Monday, August 6, 2018

Indices UP .02% to .31%....NICE !!!!

Indices are higher despite trade tension heating up with China & USA.

S&P 500 @ 2848.32, high 2853.29, low 2835.98

Internals are positive.

Oil UP 75 cents

Gold Down $6.20

Canadian $ Down 14 tick @ .6998

VIX Down 2.41% @ 11.35

Portfolio BIDU BZUN FB HUYA IQ NVDA NXPI SQ

Most stocks are UP

@ 2.11 following are red :

BIDU HUYA YY MOMO SOGO NEW MU JD
BABA FCX TECK GG TSM AEM SWKS 
KORS IBM X M .....

BLOG does NOT give buy or sell.

Saleem

Sunday, August 5, 2018

Indices fighting negativity......

Indices are fighting valiantly against uncertainty due to trade war and rising interest rate scenario.

All indices are within striking distance of getting close to new all time highs.

Here is a list of  how  far indices  / sectors are from new highs :

S&P 500            33 points away 

RUT                   36 points away

SOX                   83 points away

Nasdaq              122 points away

Dow                 1139 points away

Here is how RSI in all indices / index

S&P 500           63.01

Dow                  62.72

SOX                  56.78

Nasdaq              55.57

RUT                  48.92

Based on RSI, S&P 500 & Dow are looking very healthy and should  make new all time highs soon. Russell is weakest .

CMF is positive in all indices / index

Based on how close we are to making new all time highs, market is behaving well.

Strong stocks are behaving well and are making new all time highs already.

In a diversified portfolio, individuals can do as well as market.

Gold is getting deeply oversold and may warrant a look AEM is a good stock and is trading near lower end of range.

Solar stocks also behaving well lately and may have found a bottom, JKS, CSIQ looks good technically.

Good luck with your own strategy and your take on markets.

BLOG does NOT give buy or sell.

Saleem  

Friday, August 3, 2018

Indices closed UP .12% to .54%...NICE !!!!

Indices closed higher despite weaker job growth and continued tit for tat tariff by US & China.

S&P 500 @ 2840.35, high 2840.38, low 2827.37

RSI @ 63.01

CMF @ 0.192

Internals were :

UP volume led by 2.08 to 1 in NYSE & .82 to 1 in Nasdaq

Advancing stocks led by 1.50 to 1 in NYSE & .71 to 1 in Nasdaq

Net new 52 wk highs were leading by 107 in NYSE & 23 in Nasdaq

VIX Down 4.51% @ 11.64

Oil @ $68.49

Gold @ $1223.20

Canadian $ @ .7021

Stocks which were UP 1% or more included BIDU
CRUS WB SBUX NTES LEN EBAY LULU GG
ABX AMAT YUM FCX CHK FNSR ORCL
IBM CNX......

Here is my portfolio weighting :

IQ           14.90%

NVDA    14.60%

HUYA    14.10%

FB         13.80%

BIDU    13.70%

BZUN   11.70%

NXPI      9.30%

SQ          7.90%

Next BLOG by 6 PM on Sunday.

BLOG does NOT give buy or sell.

Saleem

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Indices closed mixed......

Indices closed mixed.

S&P 500 @ 2827.22, high 2829.91, low 2796.34

RSI @ 60.03

CMF @ 0.175

Internals were :

UP volume led by 1.24 to 1 in NYSE & 1.93 to 1 in Nasdaq

Advancing stocks were leading by 1.37 to 1 in NYSE & 1.58 to 1 in Nasdaq

Net new 52 wk highs were leading by 9 in NYSE & lows by 3 in Nasdaq

VIX Down 7.30% @ 12.19

Oil @ $68.96

Gold @ $1220.10

Stocks which were UP 1% or more included AMD BIDU NVDA SQ
FB AMZN PANW MU VICR SHOP INTC SPLK AAPL DNKN 
JKS LULU MRVL MSFT NFLX QRVO ROKU SPWR TSLA
TWTR YUM NTNX TK RIG FNSR ORCL OSTKSWKS
NKE CMG M.....

