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Tech Talk for Monday, October 26, 2015

SELECTED GLOBAL INDEXES

Daily Seasonal/Technical Equity Trends for October 23, 2015

Green: Increase from previous day

Red: Decrease from previous day

The New Scoring System: Up-Trend +2 Higher highs and higher lows Neutral-Trend 0 Not up or down Down-Trend -2 Lower highs and lower lows Out-Performance +2 Relative to the S&P 500 Index Neutral-Performance 0 Relative to the S&P 500 Index Under-Performance -2 Relative to the S&P 500 Index Above 20-Day Moving Average +1 At 20-Day Moving Average 0 Below 20-Day Moving Average -1 Up-Trending Momentum Indicators +1 Daily Stochastics, RSI, and MACD Mixed Momentum Indicators 0 <ditto>

Down-Trending Momentum Indicators -1 <ditto>



The S&P 500 Index gained 42.04 points (2.07%) last week. Intermediate trend remains up. The Index remains above its 20-day moving average. Short-term momentum indicators are trending up and are overbought. However, signs of a peak have yet to appear.

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Percent of S&P 500 stocks trading above their 50-day moving average rose last week to 76.20% from 62.80%. Percent is trending up and is overbought. However, signs of a peak have yet to arrive.

Percent of S&P 500 stocks trading above their 200-day moving average increased last week to 47.40% from 42.00%. Percent continues to trend higher.





Bullish Percent Index for S&P 500 stocks jumped to 62.60% from 52.80% last week and remained above its 20-day moving average. The Index continues to trend higher.

Bullish Percent Index for TSX Composite stocks advanced to 51.82% from 49.39% last week and remained above its 20-day moving average. The Index continues to trend up.





The TSX Composite Index added 115.56 points last week. Intermediate trend remains up (Score: 2.0). Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index remains negative (Score: -2). The Index remains above its 20-day moving average (Score: 1). Short-term momentum indicators are mixed (Score: 0). Technical score remained at 1 last week.




Percent of TSX stocks trading above their 50-day moving average increased last week to 72.87% from 65.18%. Percent remains intermediate overbought.

Percent of TSX Composite stocks trading above their 200-day moving average increased last week to 31.17 from 29.15%.Percent continues to trend up.





The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 430.73 points (2.50%) last week. Intermediate trend remains up. Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index remains positive. The Average remains above its 20-day moving average. Short-term momentum indicators are trending up. Technical score remains at 6.




Bullish Percent Index for Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks jumped last week 83.33% from 70.00% and remained above its 20-day moving average. The Index continues to trend higher, but is overbought.

Bullish Percent Index for NASDAQ Composite stocks increased last week to 45.58% from 44.00% and remained above its 20-day moving average. The Index continues to trend higher.





The NASDAQ Composite Index gained 145.17 points (2.97%) last week. Intermediate trend changed to up from down on Friday on a move above 4,960.87. Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index turned positive on Friday. The Index remains above its 20-day moving average. Short-term momentum indicators are trending up. Technical score improved last week to 6 from -2.




The Russell 2000 Index added 3.75 points (0.32%) last week. Intermediate trend remains down. Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index remains negative. The Index remains above its 20-day moving average. Short-term momentum indicators are mixed. Technical score improved last week to -3 from -4.




The Dow Jones Transportation Average added 207.97 points (2.57%) last week. Intermediate trend remains down. Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index remains negative. The Average remains above its 20-day moving average. Short-term momentum indicators are trending up. Technical score improved last week to -2 from -3.




The Australia All Ordinaries Composite Index added 84.40 points (1.59%) last week. Intermediate trend remains up. Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index is neutral. The Index remains above its 20-day moving average. Short-term momentum indicators are trending up. Technical score improved last week to 2 from -3.




The Nikkei Average gained 533.50 points (2.92%) last week. Intermediate trend changed to neutral from down on Friday on a move above 18,770.51. Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index changed to neutral from negative. The Average remains above its 20-day moving average. Short-term momentum indicators are trending up. Technical score improved to 2 from 0.




Europe iShares added $0.30 (0.71%) last week. Intermediate trend remains neutral. Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index turned negative. Units remain above their 20-day moving average. Short-term momentum indicators are trending up. Technical score slipped last week to 0 from 3.




The Shanghai Composite Index gained 21.08 points (0.62%) last week. Intermediate trend remains up. Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index remains positive. The Index remains above its 20-day moving average. Short-term momentum indicators are mixed. Technical score slipped last week to 5 from 6.




Emerging Markets ETF advanced $0.04 (0.11%) last week. Intermediate trend remains up. Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index slipped to neutral from positive. Units remain above their 20-day moving average. Short-term momentum indicators are trending down. Technical score slipped last week to 2 from 5.

