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Investment Strategies / Mechanical Investing
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Subject: Trend and Ranks 13-Aug-2025
Date: 08/15/25 5:00 PM
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One new "Bullish" 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", 7o9 are above MAC(200) while ROC(200-SMA) positive.
Market Trends: CountIF(Bullish) 15 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 100 Yes - major U.S. index fund of 500 Giant(47%), Large(35%) & Medium(18%) companies
Russell Large 200 IWL Bullish 100 Yes - gauge the health of 200 Giant(54%), Large(40%) & Medium(6%) companies within the U.S.
Russell Medium 800 IWR Bullish 99 Yes - gauge the health of 800 Large(4%), Medium(74%) & Small(22%) companies within the U.S.
Russell Small 2000 IWM Bullish 93 Yes - gauge the health of 2000 Medium(2%), Small(48%) & Micro(50%) companies within the U.S.
Transportation IYT Bullish 93 Yes - measure Industry & Manufacture strength - supply and demand
Retail Consumer XRT Bullish 99 Yes - measure strength of economy and consumer confidence
Regional Banks KRE Bullish 99 Yes - measure the health of financial system in the U.S.
BioTechnology IBB Bullish 18 Yes - highly speculated: assesses where money is flowing
SemiConductor SMH Bullish 99 Yes - innovation: a major player technology trends
As of (LastD) = 15-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 95 0.48% 1.77% 2.45% Bullish 3 2.54% Bullish 23 0 3 Risk_On
SP400 (MDY) Daily Bullish 99 1.08% 2.34% 2.80% Bullish 49 2.69% Bullish 23 1 3 Risk_On
SP500EW (RSP) Daily Bullish 99 1.36% 2.56% 2.97% Bullish 94 4.39% Bullish 45 13 3 Risk_On
SP1500 (ITOT) Daily Bullish 101 4.61% 7.36% 8.15% Bullish 95 8.47% Bullish 926 0 3 Risk_On
SP500 (SPY) Daily Bullish 101 2.46% 4.61% 5.68% Bullish 95 8.67% Bullish 925 0 3 Risk_On
As of (LastD) = 13-Aug-2025 --- --- --- --- 13-Aug-2025 --- --- 13-Aug-2025 --- --- --- 13-Aug-2025
CountIF(Bullish) = 5 5 5 15 Risk_On

        My Rankings                 15-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 FFNOX BRK/B FXNAX - - - - -- BRKB --
2- MAA: Multi-Asset ETF's 2-LRRS: ROC() & TMAC() AOA AOR AOM RLY AOK IYLD - - - - 2 2 2
3- QAA: Market ETF's 3-LRRS: ROC() & TMAC() XLG IEFA PRFZ PRF TLT CMDY USRT SDS - - 3 1 4
4- QAA: Enhanced ETF's 4-LRRS: ROC() & TMAC() MTUM LRGF VLUE EFAV QUAL SIZE USMV COMT - - 3 1 4
6- QEW: Equal-Wght'd ETF's 6-LRRS: ROC() & TMAC() EQWL EDOW QQQE EUSA RSP EQAL - - - - 2 2 2
5- ROE_GMI (1 thru 10 of 25) 5-LRRS: ROC() & TMAC() FIX EME IDXX NVDA LRCX META MSFT FTI RL KLAC 15 5 5
5- ROE_GMI (11 thru 20) 5-Alloc: BuyIF Top 15 INCY RMD GOOGL LYV EHC AMAT COR MSI CF SCCO -- -- --
5- ROE_GMI (21 thru 25) 5-Alloc: SellIF Bottom 5 NTAP DXCM AMGN FTNT QCOM - - - - - -- -- --


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