– 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.
6:30 AM – MORNING MARKET UPDATE & WATCH LIST
[dropcap]L[/dropcap]ast week was a whipsaw week, to say the least, as the volatile action increased.
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We started the week with the focus on the continuing trade war between China and the United States. The risk is that the tit-for-tat tariff battle could turn an economic slowdown into a recession.
On Monday, the Dow closed nearly -400 points lower, or -1.5%. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq both closed -1.2% lower. China-sensitive stocks decline more than -1%.
Monday’s losses were quickly reversed on Tuesday, with Dow closing nearly +400 points higher, and the Nasdaq rising by +2%, the S&P 500 ending up +1.5%.
Wednesday, we saw the Dow opened –400 points lower after the bond market flashed a warning signal, predicting a recession. Losses accelerated throughout the day with the Dow ultimately losing –800 points, or -3%. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq also closed down by similar margins.
The mid-week freefall mercifully didn’t continue into Thursday. This time the Dow closed +100 points higher after analysts stated they don’t expect the U.S. to enter a recession this year given the economy’s strength.
That advanced continued on Friday, with the Dow gaining another +307 points, or +1.2%. The S&P 500 added +1.4%and the Nasdaq ended up +1.7%. This was not enough, however, for the major averages as it became the third straight week of losses for the indexes.
The blue-chips ended the week with a net loss of -401 points, or +1.53%, at 25,886.
Chart services courtesy of stockcharts.com. Annotations by James Taulman.
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BREAKOUT UPDATE:
We have had 5 breakouts last week.
UPDATED: All August 2019 BreakOuts
| SYM | LAST | ADDED TO WATCH LIST |
BREAK OUT PRICE |
BREAK OUT DATE |
MAX BUY PRICE | % GAIN/ LOSS |
| DNKN | $82.84 | 8/16/19 | $83.09 | 8/16/19 | $87.24 | -0.30% |
| INVH | $28.32 | 8/16/19 | $28.27 | 8/16/19 | $29.68 | +0.18% |
| MMS | $77.37 | 8/16/19 | $77.09 | 8/16/19 | $80.94 | +0.36% |
| TRNO | $50.77 | 8/16/19 | $50.89 | 8/16/19 | $53.43 | -0.24% |
| VMC | $141.73 | 8/10/19 | $140.82 | 8/12/19 | $147.86 | +0.65% |
| CECO | $22.08 | 7/16/19 | $20.49 | 8/8/19 | $21.51 | +7.76% |
| SERV | $57.33 | 7/18/19 | $55.46 | 8/6/19 | $58.23 | +3.37% |
| TSN | $87.70 | 7/7/19 | $84.40 | 8/5/19 | $88.62 | +3.91% |
| BLD | $90.30 | 8/2/19 | 87.06 | 8/2/19 | $91.41 | +3.72% |
| NEO | $25.24 | 7/18/19 | $24.94 | 8/1/19 | $26.19 | +1.20% |
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WATCHLIST UPDATE:
I continue to run stock screens on a daily basis searching for high-ranked leaders, with solid fundamentals that are building bullish technical bases.
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