20130517 Moving Average Breadth

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20130517 Moving Average Breadth

Another strong week in the markets flying in the face of the rampant skepticism.  Last week I mentioned that extremely strong breadth is….strength, and again this week I hear people talking about the breadth being too strong.  Don’t over think this.  Yes, when breadth figures get into the 90% range across the board then it is time to be ready for a short term pullback, but more times than not we diverge off such highs before going into a longer term sell off.  So, let me try this a different way.

Strong Breadth  =  Market Strength

First, the Total universe of 1898 companies posted over the $SPY

5-17-2013 Total Universe with SPYNext I split the universe into 10 custom broad sector indexes

5-17-2013 Consumer Discretionary

Consumer Discretionary (325)

5-17-2013 Consumer Staples

Consumer Staples (91)

5-17-2013 Energy

Energy (132)

5-17-2013 Financials

Financials (316)

5-17-2013 Health Care

Health Care (199)

5-17-2013 Industrials

Industrials (252)

5-17-2013 Materials

Materials (148)

5-17-2013 Technology

Technology (338)

5-17-2013 Telecom

Telecom (24)

5-17-2013 Utilities

Utilities (73)

These are custom indexes so you cannot invest directly in them, but there are plenty of ETFs available for each sector.  For me personally this is another form of relative strength, just with a broader lens .

Good Luck!  It is there for you to make.

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(All market data above are derived from Stockcharts.com, Esignal, and Reutersdatalink)
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