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Currencies The U.S. Dollar Index soared 2.49 (2.63%) last week. Intermediate trend changed on Friday to up from neutral. The Index remains above its 20-day moving average. Short-term momentum indicators are trending up and are overbought. However, signs of a peak have yet to appear.




The Euro plunged 3.42 (3.01%) last week. Intermediate trend changed to down from up on a move below 110.85. The Euro fell below its 20-day moving average. Short-term momentum indicators are trending down and are oversold, but have yet to show signs of bottoming.




The Canadian Dollar dropped US 1.58 cents (2.04%) last week. Intermediate trend remains neutral. The Canuck Buck fell below its 20-day moving average. Short-term momentum indicators are trending down and are oversold. However, they have yet to show signs of bottoming.




The Japanese Yen dropped 1.33 (1.59%) last week. Intermediate trend remains up. The Yen fell below its 20-day moving average. Short-term momentum indicators are trending down and are oversold. However, signs of a bottom have yet to appear.

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Commodities Daily Seasonal/Technical Commodities Trends for October 23, 2015

Green: Increase from previous day; Red: Decrease from previous day Following are the new scores, which range from -6 to +6: Up-Trend +2 Higher highs and higher lows Neutral-Trend 0 Not up or down Down-Trend -2 Lower highs and lower lows Out-Performance +2 Relative to the S&P 500 Index Neutral-Performance 0 Relative to the S&P 500 Index Under-Performance -2 Relative to the S&P 500 Index Above 20-Day Moving Average +1 At 20-Day Moving Average 0 Below 20-Day Moving Average -1 Up-Trending Momentum Indicators +1 Daily Stochastics, RSI, and MACD Mixed Momentum Indicators 0 <ditto> Down-Trending Momentum Indicators -1 <ditto>



The CRB Index fell 5.74 points (2.88%) last week. Intermediate trend remains up. Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index remains negative. The Index moved below its 20-day moving average. Short-term momentum indicators are trending down. Technical score slipped to -2 from 0.

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Gasoline dropped $0.07 per gallon (4.96%) last week. Intermediate trend remains down. Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index remains negative. Gas remains below its 20-day moving average. Short-term momentum indicators are trending down. Technical score remains at -6.

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Crude Oil dropped $1.77 per barrel (3.58%) last week. Intermediate trend remains up. Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index changed to negative. Crude fell below its 20-day moving average. Short-term momentum indicators are trending down. Technical score dropped to -2 from 2 last week.




Natural gas dropped another $0.09 per MBtu (3.58%) last week. Intermediate trend remains down. Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index remains negative. “Natty” remains below its 20-day moving average. Short-term momentum indicators are trending down. Technical score slipped to -6 from -5.




The S&P Energy Index dropped 5.10 points (1.00%) last week. Intermediate trend remains up. Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index changed to neutral from positive. The Index remains above its 20-day moving average. Short-term momentum indicators are trending down. Technical score dropped last week to 2 from 5.




The Philadelphia Oil Services Index added 1.03 points (0.58%) last week. Intermediate trend remains neutral. Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index changed to neutral from positive. The Index remains above its 20-day moving average. Short-term momentum indicators are trending down.




Gold dropped $20.30 per ounce (1.72%) last week in response to a higher U.S. Dollar Index. Intermediate trend remains up. Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index changed to negative from positive. Gold remains above its 20-day moving average. Short-term momentum indicators are trending down. Technical score last week dropped to 0 from 6.




Silver dropped $0.28 per ounce (1.74%) last week. Intermediate trend remains up. Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index changed to neutral from positive. Silver remains above its 20-day moving average. Short-term momentum indicators are trending down. Technical score dropped to 2 from 6. Strength relative to gold remains positive.




The AMEX Gold Bug Index added 1.83 points (1.36%) last week. Intermediate trend remains up. Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index remains positive. The Index remains above its 20-day moving average. Short-term momentum indicators are trending down. Technical score last week slipped to 4 from 6.




Platinum dropped $22 per ounce (2.15%) last week. Trend remains down. Strength relative to S&P 500 slipped to neutral. PLAT remains above its 20-day MA. Momentum: Mixed.

Palladium dropped $5.55 per ounce (0.79%) last week. Trend remains up. Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index changed ton Neutral. PALL remains above its 20-day moving average. Short-term momentum indicators are trending down. Strength relative to Gold remains neutral.





Copper dropped $0.05 per lb. (2.08%) last week. Intermediate trend remains down. Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index turned negative. Copper dropped below its 20-day moving average. Short-term momentum indicators are trending down. Technical score dropped to -6 from 0.




The TSX Metals & Mining Index added 20.53 points (4.56%) last week. Intermediate trend changed to neutral. The Index remains above its 20-day moving average. Short-term momentum indicators are mixed. Technical score last week slipped to 1 from 2.




