Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Market Breadth Turning Neutral

These charts are from Stockcharts. They show a market that is moving away from a bullish sentiment.

Fewer new highs means there is less of an upward pull in trading.

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A moderating advance/decline line also means a moving away from bullish sentiment.

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1 comment:

ndd said...

The NYSE advance/decline line has been the most bullish signal around for months (as lots of other signs indicated weakness). Notice that the a/d line has continued to increase even after the Feb. 27 pullback.

The a/d line is actually overly sensitive to the downside, signalling the proverbial 9 of the last 5 recessions. It turned decisively lower in 1998, 2 years before the S&P high, and almost 3 years before the 2001 recession.

As you know, I think recession is close, but the a/d line is contrary to my analysis. It will be interesting to see if its long trendline is broken.