Market Signals for the US stock market S and P 500 Index and Indian Stock Market Nifty Index for the Week beginning June 18

Indicator	Weekly Level / Change	Implication for S & P 500	Implication for Nifty*
S & P 500	2780, 0.02%	Neutral	Neutral
Nifty	10818, 0.46%	Neutral **	Neutral
China Shanghai Index	3022, -1.48%	Bearish	Bearish
Gold	1279, -1.86%	Bearish	Bearish
WTIC Crude	65.06, -1.03%	Bearish	Bearish
Copper	3.14, -4.71%	Bearish	Bearish
Baltic Dry Index	1433, 2.72%	Bullish	Bullish
Euro	1.1617, -1.37%	Bearish	Bearish
Dollar/Yen	110.62, 1.08%	Bullish	Bullish
Dow Transports	11074, 1.24%	Bullish	Bullish
High Yield (ETF)	35.95, 0.56%	Bullish	Bullish
US 10 year Bond Yield	2.92%, -0.44%	Neutral	Neutral
Nyse Summation Index	743, 7.87%	Bullish	Neutral
US Vix	11.98, -1.64%	Bullish	Bullish
Skew	141	Bearish	Bearish
20 DMA, S and P 500	2747, Above	Bullish	Neutral
50 DMA, S and P 500	2702, Above	Bullish	Neutral
200 DMA, S and P 500	2656, Above	Bullish	Neutral
20 DMA, Nifty	10676, Above	Neutral	Bullish
50 DMA, Nifty	10638, Above	Neutral	Bullish
200 DMA, Nifty	10399, Above	Neutral	Bullish
India Vix	12.07, -4.94%	Neutral	Bullish
Dollar/Rupee	68.16, 0.96%	Neutral	Bearish
Overall	S & P 500	Nifty
Bullish Indications	9	9
Bearish Indications	6	7
Outlook	Bullish	Bullish
Observation	The S and P 500 and the Nifty were relatively unchanged last week. Indicators are bullish. The markets have made important tops. Time to watch those stops.
On the Horizon	Australia – RBA meeting minutes, New Zealand – GDP, UK- BOE rate decision, U.S – Crude oil inventories, Canada – CPI, Switzerland – SNB Rate decision
*Nifty	India’s Benchmark Stock Market Index
Raw Data	Courtesy Google finance, Stock charts, investing.com
**Neutral	Changes less than 0.5% are considered neutral

 

The S and P 500 and the Nifty were mostly unchanged last week. Indicators are bullish for the upcoming week. Quantitative tightening by the FED is yet to be priced in fully. The markets are still trading well over 3 standard deviations above their long term averages from which corrections usually result. The recent yield spike and dollar strength should limit upside in the short term. The critical levels to watch are 2790 (up) and 2770 (down) on the S & P and 10900 (up) and 10700 (down) on the Nifty. A significant breach of the above levels could trigger the next big move in the above markets. You can check out last week’s report for a comparison. Love your thoughts and feedback.