4/10/23. Wed. evening Finspiration Report.

 ASX fell again today.  XJO -0.77%

XJO Chart:

XJO down today -0.77%.

Today, XJO made a marginal break below the 6900 support level.  That may not be enough to suggest that further downside is likely.

RSI is at 27.7, which is extremely oversold.  That suggests that the next major movement will be to the upside.

XJO saw something of a reversal to the upside in the last hour of trading today.  It may not mean a lot but last hour action usually means institutional activity.

Ten out of eleven Sectors were negative today.  The only positive was Utilities +0.34%.

The worst sector today was Financials, -1.53%.  That's the biggest sector by far in the ASX.  The big fall today was part of the world-wide fall in markets due to surging bond yields - a negative for markets.  The surge in bond yields are indicating to traders that America is headed for recession.  Maybe - maybe not.

Europe in early trade is flat, +0.12%.  Dow Futures -0.06%.

4/10/23. Wednesday Morning Finspiration Report.

 

It's Fat Bear Week in Alaska - Fat Bear Week is a celebration of success and survival. It is a way to celebrate the resilience, adaptability and strength of Katmai’s brown bears. 

hmmm.  Sounds about right for the Stock Market, too.

 

U.S. down heavily overnight.

Dow Jones -1.29%.  SP500 -1.37%.  Nasdaq -1.87%.  Small Caps -1.74%.  Banks -2.13%.

Four out of five of the above indices have RSIs below 30 - that's "very oversold".

SP500.

 The Positive Divergence on the MACD Histogram remains in play and in the past five days a secondary Positive Divergence has shown up, increasing the likelihood of a move back to the upside.

That optimism may be misplaced as the chart seems destined to meet important dual supports, major horizontal support which coincides with the 200-Day MA.  Such support usually wins out.

Commodities.

 Commodities Index -0.44%.  Energy flat +0.11%.  Base Metals -1.8%.  Agriculture -0.97%.  Gold -0.28%.

Sydney Futures - -0.5%

3/10/23. Tues. Evening Finspiration Report

 ASX fell in a heap today.  XJO -1.28%.

It was RBA Day today - the day when interest rate decisions are announced.  The rate was held steady, and, uusually for RBA Day, the market barely moved.  The interest rate decision was not the "cause" of today's big fall.

The XJO bottomed just after 11.00 a.m. (Eastern Summer Time) this morning, rose a little and then basically slid sideways for the rest of the day.  

XJO was almost down to 6900 today - the last support level before the World Ends.  No - not really.  But the next major support level is a long way further down.  I don't even want to think about it.

In early trading in Europe today, markets, in contrast to Australia, are relatively flat.  STOXX600 -0.04%.

DOW Futures +0.17%.

I think we'll have a better day tomorrow.

Only one sector was positive today, Health +0.24%.

Worst - Energy -3.69%.

Gold/Silver Index.

The Gold/Silver Index is closely watch by Gold Bugs.  When it is low or at a break-out point, Gold Bugs want to buy.  That happened last night, when the G/S Ratio broke out of its trading range.

Not that Gold was rising, Silver was falling at a much faster rate than Gold.  Silver fell last night by -4.52% while Gold fell only -1.05%.  So the break-out in the G/S Ratio is not a buy signal for Gold.

Gold Miners ETF today was down -3.42% and completed a Head/n/Shoulders topping pattern. 
 

 

1/10/23. Weekly Finspiration Report.

 September was crook.  XJO down -3.5% for the month.  September is usually down, so nothing unusual there.  Only - it was unusual, unusually bad.  September averages about -1% down, so it was much worse than usual.

What about October?  October gets a bad rap for big, big declines.  Nobody who lived through it can forget 19 October, 1987 when the Dow Jones dropped 22.6%, in one day.   But - that's the exception to the rule, O is usually up about +1%.  So we've got September behind us.  we can look forward to better times.

XJO Monthly Chart 

 

I've been banging on about this for a long time, the monthly chart of XJO has been range bound since Nov. 2022 - no trend.  That's coming up towards a year.  Rarely do we see such a long-term range bound market. 

The range is conveniently marked by two Supertrend Lines.  Supertrend 2/11 1s the upper limit and it sits at 7554.  The lower limit is Supertrend 1/10 which sits at 6922.

History shows we are coming into the best six months of the year, so this current long-term sideways consolidation is likely to break to the upside.

This week, the RBA meets for its Interest Rate decision.  That could be market moving.  I doubt it will be enough to result in a break in the market through the restraining Supertrend,

XJO Weekly Chart.  

This week, the ASX fell modestly, down -0.29%.  A welcome reprieve from the volatility of the previous week.

Horizontal support held which is a big positive.

XJO Daily Chart.