In my portfolio :

Sold AMD @ $18.84 AH

Bought FB @ $176.53 AH

AH Futures UP

AH Asian Markets Mixed

AH Oil & Gold Down

About market, TAPE recovered nicely from Dow being down 200 to almost flat, every trade related selling is being met with strategic buying of strong stocks. Nasdaq was the strongest with 1.24% UP move. Leadership is back in FANG and other strong stocks. There is jobs report @ 830 AM, it has been strong in terms of jobs growth, I do not expect this report to be any different, hotter the better which means economy is percolating. There is only a closing BLOG on Friday's around 7 PM.

BLOG does NOT give buy or sell.

Saleem

Indices UP .09% to 1.23%....NICE !!!!

Indices are all green despite sharply lower open and rising trade tension.

S&P 500 @ 2828.21, high 2829.03, low 2796.34

Internals are positive 

Oil UP $1.51

Gold Down $7.50

Canadian $ Down 8 tick @ .6989

VIX Down 5.63% @ 12.41...high today 14.53....

Portfolio AMD BIDU BZUN HUYA IQ NVDA NXPI SQ

Most stocks are UP

@ 2.16 following are red :

BZUN HUYA IQ CRUS YY MOMO SOGO NEW WB
NTES EAF CNQ CTRP BABA FCX KGC LEN LVS
SU ALDR FEYE TRIP MCD KORS X CNX.....

BLOG does NOT give buy or sell.

Saleem

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Indices closed mixed....

Indices closed mixed.

S&P 500 @ 2813.36, low 2805.85, high 2825.83

RSI @ 56.60

CMF @ 0.173

Internals were :

Down volume led by 1.86 to 1 in NYSE & 1.18 to 1 in Nasdaq

Declining stocks led by 1.77 to 1 in NYSE & 1.07 to 1 in Nasdaq


Net new 52 wk high were leading by 11 in NYSE & lows by 25 in Nasdaq


VIX UP 2.49% @ 13.15


Oil @ $67.66


Gold @ $1227.60


AH news....RUBI UP 13.31%, WYNN Down 3.66%

                   TRIP Down 10.32%, TSLA UP 9.36%

SQ reported a beat in Sales and EPS as follows :

Sales Q 2 actual $385 million beat by $17.41 million

EPS Q3 actual 13 cents beat by 1 cent

Guiding higher Q 3 Sales @ $407 million to $412 million vs expectations of $4384.51 million

EPS Q 3 guiding below 8 cents to 10 cents vs expectations of 13 cents

Stocks closed down 1.06% AH

Expecting many analysts upgrades before open.....

AH Futures UP

AH Asian Markets Mixed

AH Oil UP

AH Gold Down

About market, TAPE was under pressure again as US threatening to impose higher duties on all Chinese imports. Nasdaq bucked the trend with green close. Earnings were mixed and reaction different from AH, AAPL gave a nice lift to Nasdaq with its beat in earnings. Fed remained on the sidelines with notations that US economy is doing well, means rate hike in September.

BLOG does NOT give buy or sell.

Saleem

Indices mixed.....

Indices are mixed as Fed leave interest rates unchanged.

S&P 500 @ 2813.87, low 2805.85, high 2825.83

Internals are negative

Oil Down $1.33

Gold Down $4.10

Canadian $ UP 18 tick @ .7013

VIX UP 1.64% @ 13.04

Portfolio AMD BIDU BZUN HUYA IQ NVDA NXPI SQ

Most stocks are down

@ 2.35 following are green :

AMD HUYA SQ AMZN DQ PANW SOGO OLED
FSLR EAF VICR INTC SPLK AAPL BAC MA
SPWR NTNX ALDR YELP MLNX CMG V..

SQ reports AH, here are expectations :

Q 2 Sales $367.59 million, EPS 12 cents

Q 3 guidance expectations Sales $384.51 million, EPS 13 cents

Expecting a beat and higher guidance!

BLOG does NOT give buy or sell.

Saleem