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Sunday, 22 October 2017

Market Signals for the US stock market S and P 500 Index and Indian Stock Market Nifty Index for the Week beginning October 23

Indicator
Weekly Level / Change
Implication for
S & P 500
Implication for Nifty*
S & P 500
2575, 0.86%
Bullish
Bullish
Nifty
10147, -0.21%
Neutral **
Neutral
China Shanghai Index
3379, -0.35%
Neutral
Neutral
Gold
1281, -1.85%
Bearish
Bearish
WTIC Crude
51.84, 0.76%
Bullish
Bullish
Copper
3.17, 1.02%
Bullish
Bullish
Baltic Dry Index
1582, 8.50%
Bullish
Bullish
Euro
1.1785, -0.30%
Neutral
Neutral
Dollar/Yen
113.47, 1.44%
Bullish
Bullish
Dow Transports
9972, 0.36%
Neutral
Neutral
High Yield (ETF)
37.32, 0.38%
Neutral
Neutral
US 10 year Bond Yield
2.38%, 4.43%
Bearish
Bearish
Nyse Summation Index
892, -3.84%
Bearish
Neutral
US Vix
9.97, 3.75%
Bearish
Bearish
Skew
149
Bearish
Bearish
20 DMA, S and P 500
2540, Above
Bullish
Neutral
50 DMA, S and P 500
2497, Above
Bullish
Neutral
200 DMA, S and P 500
2411, Above
Bullish
Neutral
20 DMA, Nifty
9992, Above
Neutral
Bullish
50 DMA, Nifty
9957, Above
Neutral
Bullish
200 DMA, Nifty
9405, Above
Neutral
Bullish
India Vix
12.40, 9.64%
Neutral
Bearish
Dollar/Rupee
65.11, 0.63%
Neutral
Bearish


Overall


S & P 500


Nifty

Bullish Indications
8

8
Bearish Indications
5
6
Outlook
Bullish
Bullish
Observation
The S and P 500 made new highs and the Nifty fell slightly last week. Indicators are bullish.
The market is topping. Time to tighten those stops.
On the Horizon
New Zealand – Employment data, Australia - CPI, UK – GDP, Euro zone – German PMI, German IFO Index, ECB rate decision, Russia – Rate decision, U.S – Durable goods, New and pending home sales, Oil inventories, GDP, Canada – Rate decision, Poloz speech
*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

stock market signals october 23


The S and P 500 made new highs and the Nifty fell slightly last week. Signals are bullish for the upcoming week. Quantitative tightening by the FED is yet to be priced in and sentiment indicators are back in complacency mode. The markets are still trading well over 3 standard deviations above their long term averages from which corrections usually result. The critical levels to watch are 2585 (up) and 2565(down) on the S & P and 10250 (up) and 10050 (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. 

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