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The bull market remains in place, but we are seeing some short-term weakness in the breadth indicators. This weakness is reflected in small-caps, which pulled back the last two days. Pullbacks from new highs are normal and this could produce a bullish setup in the coming weeks. The bond market remains a mess as TLT bounces within a triangle and holds up well in spite of inflationary pressures. Oil and energy related shares are pulling back after advances. My eyes are on the three clean energy ETFs (ICLN, QCLN, TAN) as they form short-term bullish patterns after breakouts. The copper-related ETFs are also on the radar as they pulled back after their breakouts. All this and more in the weekend video.
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Broad Market Notes
- Composite Breadth Model Remains Bullish
- Fed Balance Sheet Creeps to Another New High
- Yield Spreads Edge Up, but Remain Low Overall
- QQQ Leads with New High on Friday
- Mid-caps Consolidate as Small-caps Pullback
- Short-term Breadth Underwhelms
- TLT Bounces within Narrowing Triangle
- 10-yr Treasury Yield Remains in Rising Channel
- Gold Pulls back as TLT Bounces
- Dollar Extends Uptrend
- Oil Becomes Short-term Oversold
ETF Trends, Patterns and Setups:
- ETF Ranking and Trend Signal Table
- Holding Near New Highs and Leading: LIT, REMX
- New High and Leading: KRBN, PHO, DBA
- Choppy Uptrend, Short-term Extended: CARZ, IDRV, DRIV
- Leading, but Short-term Extended: SKYY, CIBR, IGV, SOXX
- Flag/Pennant Breakout: XLU
- Pulling Back after New High: XLF, KRE, KBE, URA
- Flag/Pennant Working (Whipsaw Warning): XLV, IHI, XLRE, IYR, REZ
- Multi-month Correction, Breakout, New High: XLI, IFRA, IYT, XLB, XRT, ITB, MOO
- Clean Energy ETFs form Flag/Pennants after Breakouts: ICLN, QCLN, TAN
- Medium-term Breakout, Short-term Pullback: CPER, COPX, DBB
- Sharp Pullback after New High or Lower High*: XOP, FCG, AMLP*, XES*
- Pullback and Failure to Bounce: XLC
- Weak Follow Thru on Consolidation Breakout: PBJ, XME
- Failing Breakout from Large Consolidation: ITA, UFO
- Biotechs Continue to Underperform: IBB, XBI
- Breaking Down ahead of Big Week: JETS, IBUY