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I Hate Sauerkraut! – Sector Review

I know some people love it and I have probably offended a lot of readers already. Well too bad. It is the worst part of a hotdog, Italian sausage or bratwurst you get either at a game, festival or a...

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Whatever Floats Your Boat: Sector Review

It is getting hot outside so many people are flocking to the water to stay cool. The pool, the lake, the beach, it does not matter which, this is the time of year to enjoy it. Some just sit there and...

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No Market for Old Fat, Droopy, Wrinkled Butts – Sector Review

Shortly after the close on Friday I posted a mystery chart showing why without a whole lot of bells and whistles it is easy to see that the trend is lower (link below). That chart was the weekly...

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Bull Flags Can Turn Into Downtrends – Sector Review 6/18/2011

Under the covers of the broad market the SPDR Sector Funds are pointing to more weakness when viewed from a weekly timeframe. But as always there is relative strength of some sectors over others. This...

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Wine with Bear Meat & Sectors in Bear Markets

The broad market continues to confuse and befuddle in its expanding wedge or consolidation range. Some believe a move higher is coming and others (me included – see links below) that the correction is...

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Utilities and Discretionary’s Lead, While the Bear Moves to the Refrigerator

What a difference a week makes. Just last week I was selecting wine to go with grilled Bear Steak (link below) and then the markets make an historic run higher. From a Select Sector SPDR perspective...

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Consumer Discretionary’s Leading the All Star Rally – Sector Review July 10,...

The broad markets are moving higher and look to continue in the coming week, marked by the All-Star Game. But there are some cracks appearing in the foundation of the move higher. For the Equity...

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The J Lo Relationship Model for Stock Sector Selection

The first thing that struck me this past week was how resilient the market was Friday despite the horrid news that J. Lo and Marc Anthony had called it quits. I guess maybe the pros saw this coming,...

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Market Topography – Sector Review 7/24/11

The study of the surface of the Earth, Topography, reveals all sorts of different shapes and patterns. When these patterns repeat we get insights into hidden features of the planet. For instance the...

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Choosing a Stock Sector Should be Like Looking For a Date

For some guys it is easier than others. Size them up from across the room, check out their attributes, maybe do a quick brush past to say “hello” and determine if there is interest. And then go in for...

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Sector Selection is Like Choosing Egg’s Benedict – Sector Review 8-7

Once again the Select Sector SPDR funds have many commonalities, and none of them good. Trying to determine where the best place is to look for strength reminds me of when you arrive late to Sunday...

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Choosing the Right Hammer – Sector Review 8-14

All hammers are not alike. Any carpenter will tell you that different jobs can require the different characteristics of a different weight or size of the head. A small tacking hammer for detailed work...

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Sector Review 8-21-2011: Capitulation Rotation

Last week there were nine hammers on the 9 Select Sector SPDR ETF’s, and exactly 2 of them confirmed reversals higher. These were the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR, $XLP and Utilities Select...

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Defensive Sectors Lead – Sector Review 8/28/11

It was yet another week when if you had the right direction then you had winners, no matter which Sector of the market you chose to place placed your bets. Every one of the Select Sector SPDR funds was...

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All Thunderbirds Are Not the Same – Sector Review

The Cleveland Air Show happens every Labor Day Weekend and draws crowds from 100′s of miles away. There are many attractions including aircraft on the ground you can walk through, bi- and tri-planes...

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More of the Same…Or Is It – Sector Review

The bear flags continued in the Select Sector SPDR ETF’s this past week. What else is there to say? Not much really. Nothing has changed. I have attached last week’s review below so you can see my...

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Market is a Rotting Rose by Another Name – Sector Review 9/18

In Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare wrote the line “What’s in a name? that which we call a rose, By any other name would smell as sweet”. A rose is a rose is a rose. Such a simple line and used so often...

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Sector Review 9/25/11

Materials Select Sector SPDR, $XLB Energy Select Sector SPDR, $XLE Financials Select Sector SPDR, $XLF Industrials Select Sector SPDR, $XLI Technology Select Sector SPDR, $XLK Consumer Staples Select...

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Chart of the Week: Sector Winners and Losers

While there was a lot going on in the sector space during the rally from October to April and the pullback earlier in the month, I have yet to see any sort of detailed explanation of what happened...

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An Industrial Type Of Play

XLI-The Industrial Select Sector Index is one of the 10 sectors that make up the SP500.  XLI is currently sitting on its 50 and 200 day moving averages with only 6.66% of its stocks trading above their...

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