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Market assessment 20210801

The major indexes look fine but,

The average drawdown in the SP500 is 8.2 percent, for mid-caps is 13, 18 for small-caps...
Which part of this is not representative of a stock market correction? -- JC Parets

Hmm. Perhaps the correction was just a rotation below the surface and now it has reset and we can head higher. However, strong earnings reports were sold into so maybe the correction is broadening. August is normally a weak month. I realize this is not helpful on direction.

Things are very messy and I do not trust it. Do you? Many successful investors I follow have higher levels of cash. I do too.

Correction watch: Lower immediate risk of a drop > 5%

Consider: precious metals (GLD GDX SLV), industrial metals (COPX SLX), bonds (AGG TLT)

Chart comments:
101 Buy-and-Holders: bullish but slowing
102 Investors: bullish but weaker
103 Swing Traders: weaker but may have reset for the next leg up
105 Storm Track: bearish
106 Aggressive?: bearish
107 Defensive?: up = bearish
108 Top?: local top signal passed
109 Bottom?: no bottom indicated
110 Intermarket: mixed
111-113: Sectors (cap weight, EW, small cap): bullish: large tech, health care
114 Size & style: large
115 Factors: large, growth, domestic
116 US Dollar: turning up = bearish for foreign and commodities
400-405: Factor ETF relative strength (RS): REZ XLV XLK IGV
5XX: ETFs for reference

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