Doug Sooley 
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Major Indices Week of May 26, 2023 Stocks saw another extremely volatile week last week, once again led by tech stocks. The Dow saw a two-month trading low against lower trendline support in Thursday’s minor cycle timing point and then all indices rallied with the Nasdaq and the FANG leading the way, closing … Read more
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Major Indices Week of May 19, 2023 Stocks traded another volatile week with prices setting a key low in the CRITICAL cycle timing dates of Monday-Tuesday and then rallied sharply to carry the S&P500 into a new yearly high and the Nasdaq to the highest levels since April 2022. The selloff on Friday … Read more
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Major Indices Week of May 12, 2023 United States Michigan Consumer Sentiment Stocks ended the week mostly lower for the blue chips and the S&P while tech continued to lead the overall market. Prices were actually in relatively tight weekly ranges with the Dow closing the week down -1.10%, S&P500 down -0.30%, the … Read more
Timing TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Major Indices Week of May 5, 2023 Note: For the latest update on the US Dollar, click here. Stocks set a swing high in Monday’s minor timing and then swooned sharply to four week lows (on Thursday’s key timing) before staging a sharp rally on Friday to erase much of the week’s … Read more
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS It has been a while since we looked at the charts for the Dollar Index. If you remember in the Fall of 2022, we had outlined some very important timing for the Dollar, writing: “could we be looking at an intermediate and perhaps even longer term high in the US Dollar?” Since late … Read more
Timing TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Major Indices Week of April 28, 2023 Stocks traded in a volatile outside week up last week with all the major indices ending higher for the week. Friday’s rally trade was also the end of the month of April and it was the best monthly performance for stocks since January of this … Read more
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Major Indices Week of April 21, 2023 Stocks ended the trading week flat in extremely tight weekly ranges with all the major indices ending slightly lower on the week with the Dow down -0.22%, the S&P down -0.10 and the Nasdaq down -0.42. Now, with critical timing for stocks running through Monday’s trade, … Read more
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Major Indices Week of April 14, 2023 Stocks sold off on Friday to relieve some overbought short-term conditions, but the major indices all ended the week higher. The Dow closed up +1.20%, the S&P was up +0.80 and the Nasdaq up +0.30 for the week. Prices moved away from the key timing point … Read more
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Major Indices Week of April 6, 2023 The Dow traded in an extremely tight, shortened weeks range, and closed up +0.63% in the middle of the weekly range. The S&P ended down -0.10% for the first lower close of the past four weeks. The Nasdaq closed down -1.07%. Sentiment has shifted to a … Read more
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Stocks traded higher all week to stage a big recovery week as the first quarter came to an end. US bank stocks recovered as well with an advance of +4.57% with the Dow up +3.22%, the S&P500 up +3.48% and the Nasdaq up +3.37%. The action moves sentiment out of the fear side … Read more