Daily Market Insight

Here is your daily insight from global financial markets. Today's post is an aggregate of interesting news and views form the Stock, FOREX, Commodity markets and the Economy:
Midweek Market Insight

Daily Market Insight

Here is your daily insight from global financial markets. Today's post is an aggregate of interesting news and views form the Stock, FOREX, Commodity markets and the Economy:
Midweek Market Insight

Market Signals for the US stock market S and P 500 Index and Indian Stock Market Nifty Index for the Week beginning October 30

Indicator	Weekly Level / Change	Implication for S & P 500	Implication for Nifty*
S & P 500	2581, 0.23%	Neutral	Neutral
Nifty	10323, 1.72%	Bullish **	Bullish
China Shanghai Index	3417, 1.13%	Bullish	Bullish
Gold	1272, -0.68%	Bearish	Bearish
WTIC Crude	53.90, 3.97%	Bullish	Bullish
Copper	3.10, -1.96%	Bearish	Bearish
Baltic Dry Index	1546, -2.28%	Bearish	Bearish
Euro	1.1609, -1.49%	Bearish	Bearish
Dollar/Yen	113.67, 0.18%	Neutral	Neutral
Dow Transports	9932, -0.41%	Neutral	Neutral
High Yield (ETF)	37.23, -0.24%	Neutral	Neutral
US 10 year Bond Yield	2.43%, 1.97%	Bearish	Bearish
Nyse Summation Index	732, -17.84%	Bearish	Neutral
US Vix	9.80, -1.71%	Bullish	Bullish
Skew	136	Neutral	Neutral
20 DMA, S and P 500	2555, Above	Bullish	Neutral
50 DMA, S and P 500	2508, Above	Bullish	Neutral
200 DMA, S and P 500	2418, Above	Bullish	Neutral
20 DMA, Nifty	10082, Above	Neutral	Bullish
50 DMA, Nifty	10000, Above	Neutral	Bullish
200 DMA, Nifty	9457, Above	Neutral	Bullish
India Vix	11.48, -7.71%	Neutral	Bullish
Dollar/Rupee	64.88, -0.35%	Neutral	Neutral
Overall	S & P 500	Nifty
Bullish Indications	6	8
Bearish Indications	6	5
Outlook	Neutral	Bullish
Observation	The S and P 500 and the Nifty made new highs last week. Indicators are mixed. The market is topping. Time to tighten those stops.
On the Horizon	China – PMI, Japan – Rate decision, New Zealand – Employment data, Australia – Retail sales, UK – Rate decision, PMI, Euro zone – CPI, German PMI, German employment data, U.S – Consumer confidence, Oil inventories, FOMC rate decision, Employment data, ISM data, Canada – GDP, Employment data
*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 made new highs last week. Signals are mixed 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 2590 (up) and 2570(down) on the S & P and 10400 (up) and 10250 (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.