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Author: mapg x2  😊 😞
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Subject: Trends and Ranks 07-Aug-26
Date: 08/07/26 4:45 PM
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No. of Recommendations: 8
NO new signals. Last signal was 70 days ago.
Modern Family: Eight of 9 above MAC(50) and confirmed "Bullish". SMH continues to remain "Not yet confirmed".
Market Trends: CountIF(Bullish) Fifteen of 15 = "Risk_On". All five had new 99 day highs.
My ROE_GMI Rankings: "Buy" 12 of Top 15, "HTD" 5 of Bottom 10 and "Sell" 8 of the 25.

   Modern Family (IT)     Symbol  IT-Signal  ChgD  Confirmed  Roles: (leading indicators that act as a guide for the stock market macro picture)
State Street SPDR S&P500 SPY Bullish 115 Yes - major U.S. index fund of 500 Giant(47%), Large(35%) & Medium(18%) companies
iShares:Russ Top 200 IWL Bullish 114 Yes - gauge the health of 200 Giant(54%), Large(40%) & Medium(6%) companies within the U.S.
iShares:Russ Mid-Cap IWR Bullish 442 Yes - gauge the health of 800 Large(4%), Medium(74%) & Small(22%) companies within the U.S.
iShares:Russ 2000 ETF IWM Bullish 396 Yes - gauge the health of 2000 Medium(2%), Small(48%) & Micro(50%) companies within the U.S.
iShares:US Transportatn IYT Bullish 442 Yes - measure Industry & Manufacture strength - supply and demand
SS SPDR S&P Retail XRT Bullish 70 Yes - measure strength of economy and consumer confidence
SS SPDR S&P Reg Banking KRE Bullish 248 Yes - measure the health of financial system in the U.S.
iShares:Biotechnology IBB Bullish 91 Yes - highly speculated: assesses where money is flowing
VanEck:Semiconductor SMH Bullish 442 Not Yet - innovation: a major player technology trends
As of (LastD) = 07-Aug-26 More Details: Posted end of month by mapg on the Mechanical Investing board (shrewdm.com)

  Market Trends (IT & LT)     TPPO(24w)   LAST     PPO(12w)     PPO(6w)      PPO(3w)        9       LAST      MAC     DBE(99,5m)   LAST    SinceD      CountIF     Risk
Intermediate & Long Terms IT-Signal (ChgD) EMA(60,120) EMA(30,120) EMA(15,120) LT-Signal (ChgD) (TPw,210) Signal (ChgD) Hi(99MD) (Bullish) Gauges
SP600 (IJR) Daily (10Yr) Bullish 120 3.66% 5.69% 6.55% Bullish 360 14.04% Bullish 380 1 3 Risk_On
SP400 (MDY) Daily (10Yr) Bullish 119 2.42% 3.53% 3.95% Bullish 406 9.59% Bullish 380 0 3 Risk_On
SP500EW (RSP) Daily (10Yr) Bullish 114 2.34% 3.86% 4.76% Bullish 451 9.51% Bullish 402 1 3 Risk_On
SP1500 (ITOT) Daily (10Yr) Bullish 115 2.42% 3.60% 4.19% Bullish 121 9.47% Bullish 1283 0 3 Risk_On
SP500 (SPY) Daily (10Yr) Bullish 115 2.35% 3.49% 4.10% Bullish 121 9.24% Bullish 1282 0 3 Risk_On
As of (LastD) = 07-Aug-26 --- --- --- --- 07-Aug-26 --- --- 07-Aug-26 --- --- --- 07-Aug-26
CountIF (Bullish) = 5 5 5 15 Risk_On

     My Rankings (WWL)               2026-08-07             1      2      3      4      5      6      7      8    9    10    Buy  HTD    Sell
1- MAA : LTBH (BRKB) 1-LRRS : ROC() & TAPO() FSMAX FXAIX FSPSX BRK/B FFNOX FXNAX - - - - -- BRKB --
2- MAA : Multi-Asset ETF's 2-LRRS : ROC() & TAPO() AOA AOR RLY IYLD AOM AOK - - - - 0 1 5
3- QAA : Market ETF's 3-LRRS : ROC() & TAPO() PRFZ PRF USRT EEM IEFA CMDY XLG TLT - - 3 0 5
4- QAA : Factor ETF's 4-LRRS : ROC() & TAPO() VLUE SIZE QUAL MTUM LRGF COMT USMV EFAV - - 3 0 5
6- QAA : Equal-Wght'd ETF's 6-LRRS : ROC() & TAPO() QQQE RSP EQWL EDOW EUSA EQAL - - - - 2 1 3
5- ROE_GMI (1 thru 5 of 25) 5-LRRS : ROC() & TAPO() FTNT NTAP LRCX INCY LLY - - - - - 12 5 8
5- ROE_GMI (6 thru 15) 5-LRRS Status : Top 15 ROST FIX GWW DGX VRT DXCM GOOGL A THC MU 12 na 3
5- ROE_GMI (16 thru 25) 5-LRRS Status : Bottom 10 CDW CF SCCO CTAS GD ITW NVDA LMT EME GILD na 5 5


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