Last week US equities closed at ~4320 and sitting at the top of a potential support zone (4150-4300). The question was whether we would see support at this level (and a bounce) or whether we would see a continuation of the short-term downtrend that we

We finally got that inevitable breakout from the pendant pattern that has been setting up for a month or so – resulting in a 3% downside move in US equities over the past week and leaving us sitting at ~4300 in the

It was a relatively quiet week in US equity markets with the SPX (S&P 500 Index) closing down slightly on the week after an end of week selloff on Friday: This still leaves us within the boundaries of the pendant pattern defined

It was a weak performance in the US equity markets after the Labor Day week-end with the SPX (S&P 500 Index) down ~1.5% from last week’s close: This leaves prices in a pendant pattern bounded by the upper 2 SD

The past week was a bullish week for US equities: with SPX showing a  2.5% gain on the week. We have bounced nicely off the lower 1 SD boundary of the bullish channel and the 4300 support area and headed for the centre line

It was a rather confusing week in US equity markets with the SPX (S&P 500 Index) closing up ~0.8% over last week’s close: However, Thursday was a strong down day and it may be that the apparent early week strength was a bit of a

It was another week of poor performance in US equity markets, with a little relief coming later in the day on Friday: however, we have now crossed below the centre line of the bullish channel, testing the 61.8% Fibonnacci retracement line that could provide

US equities showed continued weakness as prices pulled back from the highs of 2 weeks ago: This weakness was reflected in other markets: with only US Real Estate showing gains on the week Holdings in the Rutherford Portfolio look like