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Investment Strategies / Mechanical Investing
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Author: mapg x2  😊 😞
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Subject: Trends and Ranks 25-Apr-25
Date: 04/25/25 5:08 PM
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No. of Recommendations: 8
No new signals. Possible S&P bottom this week with PPO trends turning up over the last few days.
Modern Family: 9 of 9 Crossed below long-term DMAC(50,200).
Market Trends: CountIF(Bullish) 5 of 15 = "Risk_Off", DBE incicators for IJH,MDY,RSP will trigger next week.
My Rankings: ROE_GMI 6 "Buy" and 19 "Sell".

  Modern Family     Symbol    Status   ChgD  Confirmed  Roles: (leading indicators that act as a guide for the stock market macro picture)
S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY BEARish 36 Yes - major player U.S. index fund of 500 market cap-weighted companies
Russell 1000EW ETF EQAL BEARish 57 Yes - gauge the health of 1000 equal-weighted companies within the U.S.
Russell 1000 ETF IWB BEARish 37 Yes - gauge the health of 1000 Giant(45%), Large(32%) & Medium(20%) companies within the U.S.
Russell 2000 ETF IWM BEARish 70 Yes - gauge the health of 2000 Small(55%) & Micro(43%) companies within the U.S.
Transportation ETF IYT BEARish 57 Yes - measure Industry & Manufacture strength - supply and demand
Retail ETF XRT BEARish 52 Yes - measure strength of economy and consumer confidence
Regional Banks ETF KRE BEARish 57 Yes - measure the health of financial system in the U.S.
BioTech ETF IBB BEARish 42 Yes - highly speculated: assesses where money is flowing
SemiConductor ETF SMH BEARish 45 Yes - innovation: a major player technology trends
As of (LastD) = 25-Apr-25 More Details: Posted end of month by mapg on the Mechanical Investing board (shrewdm.com)

   Market Trends       TPPO(2,3,4)  Status   Longer     Inter   Shorter   MAC(10m)   Status    Status    DBE(5m)   Status   Status      CountIF     Risk
Intermediate-Term
Signal (ChgD) PPO(2:1) PPO(3:1) PPO(4:1) Signal (ChgD) (TPw,210) Signal (ChgD) Hi(99MD) (Bullish) Gauges
SP600 (IJR) Daily BEARish 77 -3.89% -6.45% -8.00% BEARish 51 -14.00% Bullish 646 104 1 Risk_Off
SP400 (MDY) Daily BEARish 59 -2.70% -4.65% -5.85% BEARish 46 -9.69% Bullish 653 104 1 Risk_Off
SP500EW (RSP) Daily BEARish 51 -1.85% -3.17% -3.94% BEARish 37 -6.12% Bullish 653 101 1 Risk_Off
SP1500 (ITOT) Daily BEARish 51 -2.21% -3.83% -4.73% BEARish 38 -7.06% Bullish 814 45 1 Risk_Off
SP500 (.SPX) Daily BEARish 50 -2.00% -3.52% -4.36% BEARish 38 -6.59% Bullish 814 45 1 Risk_Off
As of (LastD) = 25-Apr-25 --- --- --- --- 25-Apr-25 --- --- 25-Apr-25 --- --- --- 25-Apr-25
CountIF(Bullish) = 0 0 5 5 Risk_Off

        My Rankings           25-Apr-25                     1      2      3      4      5      6      7      8      9    10    Buy  HTD    Sell
1- MAA: Long-Term (BRKB) 1-RS: ROC() & TMAC() BRK.B FSPSX FBIIX FUAMX FXAIX FXNAX FSMAX FFNOX - - -- BRKB --
2- MAA: Multi-Asset ETF's 2-RS: ROC() & TMAC() IYLD AOK AOM AOR AOA RLY - - - - 1 0 5
3- QAA: Market ETF's 3-RS: ROC() & TMAC() IEFA SDS CMDY PRF XLG USRT TLT PRFZ - - 3 0 5
4- QAA: Enhanced ETF's 4-RS: ROC() & TMAC() USMV EFAV MTUM LRGF COMT SIZE VLUE QUAL - - 2 0 6
6- QEW: Equal-Wght'd ETF's 6-RS: ROC() & TMAC() EQWL EDOW EUSA RSP QQQE EQAL - - - - 0 0 6
5- ROE_GMI (1 thru 10 of 25) 5-RS: ROC() & TMAC() PPC COKE FTNT ABT RL LLY MOH META FLEX ACM 6 0 19
5- ROE_GMI (11 thru 20) 5-Alloc: BuyIF Top 15 LII GWW RMD DVA CLX IDXX GOOGL KLAC MSFT UTHR -- -- --
5- ROE_GMI (21 thru 25) 5-Alloc: SellIF Bottom 5 NVDA ZTS IT GEHC OMC - - - - - -- -- --


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