 Horizontal support is shown by the dotted line from early July.  That held this week after being tested.  Friday saw a move to the upside which is a positive.

Positive divergence onMACD Histogram suggests the next major move will be to the upside.

Sector Performances this week.

Best performing sector this week was Energy +1.98%.  Financials were flat +0.07%.  Financials are the largest sector in the ASX and that helped to keep falls in the broad market relatively small this week.

Defensives did realtively well.  Health +0.15%, Staples +0.22%.  Telecommunications -0.12%.

The worst performer was IT -1.45%.  Over the long term, IT tends to be a strong performer but jerks around a lot.  If we're looking at better times ahead, I'd expect IT to out-perform.

Property -1.26% was the next worst performer.  It is currently a basket case.  Since late August, XPJ has lost -9.13%.  An easing of interest rates would do wonders for XPJ but that may be a long wait.

 

100 Leader Stocks above their 200-Day, 50-Day and 10-Day Moving Averages.

• Above their 200-DMA:  last week 37%, this week 36%.
• Above their 50-DMA:  last week 25%, this week 27%
• Above their 10-DMA:  last week 24%, this week 30%.

The Stocks above 50DMA are at 27% - we don't often see figures that low without a rebound coming soon.

The last time was in late June and early July. 

SP500 - American Market.

Here's the SP500 Chart:

DZ Stochastic has crossed above its lower Band, which provides a "buy" signal.  It's fairly reliable as seen back on mid-August.  When occurring with other indicators, that adds strength to the signal.  MACD Histogram shows a +ve Divergence to price, giving added weight to the DZ Stochastic "buy" signal.
 

Conclusion.

September was, predictably, poor - but worse than usual.

We're coming into October, usually a better month than September.  There are plenty of signs to suggest that the worst may now be past and we could be looking at some upside from here.

Good Luck

Be aware that there are no guarantees on the stock market.  The old adage must be remembered:  past performance is no guarantee of future performance.

If the market breaks decisively below support - then all bets are off.

30/9/23. Saturday Finspiration Report.

 ASX up moderately yesterday, while overnight the U.S. was ambivalent, Dow down, Nasdaq up.

XJO CHART     

Yesterday, XJO broke a three-day losing streak, up modestly +0.34%.

In the longer time frame, XJO seems to have completed an ABCD down trend with a positive divergence showing on the MACD Histogram. The ABCD pattern has taken two months to evolve.  In those two months, XJO has fallen -6.25%.

This looks like the end of the two-month down-trend.

Materials +1.22% was the best performing sector, while Energy -0.63% was the worst.

Overnight in America.

Dow Jones -0.47%.  SP500 -0.27%.  Nasdaq +0.14%.  Small Caps -0.68%.  Banks +0.14%.

Intra-day selling knocked the top off a positive start.

SP500.

 I think last night was the last hurrah of the bears.  Positive divergence on the MACD Histogram suggests more upside.

A controversial theory suggests that stock market returns are lower round a full moon and higher on a new moon.  Last night was a full moon.  (See here for evidence.)

Dynamic Zone Stochastic has moved up above its lower band - that's a short-term buy signal.

Commodities.

 Commodities Index down, -1.07% after Energy fell heavily -1.31%

Weird session on Base Metals, huge gap up then a bunjee jump down and back up.  Base metals finished +1.32%.  Agriculture down heavily -1.79%.  Gold -1.03%.

September is usually the worst month of the year.  We've now got that behind us.

October is often bi-polar, down early then up later in the month.  So we could see some more fluffing about before we see some definite upside moves.
 

 

29/9/23. Friday Morning Finspiration Report.

 Nice rebound in the American market last night.  Nothing startling but coming at the low end of a down trend it is promising.  Dow Jones +0.35%.   SP500 +0.59%.  Nasdaq +0.83%.  Copper up +2.08%.  Gold -0.49%.  WTI Oil -2%.  10 out of 11 sectors were up.  Energy was only just positive.  The one negative was Utilities.

Wednesday's "hanging man" candle (bullish) has morphed into a bullish candle on Thursday.  Expect more upside.

This morning. Sydney Futures are pointing to a positive start, up +0.64%.

Good Luck.

Thurs. Evening Finspiration Report.

 Action was choppy on the ASX today, with the XJO finished down marginally.  XJO -0.08%.

 XJO continues to hover above a major support level.  Today's candle was a "spinner" with a narrow body and long wicks above and below the body.  This indicates indecision.

Despite today's flat finish, breadth was poor with only two sectors up, Energy +2.96% and Materials +0.29%.  Financials had a modest fall, down -0.25%.  

Worst sector today was Discretionary -1.18%.  

In early trading tonight, Euro STOXX600 is down modestly -0.38%.  Dow Futures down marginally -0.1%.