This Week’s Sunday Stock Report – 11/25/18
– James F. Taulman, former Editor-in-Chief of the first independently licensed website to offer stock reports and services based on the CAN SLIM® investment system.
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0 BreakOut This Past Week | 7 Stocks on Our WatchList for the Week
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Even though it was a holiday week, it was still another rough and tumble week for the market as the major indices continued to sell off sharply and the market’s technical condition worsened.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped over 1,000 points (-4.4%) this past week and made a new low close on Friday. The blue chips have not closed at this level since July 3rd.
Chart courtesy of stockcharts.com
The Nasdaq lost an additional -308 points on a weekly basis (-4.26%) and on Tuesday broke below its previous lows, then remained below there through Friday’s half-day session.
The tech-laden index deepened its descent into correction and closed at a low not seen since early April. That close, however, was back when the index was still above its 200-day moving average. Friday’s close was -7.7% below that important technical level.
Chart courtesy of stockcharts.com
The S&P 500 gave up -103 points or -3.79% to end the week at a low not seen since early May. This put the broad-market index in correction territory, which is usually defined as a decline of at least -10% from a recent peak.
Chart courtesy of stockcharts.com.
According to Dow Jones Market Data, this week’s performances for all three major indexes marks their worst Thanksgiving weeks since 2011.
Stocks continued to be pressured by falling oil prices, and also the developments in European politics, after the U.K. and European Union both announced progress in outlining their future relationship after Britain exits the EU.
Nagging tensions between the U.S. and China continued with the Trump administration’s claims of apparent abuses of intellectual property rights and espionage by Chinese tech firms.
As is the rule – no matter the current market conditions, you should always be prepared for the next rally-run by maintaining a watch list of high-ranked leaders which are building bullish bases of consolidation.
This weekend, I ran my routine stock screens, and added 4 new stocks to our watch list.
I did notice several REITs setting up, and added 2 to our watch list.
We now have a total of 7 stocks which we will be watching for a potential breakout. (see below)
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