at 9224.
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Summary
Most US indexes have been in moderate chop mode for around six weeks.
Price structure in most indexes is arguably a bull flag/pennant.
Further upside of 2-3% looks probable by mid February. From there... a distinct threat of a 5% correction, back to the low 2200s. That would make sense as broadly, the market hasn't seen any significant retrace since the hyper ramp from the early Nov' low of sp'2083.
Equity bears have nothing to tout unless we're trading back under the monthly 10MA, and in February, that will be around sp'2200.
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Looking ahead
The first big trading week of the Trump presidency :)
notable corp' earnings: Tue: BABA, MMM, Wed: BA, QCOM, Thurs: CAT, F, GOOG
M - -
T - PMI manu', existing home sales, Richmond Fed'
W - FHFA house price index, EIA oil report
T - weekly jobs, intl' trade, PMI serv', new home sales, leading indicators
F - durable goods orders, GDP (Q4, first est'), consumer sent'
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