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Author: mapg x2  😊 😞
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Subject: Trends and Ranks 01-May-26
Date: 05/01/26 5:03 PM
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No. of Recommendations: 10
One new BEARish signals.
Modern Family: Two of 9 above MAC(50) and confirmed "Bullish", 9 of 9 are above MAC(200) while ROC(200-SMA) positive.
Market Trends: CountIF(Bullish) 15 of 15 = "Risk_On". Three of Five had new 99 day highs.
My ROE_GMI Rankings: "Buy" 14 of Top 15, "HTD" 3 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 17 Not Yet - major U.S. index fund of 500 Giant(47%), Large(35%) & Medium(18%) companies
iShares:Russ Top 200 IWL Bullish 16 Not Yet - gauge the health of 200 Giant(54%), Large(40%) & Medium(6%) companies within the U.S.
iShares:Russ Mid-Cap IWR Bullish 358 Yes - gauge the health of 800 Large(4%), Medium(74%) & Small(22%) companies within the U.S.
iShares:Russ 2000 ETF IWM Bullish 352 Not Yet - gauge the health of 2000 Medium(2%), Small(48%) & Micro(50%) companies within the U.S.
iShares:US Transportatn IYT Bullish 352 Not Yet - measure Industry & Manufacture strength - supply and demand
SS SPDR S&P Retail XRT Bullish 10 Not Yet - measure strength of economy and consumer confidence
SS SPDR S&P Reg Banking KRE Bullish 150 Not Yet - measure the health of financial system in the U.S.
iShares:Biotechnology IBB BEARish 1 Yes - highly speculated: assesses where money is flowing
VanEck:Semiconductor SMH Bullish 350 Yes - innovation: a major player technology trends
As of (LastD) = 01-May-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)  MAC(TPw,10m)   LAST      MAC     DBE(99,5m)   LAST    SinceD      CountIF     Risk
Intermediate & Long Terms IT-Signal (ChgD) 60:120 30:120 15:120 LT-Signal (ChgD) (TPw,210) Signal (ChgD) Hi(99MD) (Bullish) Gauges
SP600 (IJR) Daily (10Yr) Bullish 22 2.44% 4.30% 6.26% Bullish 262 12.24% Bullish 282 0 3 Risk_On
SP400 (MDY) Daily (10Yr) Bullish 21 1.88% 3.16% 4.48% Bullish 308 8.41% Bullish 282 7 3 Risk_On
SP500EW (RSP) Daily (10Yr) Bullish 16 1.17% 1.76% 2.53% Bullish 353 5.45% Bullish 304 43 3 Risk_On
SP1500 (ITOT) Daily (10Yr) Bullish 17 1.16% 2.24% 3.92% Bullish 23 7.44% Bullish 1185 0 3 Risk_On
SP500 (SPY) Daily (10Yr) Bullish 17 1.11% 2.15% 3.81% Bullish 23 7.35% Bullish 1184 0 3 Risk_On
As of (LastD) = 01-May-26 --- EMA() EMA() EMA() 01-May-26 --- SMA() 01-May-26 --- --- --- 01-May-26
CountIF (Bullish) = 5 5 5 15 Risk_On

     My Rankings (WWL)               01-May-26              1      2      3      4      5      6      7     8     9    10    Buy  HTD    Sell
1- MAA : Long-Term (BRKB) 1-LRRS : ROC() & TPPO() FSMAX FSPSX FXAIX FFNOX FXNAX BRK/B - - - - -- BRKB --
2- MAA : Multi-Asset ETF's 2-LRRS : ROC() & TPPO() RLY AOA AOR IYLD AOM AOK - - - - 2 1 3
3- QAA : Market ETF's 3-LRRS : ROC() & TPPO() EEM CMDY USRT PRFZ PRF IEFA XLG TLT - - 3 1 4
4- QAA : Factor ETF's 4-LRRS : ROC() & TPPO() COMT VLUE MTUM QUAL EFAV LRGF SIZE USMV - - 3 1 4
6- QAA : Equal-Wght'd ETF's 6-LRRS : ROC() & TPPO() EQAL RSP EUSA QQQE EDOW EQWL - - - - 2 1 3
5- ROE_GMI (1 thru 5 of 25) 5-LRRS : ROC() & TPPO() VRT FIX MU AMAT LRCX - - - - - 14 3 8
5- ROE_GMI (6 thru 15) 5-LRRS Status : Top 15 KLAC CF EME UTHR GOOGL SCCO NEM JNJ NVDA RL 14 na 1
5- ROE_GMI (16 thru 25) 5-LRRS Status : Bottom 10 LMT FERG DGX UPS INCY NTAP LLY THC CTAS IDXX na 3 7


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