Even though energy stocks fell sharply last week, the overall market made new highs again! Tech stocks continued to be strong, along with the financials.
For the week, the Dow was up +18.18 points; SPX added +4.06 points; Nasdaq jumped +78.66 points. Both gold and oil turned back down sharply, with gold trading just above $1150/ounce and oil trading below $65/barrel! At the time of this writing, Asian opened the new week mixed. China and Japan were still looking strong! Here's how the US markets looked after Friday's close:
SPX
On Friday, SPX slipped 5.27 points to close at 2067.56. Its MACD stayed flat.
Nasdaq
Nasdaq, however, added +4.31 points to close at 4791.63. Its daily MAs and MACD were up.
Nasdaq does look stronger than SPX, as it seems to be riding its upper BB up higher. SPX almost broke out, but, was held back, in parts, by the energy stocks. For the new week, we might just get more of the same, ie. strong tech stocks. According to the latest estimates, online shopping over the 4-day Thanksgiving weekend was higher than last year. Coming from some of the bellwether retailers, including WMT, TGT, and IBM, online sales over Thanksgiving were producing record numbers! Unless SPX falls under 2050, there's really not much to worry about. On the other hand, if Nasdaq continues to push higher, we could see 5,000 challenged before the year-end! Most sectors are still very strong, despite the weakness in commodities.
Sector Watch
FAS (financials)
It's been a very good year for the banks. FAS broke out back at the beginning of 2013 and it has not stopped rising! WFC is still the strongest of the banks. V and MA made new highs last week!
XME (metals and mining)
XME also fell on Friday, gold, ...
