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Sizing Up the S&P 500

• S&P 500 closes at record high above 5200
• Advance / decline line shows positive breadth
• Rate of change remains positive
• Wilder’s Relative Strength Index (RSI) stays above 50
• Cyclicals lead in past week: energy, communications, industrials, consumer discretionaries, financials
• Safe havens lag: Real estate, health care, consumer staples, utilities

Key News:

• Fed doves unite around 3 rate cuts as GDP, inflation estimates rise.
• Chinese retail sales, industrial and capex beat in January-February
• Bloomberg: Apple (AAPL) and Alphabet (GOOGL) to collaborate on AI for iPhones
• Energy Sec. Granholm wants to refill SPR this year
• Goldman: Hedge funds buying bank stocks
• Intel (INTC) plans 5-year capex building U.S. chip foundries
• Housing starts, building permits, NAHB sentiment beat estimates
• Bank of Japan hikes for 1st time in 17 years
• Micron Technology (MU) guides EPS 5x above estimates, revenue 10% above estimates.
  • Operating leverage → margin expansion

Signals Scan

• Mitsubishi UFJ (MUFG) pulls back to 21-day EMA
• Palantir Technologies (PLTR) pulls back to 21-day EMA
• Broadcom (AVGO) pulls back to 50-day MA
• Autodesk (ADSK) consolidates after 3/1 earnings, guidance
• Chemicals attempt weekly breakouts: Eastman Chemical (EMN), LynondellBasell (LYB)
• Super Micro Computer (SMCI), NXP Semiconductor (NXPI) near bottom of Keltner channels

Upcoming Events

• Mon 3/25: New home sales
• Tue 3/26: Consumer confidence, durable goods orders
• Wed 3/27: Oil inventories
• Thu 3/28: Initial jobless claims
• Fri 3/29: Good Friday (markets closed)

Using the Platform

• Bars since X% move custom indicator counts how many bars since prices rose/fell by a certain threshold.
  • EasyLanguage: “CurrentBar” is the price bar numbered from oldest to most recent
  • EasyLanguage: Close[0] = last price of current bar viewed by indicator
  • EasyLanguage: Close[1] = last price of preceding bar

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