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Chart Damage: We Have Lowered Our Market Outlook

The Dow Transports have frequently worked as a leading index.
By GUY ORTMANN
Jan 05, 2021 | 10:42 AM EST

Monday's market declines left their mark.

The charts of the major equity indices saw several violations of near-term uptrends and one index has now turned negative. But while the charts weakened, sentiment indicators continue to imply an excess of bullish sentiment.

On the Charts

All the major equity indices closed lower Monday with generally negative internals on heavy trading volumes.

Damage to the charts came in the form of the S&P 500 (see above), DJIA, Nasdaq Composite, Nasdaq 100, MidCap 400 and Value Line Arithmetic Index all closing below their near-term uptrends lines and are now neutral.

Also, all were confirmed with bearish stochastic crossover signals.

And while all those just listed held support, the same is not true for the Dow Jones Transports (see below), which closed below its support level and is now in a near-term downtrend. We would also note that, in our experience, the Dow Transports have frequently worked as a leading index. Whether that is the case this time is yet to be seen.

Source: Worden

Cumulative breadth is neutral on the All Exchange and Nasdaq and positive on the NYSE.

Data Remain Cautionary

The data are still sending some cautionary signals.

While the one-day McClellan Overbought/Oversold Oscillators remain neutral (All Exchange: -38.71 NYSE: -42.3 Nasdaq: -37.2) despite Monday's notable weakness, the psychology data and valuation continue to suggest risk levels remain elevated.

The Open Insider Buy/Sell Ratio is neutral at 36.7 as insiders did some buying of the weakness.

However, the leveraged ETF traders, measured by the detrended Rydex Ratio (contrarian indicator), saw the leveraged ETF traders increase their leveraged long exposure to a bearish 1.32.

Also, this week's Investors Intelligence Bear/Bull Ratio (contrary indicator) was little changed at a bearish 20.8/62.4 while the AAII Bear/Bull Ratio also saw little change at 23.43/43.53. In our opinion, they suggest bullish sentiment remains excessive.

S&P Valuation

The forward 12-month consensus earnings estimate for the S&P 500 from Bloomberg saw a jump to $165.79 per share. However, valuation remains extended with the S&P's forward P/E multiple at 22.3x while the "rule of 20" still finds fair value of 19.1x.

The S&P's forward earnings yield is 4.48% with the 10-year Treasury yield at 0.92%.

Near-Term Outlook

The charts saw enough deterioration Monday, when combined with the data, that warrants a change in our near-term outlook for equities to "neutral/negative" from "neutral."

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At the time of publication, Ortmann had no positions in any securities mentioned.

TAGS: Indexes | Investing | Markets | Stocks | Technical Analysis | Transportation | U.S. Equity

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