Lumber added $2.90 (1.12%) last week. Intermediate trend remains neutral. Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index remains positive. Lumber remains above its 20-day MA. Momentum: up.

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The Grain ETN slipped $0.08 (9.25%) last week. Intermediate trend remains up. Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index remains negative. Units remain below their 20-day moving average. Short-term momentum indicators are trending down. Technical score remains at -2.

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The Agriculture ETF added 1.30 points (2.69%) last week. Intermediate trend changed to up. Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index remains neutral. Units remained above their 20-day moving average. Short-term momentum indicators are trending up. Technical score improved to 4 from 0.




Interest Rates

The Yield on 10-year Treasuries dropped 6.0 basis points (2.97%) last week. Intermediate trend remains down. Yield moved above its 20-day moving average. Short-term momentum indicators are mixed.

Conversely, the price of the long-term Treasury ETF slipped $0.73 (0.59%) last week. Intermediate trend remains up. Units remain above their 20-day moving average.





Sector Performance Daily Seasonal/Technical Sectors Trends for October 23, 2015

The VIX The VIX Index dropped 0.76 (5.00%) last week. Intermediate trend remains down. The Index remains below its 20-day moving average.




Other Issues

Third quarter results released to date have been mixed. According to FactSet, 173 S&P 500 companies have released quarterly results: 77% reported above mean earnings estimates while 43% reported above mean sales estimates. On a year-over-year basis, earnings declined 3.8%. 19 companies have issued negative guidance and 7 companies have issued positive guidance. Fourth quarter projections are for a 2.0% decline in earnings and a 2.0% decline in sales. First quarter projections are for a 3.6% increase in earnings and a 3.8% increase in sales.

Earnings News This Week

Short and intermediate technical indicators for most equity markets and primary sectors are trending higher and are overbought. However, technical signs of a peak have yet to appear. Technical action by individual S&P 500 stocks was exceptionally bullish last week: 78 stocks broke resistance and 27 broke support. Economic data this week focuses on the FOMC meeting on Wednesday. Consensus is that the FOMC wants to increase the Fed Fund rate to reflect improving economic conditions, but wants more evidence of sustainable growth. Seasonal influences for most equity markets in the world as well as economically sensitive primary sectors turn positive this week. Both the S&P 500 Index and Dow Jones Industrial Average moved above their 200-day moving average, an encouraging technical sign. However, overhead resistance is formidable. Upside potential remains, but likely will be gained begrudgingly between now and year-end




Tax loss selling transactions will become a focus between now and mid-December.

The Bottom Line

The easy money in equity markets and economic sensitive sectors has been made already for the current intermediate up-cycle. Third quarter reports will have an influence on equity markets again this week. Earnings released to date have been mixed. Beyond the earnings report season, seasonal influences turn positive for most equity markets and primary sectors. Preferred strategy is to accumulate seasonally attractive equities and economic sensitive sectors on weakness.

FP Trading Desk Headline

FP Trading Desk headline reads, “Views on international developments key to Fed’s path forward”.

Following is a link: http://business.financialpost.com/investing/trading-desk/views-on-international-developments-key-to-feds-path-forward

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http://business.financialpost.com/investing/trading-desk/views-on-international-developments-key-to-feds-path-forward

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recently. To login, simply go to http://www.equityclock.com/charts/ A large number of equity markets, commodities, and industry sectors in this report saw a change in their seasonality, from neutral to negative. All of the changes indicate weakness between mid-September and the middle of October.

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About the Authors

Don Vialoux

Donald Vialoux, co-founder of Tech Talk, is a past president and director of the Canadian Society of Technical Analysts (CSTA). Mr. Vialoux has 45 years of experience in the investment industry, including prominent positions held at Richardson Greenshields and RBC Investments. He is the author of a daily letter on equity markets, which is available free at TimingTheMarket.ca. The Web site has recently received an average of 200,000 hits per day from 130 countries. Mr. Vialoux is also the author of a weekly column published at GlobeAndMail.com that combines technical, fundamental, and seasonality analysis. He is a frequent presenter on Business News Network (BNN) Television. He holds the designation of Chartered Market Technician (CMT).

Jon Vialoux

Jon Vialoux, co-founder of Tech Talk, is the author and founder of EquityClock.com, which offers the largest source of seasonal profiles for investments on the Internet. Mr. Vialoux is also co-creator of the financial resource Web site, TimingTheMarket.ca, which offers technical, fundamental, and seasonal analysis of the markets. Jon’s market analysis and commentary has been published in the Financial Post, The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, and a number of electronic media sources, such as SeekingAlpha.com and GlobeInvestor.com. He is also a frequent presenter on Business News Network (BNN) Television. Previously, he provided analysis for State Street Global Advisors.

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