It’s a quiet end to August, with the broader stock market indexes wavering higher and lower. The Market Overview panel on the StockCharts Dashboard shows equity indexes closing higher. And yes, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($INDU) closed at a record high. FIGURE 1. MARKET OVERVIEW PANEL IN THE STOCKCHARTS DASHBOARD. All broader indexes were...

Financial sector stocks are at an all-time high, fueled partly by earnings beats, a favorable and higher interest rate environment, and sector sentiment. Investors are seeing value buying opportunities in many beaten-down financial stocks. Should you follow their lead? According to Fed Chief Powell’s latest remarks, rate cuts are on the horizon. Lower interest rates...

It’s All Still Relative The weekly Relative Rotation Graph, as it looks toward the close of this Friday (8/30) shows a clear picture — out of Technology, into everything else. Simple enough, right? However, this is a relative comparison, so it only tells us whether a sector is in a relative up- or downtrend or...

Earlier this year, in April and June, I laid out a bullish thesis for PayPal Holdings, Inc. (PYPL)—the stock price was bottoming and had the potential to break out. Since then, PYPL has improved. Earlier this week, it finally broke out from its two-year consolidation, triggering a new bullish signal for investors to seek further...

In this video from StockCharts TV, Julius addresses the expected sector rotation for the upcoming month of September which is traditionally the weakest month of the year. But what does it mean for sectors and how are current sector rotations shaping up on the Relative Rotation Graphs? Breaking down the sectors in offensive, defensive, and...

In this edition of StockCharts TV‘s The Final Bar, Dave focuses in on three key charts to watch in the technology sector as investors anxiously await NVDA earnings and Friday’s inflation data. He also shares two important charts for tracking improving market breadth conditions and highlights the continued weakness in retail and entertainment stocks. See Dave’s chart...

Have you ever been in a plane that keeps circling around, waiting to land? That’s what the stock market feels like right now. Investors are rotating from one sector to another, waiting for direction from the control tower. How Does an Investor Get Direction?  There are many tools out there, but one tool that gives...

Buying the dip is a something of go-to strategy for many traders and investors. The trick here is to buy strength on the way down and to avoid a “falling knife” scenario (or at least plan for it in case it does happen). The catch: With so many stocks to choose from, it’s impossible to...

It is a big week for earnings and NVIDIA (NVDA) is at the top of the list! Erin gives you her view on whether to hold into earnings based on the technicals of the chart. She also reviewed other stocks reporting on Wednesday: CRM, CRWD, HPQ and OKTA. Carl talks about the relationship between Gold...

In this exclusive StockCharts TV video, Joe shares four MACD patterns that he focuses on – Pinch, Reverse Divergence, Divergence, and Zero Line Reversal. These signals will help to improve the timing of your trades. He then shares which sectors are showing relative improvement vs the S&P 500, analyzes Bitcoin, QQQ, and IWM, and finishes...