#203: The Bad Breadth Continues

S2N Spotlight

Everyone is commenting about the streak of consecutive companies experiencing down days versus up days. This is referred to as the advanced-decline line. Today’s spotlight will focus on the breadth of the market. Or said differently, how many of the S&P 500 constituents are participating in the rising market trend.

The advance-decline is net down 12 consecutive days, the highest since the early 1980s and close to the all-time record of 14.

The number of S&P 500 companies above their 50-day moving average keeps dropping and is now below 50%.

Looking at a longer-term 200-day moving average breadth indicator, we see it dropping.

S2N Observations

Today I will stay away from incredulous comments and focus on the data and the big picture.

Live Cattle Futures made an all-time high earlier in the week.

S2N Screener Alerts

The famous Dow Index is down 9 days in a row for only the 2nd time in 50 years. The last time this happened was 17100 days, or 46 years, ago.

The S&P 500 Value Index is down 12 days in a row, an all-time record.

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