Investors employing the Sector BPI Plus model will find useful information in the follow Bullish Percent Indicator data.  Looking at the index information we see a U.S. stock market driven by large-cap stocks.  Small- and mid-cap stocks are strengthening, but have yet to fully participate in the upward trend. Be sure to check out the […]

While the broad U.S. Equities market (NYSE and NASDAQ) rose slightly this week, four tech stocks reversed the bullish trend in the NASDAQ 100.  There were also a few changes in sectors of the market and I’ll get into that in a moment.  Overall, the equities market continues to be driven by large-cap stocks, although […]

August opened with a poor week for U.S. equities.  All the major indexes are down while sectors are a mixed bag.  When working through the following tables, check the right-hand side (X’s and O’s) for a peek into broad market action and use the left-hand side for granular data as the percentages provide more precise […]

There are few surprises within the Bullish Percent Indicators this week.  If your intuition is telling you this was not a particularly good week for stocks, you are correct.  Large-cap stocks held up rather well as you can see from the two Dow averages.  Small- and mid-cap stocks tailed off based on data from the […]

Before beginning the BPI blogs I attempt to intuit the direction of the X and O side of the following tables.  When the stock market rebounded Friday I assumed we might see a few more X’s show up, particularly within the sectors.  Not so as only two sectors are bullish. Index BPI Fewer than 50% […]

We need more weeks like this one as all indexes increased or held even in the percentage of bullish stocks.  Nearly all sectors also improved during the week.  Two sectors, Staples and Utilities, merit watching as both are close to the oversold zone. Index BPI All seven indexes are within +/- 10% of 50% bullish […]