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Originally Posted by coolhand

The market closed mixed on the week, last week. The S fund posted a decent gain, while the C fund posted a sizable loss.




We can still see that the S&P is struggling to maintain altitude, but it is still a bullish chart with price not all that far from the peak. The DWCPF dipped Friday (as did the S&P), but price remains much closer to its peak. Momentum is turned down a bit on both charts. All in all,

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Stocks were mixed for the week. There was more rotation from large caps to small caps than overall selling. Momentum was slowed in the over extended large cap names which can be looked at as a healthy move going forward if not a potential entry point for those who aren't willing to buy indices at their highs. Bank earnings started to be released Friday and investors were quick to sell their financial holdings which added weight to the large cap price.

There was also a potential ...

Stocks were mixed again yesterday, but only because the invincible small caps refuse to fall. The Transportation Index was also up yesterday, but other than that the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq were down on the day, yet internally there was a lot of strength under the surface. The Dow lost 69-points, and the S&P 500 is actually down for the week, but money seems to go somewhere everyday, as cash is being treated like the plague.

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Originally Posted by coolhand

We got another choppy day with a mixed close. Once again, small caps are leading the pack.




We got a fresh all-time closing high on the DWCPF, while the S&P was down and has been dancing sideways over the past days. Momentum is rising on the DWCPF and is hinting at falling on the S&P, but I am not anticipating a ton of downside on the S&P. Historically, when small caps are doing well it bodes well for

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The dollar rallied and that put some pressure on stocks on Wednesday, although the indices were fairly mixed. The Dow lost 8-points, the Transports and small caps were each down about a half of a percent, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both rallied. Bonds (F-fund) rallied off its support line, and the I-fund struggled with the dollar up on the day.

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