Hyperscaler Debt – MAGS Lags – Overextended Semis – Software Volatility

Today’s report will focus on the Mag7 ETF and Semiconductors ($MAGS, $SOXX, $SMH). Hyperscalers drive AI spending and semiconductors are the main beneficiary. MAGS shows relative weakness and the semiconductor ETFs are extremely stretched. Keep in mind that semiconductors account for 48% of the Technology SPDR and tech accounts for 37.26% of SPY.

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Breakouts in Finance, Brokers, Banks, Defense – Setups in Biotech and Med Devices

There are signs of money is moving into groups related to the finance and healthcare sectors. The Finance SPDR, Broker-Dealer ETF and Bank ETFs are breaking out with strong moves the last five days. Within healthcare, the biotech ETFs are setting up with bullish consolidation patterns. Even the lowly Medical Devices ETF is perking up with a double bottom and an bullish Aroon cross. $XLF, $IAI, $KRE, $KBE, $ITA, $IHI, $XBI, $IBB

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Outsized Declines Signal Character Change for SPY/QQQ and Market Rotation

SPY and QQQ fell sharply on Friday with outsized declines. The 1-day percentage losses were the highest since January, scene of another character change. While the weight of the evidence remains bullish and SPY/QQQ remain in uptrends, this character change could foreshadow a corrective period for the broader market and a rotation into other groups. $SPY $QQQ $UST10Y $UST2Y $USL $RSP

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Gold Gets Interesting – Copper Leads as Miners Break Out – Uranium Sets Up

Gold continues to test a Bullish Setup Zone as Silver consolidates at a make-or-break area. The Gold Miners ETF has a triangle breakdown working. Industrial metals remain strong with physical uranium setting up bullish. The Copper Miners ETF is holding its triangle breakout as the Uranium Miners ETF bounces off support. Agriculture was hit hard, but the DB Agriculture ETF is still in an uptrend and at the top of a Bullish Setup Zone. $GLD $SLV $GDX $CPER $DBB $USL $DBA $URA $SRUUF

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Baker Hughes, Trane Technologies, Johnson Controls and PG&E

Today’s report starts with the oil patch as Baker Hughes returns to the breakout zone. We then feature two stocks from the industrials sector. Trane Technologies pulled back to a Bullish Setup Zone and Johnson Controls broke out of a falling wedge. We end with a utility stock (PG&E) that is firming at its rising 200-day SMA. $BKR $TT $JCI $PCG

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Consolidations in Industrials, Finance and Comm Services – Breakouts in Defense and Brokers

Today’s report starts with our weight-of-the-evidence charts, and the evidence is bullish. We project a path forward for $SPY and $QQQ, and highlight the breakouts in $RSP, $IJH and $IJR (equal-weights, mid-caps and small-caps). Attention then turns to setup consolidations in Industrials ($XLI), Communication Services ($XLC) and Finance ($XLF). We also feature breakouts in the Aerospace & Defense ETF ($ITA) and Broker Dealer & Exchanges ETF ($IAI).

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Gold Extends Correction – Copper & Uranium Miners Bounce off Support – Ag Oversold

May is proving to be a volatile month for the asset class ETFs. There were big price swings in bonds, oil, copper, and agriculture. Headlines drive short-term swings, but the bigger trends remain intact. Bonds are trending lower, oil is holding its breakout, copper remains in an uptrend and agriculture is setting up with a bullish pullback. $IEF $TLT $USL $GLD $CPER $DBB $SRUUF $COPX $URA $DBA $IBIT

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