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Market Cross Currents

This is what I am seeing:

Financials are weak, especially Janus Capital Group Inc. [[JNS]] , Credit Suisse Group AG (ADR) [[CS]] and BB&T Corporation [[BBT]] . But, SLM Corporation [[SLM]] , BlackRock, Inc. [[BLK]] and PNC Financial Services [[PNC]] are bucking the trend.

[[TLT]] was strong, but now weak.

The dollar, [[UUP]] , is strong.

Tech is mixed. There is weakness in Nokia Corporation (ADR) [[NOK]] , QUALCOMM, Inc. [[QCOM]] , ADTRAN, Inc. [[ADTN]] and Equinix, Inc. [[EQIX]] and strength in SanDisk Corporation [[SNDK]] , [[ARMH]] , Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. [[MLNX]] and Akamai Technologies, Inc. [[AKAM]] .

Generally, CRE is strong with leadership in Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. [[HST]] , CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. [[CBL]] and Kimco Realty Corporation [[KIM]] . Ag stocks are mixed, with losses in Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) [[POT]] , Manitowoc Company, Inc. [[MTW]] , Syngenta AG (ADR) [[SYT]] and Monsanto Company [[MON]] . Gains can be found in Astec Industries, Inc. [[ASTE]] , The Mosaic Company [[MOS]] and [[ARTW]] .

The most important sector in the market, the metals, are lower today, amidst China weakness. Names like Reliance Steel & Aluminum [[RS]] , United States Steel Corporation [[X]] , Mechel OAO (ADR) [[MTL]] , Olympic Steel, Inc. [[ZEUS]] and ArcelorMittal (ADR) [[MT]] are being taken to the cleaners.

Finally, retail stocks are strong, with gains in NIKE, Inc. [[NKE]] , [[CONN]] , AnnTaylor Stores Corp. [[ANN]] , [[KSS]] , J.C. Penney Company, Inc. [[JCP]] and Sears Holdings Corporation [[SHLD]] .

Regarding the near term direction of the market, pfffffff, the bias is still up.

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7 comments

  1. pfffffffff

    ZIM Zombie is a mummy.

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  2. Itchy & Scratchy
    Itchy & Scratchy

    I heard the SEC was going to file charges against Pffff, on account of the lack of a competent case against any real market makers.

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  3. Tooth Fairy

    We gotta fill today’s gaps before the selling continues… we may be just about there!

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  4. mrkcbill

    fire and brimstone young man….. fire and brimstone

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  5. StratG

    Since the 40 pts/day realization, BGU has been a daytrade ATM machine.
    It sets up regularly.

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  6. panamaorange

    the XLY and XRT sectors are attempting to lead all other sectors upward. That is not how advances usually occur– it won’t be easy.
    There is an unusually large,gap between SLX steel and XLY discretionary on 30 min charts.Many broken correlations everywhere.Chop likely inbound
    if anyone else grabbed GS long there, id look to scale out a little at 160, and alot at 164 and above. XLV is too flat to get out of, yet.

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