Weekend Market Outlook

Market Outlook entering the Week of April 12th = Uptrend

MOVING AVERAGES

  • Short-term (20 DMA): Buy Signal
    All the major stock market averages rose or remained above their 20-day moving averages.
  • Intermediate (50 DMA): Buy Signal
    All the averages rose or remained above their 50-day moving averages.
  • Long-term (200 DMA): Uptrend
    All the major stock market averages remained above their 200-day moving averages

COMMENTARY
The markets shrugged off its recent weakness and moved higher last week.  The NYSE, NASDAQ, and Russell 2000 are ready to retest their respective price high’s from early March.  If you’ve pruned your holdings over the past few months, you should be well positioned if the markets power through the next resistance level.

  • Resistance:  2,131 / 2,198
  • Support:  2,070 / 2,085
2015-04-12 - US Stock Market Averages

2015-04-12 – US Stock Market Averages

Sources:

For the detailed Elliott Wave Analysis, go to the ELLIOTT WAVE lives on by Tony Caldaro.  For price/volume data, head to stockcharts.com.

Moving Average Signals:

  • Uptrend=Market indexes remained above their moving average during the trading week
  • Downtrend=Market indexes remained below their moving average during the trading week
  • Buy signal=Market indexes fell below their moving averages during the trading week
  • Sell signal=Market indexes rose above their moving averages during the trading week
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Weekend Reading – Personal Finance, Money Management, and Investing

Personal Finance

  • More money, more problems: Being a millionaire at 35 is a letdown? (Business Insider)

Money Management

  • Schwab’s New  Intelligent Portfolios: Are they worth it? (HuffPo)

Investing

  • Income Investing – The Value of Dividend Growth (DGI)
  • Growth Investing – Breaking down Safe Growth Investing (InvestSafely)

Odds and Ends

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Market Insight from Howard Marks

The latest memo from Mr. Marks covers his thoughts on “liquidity” in today’s markets, or the ability for me and you to sell our investments at the prices we see on our screens.  As with everything in the investing world, liquidity is not always straightforward and changes over time.

Enjoy!


Who is Howard Marks?

I had no idea either…according to people in the know, he’s a highly successful and respected investor!  I stumbled one of his “memos” a while ago, and now read everyone one he publishes.

And I’m not alone…when investors like Warren Buffett make it a point to read your memos, you’ve got something worth reading.

Mr. Marks’s memo’s are available to all of us…for free.  Just head over to the Oaktree site and click on the “Memos from our Chairman” link (http://www.oaktreecapital.com/memo.aspx).

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Market Insight from JP Morgan – 2nd Quarter 2015

JP Morgan Asset Management updated their quarterly market outlook, as of March 31, 2015, for the latest installment of ‘Market Insights’.

JP Morgan Guide to the Markets

JP Morgan Guide to the Markets

 

Each quarter, you can find this little gem of a PDF on JP Morgan’s Asset management website, including a downloadable “Guide to the Markets” AND audio commentary.

Topics include US Equities, Economy and Fixed Income, along with an view of the International landscape and Asset Class performance.

Sources:


JP Morgan Guide to the Markets: Q2 2015
http://www.jpmorganfunds.com

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Weekend Market Outlook

Market Outlook entering the Week of April 5th = Uptrend @ Risk

MOVING AVERAGES

  • Short-term (20 DMA): Mixed
    With the exception of the Russell 2000, all the major stock market averages rose above, and then fell below their 20-day moving averages.
  • Intermediate (50 DMA): Mixed
    Only the Russell 2000 and NASDAQ remained above their 50-day moving averages.
  • Long-term (200 DMA): Uptrend
    All the major stock market averages remained above their 200-day moving averages

COMMENTARY
The markets struggled this week, failing to recover from last week’s losses.  That said, the shortened holiday week minimized the price movements enough to maintain last week’s Elliott Wave supporter/resistance levels for the S&P:

  • Resistance:  2,070 / 2,085
  • Support:  1,973 / 2,019
2015-04-05 - US Stock Market Averages

2015-04-05 – US Stock Market Averages

Sources:

For the detailed Elliott Wave Analysis, go to the ELLIOTT WAVE lives on by Tony Caldaro.  For price/volume data, head to stockcharts.com.

Moving Average Signals:

  • Uptrend=Market indexes remained above their moving average during the trading week
  • Downtrend=Market indexes remained below their moving average during the trading week
  • Buy signal=Market indexes fell below their moving averages during the trading week
  • Sell signal=Market indexes rose above their moving averages during the trading week
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Weekend Reading – Personal Finance, Money Management, and Investing

Personal Finance

Money Management

  • How much cash is too much cash? (US News)

Investing

  • Income Investing – Taxable vs Tax-Deferred Accounts (DGI)
  • Growth Investing – Should I buy 1 share of Berkshire for my 401k? (Marketwatch)

Odds and Ends

  • Loves me some toggle switches – Subaru BRZ Sti Performance Concept (Jalopnik)
Interior of Subaru BRZ STI Performance Concept

Subaru BRZ STI Performance Concept

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Weekend Market Outlook

Market Outlook entering the Week of March 29th = Uptrend @ Risk

MOVING AVERAGES

  • Short-term (20 DMA): Sell Signal
    All the major stock market averages fell below their 20-day moving averages
  • Intermediate (50 DMA): Sell Signal
    Three of the five major stock market averages fell below their 50-day moving averages
  • Long-term (200 DMA): Uptrend
    All the major stock market averages remained above their 200-day moving averages

COMMENTARY
Another week, another flip-flop; seems more like U.S. politics than U.S. stock market.  As discussed, the NYSE, DJIA, and S&P500 couldn’t rise above their February peaks, with those levels triggering high volume sell offs. With the reversal from last week’s uptrend outlook comes new supporter/resistance levels for the S&P:

  • Resistance:  2,070 / 2,085
  • Support:  1,973 / 2,019

March was a rough month for investing in U.S. stocks.  Remember to keep your losses small!

2015-03-29 - US Stock Market Average Candlestick Charts

2015-03-29 – US Stock Market Averages

Sources:

For the detailed Elliott Wave Analysis, go to the ELLIOTT WAVE lives on by Tony Caldaro.  For price/volume data, head to stockcharts.com.

Moving Average Signals:

  • Uptrend=Market indexes remained above their moving average during the trading week
  • Downtrend=Market indexes remained below their moving average during the trading week
  • Buy signal=Market indexes fell below their moving averages during the trading week
  • Sell signal=Market indexes rose above their moving averages during the trading week
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