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Look for Further Digestion of the Market's January Gains

Here's our latest look at the market's charts and data.
By GUY ORTMANN
Jan 25, 2023 | 10:21 AM EST

While only one of the major equity indexes managed to post a gain Tuesday, no violations of support or trend were registered, leaving all but one in near-term bullish trends as are the cumulative advance/decline lines regarding market breadth.

Still, we have been of the opinion that, given the sizable gains for the month, some pause or consolidation of these gains would not be unusual.

Given the status of the McClellan OB/OS Oscillators, the S&P 500's valuation spread and overbought stochastic levels, we continue to exercise some patience as they suggest better buying opportunities may likely be in the offering over the near term.

Most Indexes Close Lower Within Positive Trends

Chart Source: Worden

On the charts, only the DJIA (see above) managed to close in the green Tuesday as the rest posted losses.

Market internals were mostly negative on lighter trading volume. Yet the weakness had no impact on the current near-term trends that remain bullish on all but the DJIA, which is neutral.

No support levels were violated.

Cumulative market breadth remains strong on the All Exchange, NYSE and Nasdaq with all in uptrends and above their 50-day moving averages.

However, while no bearish crossovers have been generated thus far, all the stochastic levels are overbought and present a potential issue.

McClellan 1-Day OB/OS Oscillator Remain Overbought

Regarding the data dashboard, it is mostly neutral. However, the 1-day McClellan Overbought/Oversold Oscillators remain overbought and, in our view, continue to imply some near-term headwind, particularly when the size of recent gains is taken into account (All Exchange: +65.97 NYSE: +78.92 Nasdaq: +57.11).

The percentage of S&P 500 issues trading above their 50-day moving averages (contrarian indicator) is unchanged at 67% and is on a neutral signal.

The Open Insider Buy/Sell Ratio dipped slightly to 29.4 and is neutral as well.

The detrended Rydex Ratio (contrarian indicator) rose to -0.46 and is also neutral. Its prior bullish signals no longer exist.

This week's AAII Bear/Bull Ratio (contrarian indicator) dropped to 1.52 as bearish sentiment declined and has dipped to bullish versus its prior very bullish signal.

The AAII Bear/Bull Ratio is 1.52 (bullish)

The Investors Intelligence Bear/Bull Ratio (contrary indicator) is neutral at 29.6/46.5 as bears declined and bulls rose.

S&P 500 Valuation Spread Widens

The forward 12-month consensus earnings estimate from Bloomberg for the S&P 500 continued to slip, to $224.95 per share. As such, its forward P/E multiple rose to 17.9x and at a higher premium to the "rule of 20" ballpark fair value of 16.5x.

The S&P's forward earnings yield is 5.6%.

The 10-Year Treasury yield closed lower at 3.47%. It is in a short-term negative trend with support at 3.4% and resistance at 3.67%.

Market Outlook

While our longer and intermediate-term outlook remains constructive, the McClellan OB/OS, S&P 500 valuation spread and stochastic levels are suggesting the potential for some further digestion of the January gains, to some degree. Thus, we remain patient for better buying opportunities to appear.

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

TAGS: Indexes | Markets | Stocks | Technical Analysis | Treasury Bonds | U.S. Equity

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