Sunday, April 20, 2008

Market Approaching Short Term Overbought Level, But Not On Long Term Basis

In looking at the percentage of stocks on the NYSE trading above their 50-day moving average, it appears the index is approaching a short term overbought level.

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NYSE Index. Percent of stocks trading above 50 day moving average as of April 18 2008However, the percentage of stocks trading above their 200-day moving average level (approximately 40%) remains below an overbought level.

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NYSE Index. Percent of stocks trading above 200 day moving average as of April 18, 2008The NYSE Index appears to have broken through resistance of 9292.89. This was the index's closing value on February 27th. The index closed at 9310.24 on Friday. At issue will be whether or not this level turns into a support level for the index.

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NYSE Index. six month chart as of April1, 2008
NYSE Index. three year chart as of April 18, 2008


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