As
explained in Friday’s [Feb. 21] report, the NYSE Advance-Decline (A-D) line is
the key indicator to watch right now. It
predicted a rally to new highs for the major indices last week and it continued
its march to new highs on Monday (see below).
As I wrote in the Feb. 21 report, “As a general rule, leadership in the
A-D line tends to be bullish and usually precedes a new high in the major
indices.” Despite the intraday pullback
on Monday, the indices should push higher this week based on the clear
leadership of the A-D line.
It’s
also worth mentioning that NYSE market breadth continues to show improvement. The number of stocks making new 52-week highs
has been gradually expanding for the last two weeks and on Monday hit a
year-to-date high of 254. Meanwhile the
number of new 52-week lows has remained low, with only 16 new lows for
Monday. That’s well below the “danger
zone” of 40+ that normally signifies internal weakness. The new highs-new lows is telling us that
internal selling pressure is virtually nil right now, and that’s conducive for
a buoyant stock prices.
[Excerpted
from the Feb. 24 issue of Momentum Strategies Report]
