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Subject: Trend and Ranks 8-Aug-2025
Date: 08/08/25 5:47 PM
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One new "BEARish" signal. IJR MAC(210) Change is in Progress to apply new historic price data from an alternate source..
Modern Family: 9o9 above MAC(50) and confirmed "Bullish", 8o9 are above MAC(200) and ROC(200-SMA) positive.
Market Trends: CountIF(Bullish) 14 of 15 = "Risk_On".
My ROE_GMI Rankings: 15 "Buy" and 5 "Sell". Matching Allocation.

Modern Family (IT)  Symbol    Status    ChgD  Confirmed  Roles: (leading indicators that act as a guide for the stock market macro picture)
SPDR S&P 500 SPY Bullish 93 Yes - major U.S. index fund of 500 Giant(47%), Large(35%) & Medium(18%) companies
Russell Large 200 IWL Bullish 93 Yes - gauge the health of 200 Giant(54%), Large(40%) & Medium(6%) companies within the U.S.
Russell Medium 800 IWR Bullish 92 Yes - gauge the health of 800 Large(4%), Medium(74%) & Small(22%) companies within the U.S.
Russell Small 2000 IWM Bullish 86 Yes - gauge the health of 2000 Medium(2%), Small(48%) & Micro(50%) companies within the U.S.
Transportation IYT Bullish 86 Yes - measure Industry & Manufacture strength - supply and demand
Retail Consumer XRT Bullish 92 Yes - measure strength of economy and consumer confidence
Regional Banks KRE Bullish 92 Yes - measure the health of financial system in the U.S.
BioTechnology IBB Bullish 11 Yes - highly speculated: assesses where money is flowing
SemiConductor SMH Bullish 92 Yes - innovation: a major player technology trends
As of (LastD) = 8-Aug-2025 More Details: Posted end of month by mapg on the Mechanical Investing board (shrewdm.com)

 Market Trends (IT & LT)     TPPO(120)   Status   Slower     Inter    Faster    MAC(210)   Status    Status    DBE(105)   Status   Status      CountIF      Risk
Intermediate & Long Terms
IT-Signal (ChgD) PPO(2:1) PPO(4:1) PPO(8:1) LT-Signal (ChgD) (TPw,210) Signal (ChgD) Hi(99MD) (Bullish) Gauges
SP600 (IJR) Daily Bullish 88 0.29% 1.46% 1.77% BEARish 3 -1.77% Bullish 16 10 2 Risk_Off
SP400 (MDY) Daily Bullish 92 1.00% 2.31% 2.71% Bullish 42 0.95% Bullish 16 10 3 Risk_On
SP500EW (RSP) Daily Bullish 92 1.33% 2.60% 3.00% Bullish 87 2.66% Bullish 38 9 3 Risk_On
SP1500 (ITOT) Daily Bullish 94 4.18% 6.93% 7.89% Bullish 88 6.60% Bullish 919 9 3 Risk_On
SP500 (SPY) Daily Bullish 94 2.33% 4.45% 5.42% Bullish 88 6.90% Bullish 918 9 3 Risk_On
As of (LastD) = 7-Aug-2025 --- --- --- --- 7-Aug-2025 --- --- 7-Aug-2025 --- --- --- 7-Aug-2025
CountIF(Bullish) = 5 4 5 14 Risk_On

        My Rankings                  8-Aug-2025             1      2      3      4      5      6      7     8     9    10    Buy  HTD    Sell
1- MAA: Long-Term (BRKB) 1-LRRS: ROC() & TMAC() FSPSX FXAIX FSMAX BRK/B FFNOX FXNAX - - - - -- BRKB --
2- MAA: Multi-Asset ETF's 2-LRRS: ROC() & TMAC() AOA AOR RLY AOM AOK IYLD - - - - 2 2 2
3- QAA: Market ETF's 3-LRRS: ROC() & TMAC() XLG IEFA PRF PRFZ CMDY USRT TLT SDS - - 3 1 4
4- QAA: Enhanced ETF's 4-LRRS: ROC() & TMAC() MTUM LRGF EFAV VLUE SIZE QUAL USMV COMT - - 3 1 4
6- QEW: Equal-Wght'd ETF's 6-LRRS: ROC() & TMAC() QQQE EQWL EDOW EUSA RSP EQAL - - - - 2 2 2
5- ROE_GMI (1 thru 10 of 25) 5-LRRS: ROC() & TMAC() FIX EME NVDA RL FTI MSFT IDXX META KLAC GILD 15 5 5
5- ROE_GMI (11 thru 20) 5-Alloc: BuyIF Top 15 LYV RMD EHC GOOGL ACM CF FTNT JNJ SCCO MSI -- -- --
5- ROE_GMI (21 thru 25) 5-Alloc: SellIF Bottom 5 AMGN NTAP WAT LLY ZTS - - - - - -- -- --


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