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Author: mapg x2  😊 😞
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Subject: Trends and Ranks 02-May-25
Date: 05/02/25 4:51 PM
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Three new signals. While PPO trends turning up last couple weeks while the small & mid cap DBE turned Bearish.
Modern Family: 9 of 9 Crossed below long-term DMAC(50,200) but MAC(50) crossed above and will turn Bullish in about three days.
Market Trends: CountIF(Bullish) 2 of 15 = "Risk_Off", DBE incicators for IJH,MDY,RSP did trigger.
My Rankings: ROE_GMI 9 "Buy" and 16 "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 43 Yes - major player U.S. index fund of 500 market cap-weighted companies
Russell 1000EW ETF EQAL BEARish 64 Yes - gauge the health of 1000 equal-weighted companies within the U.S.
Russell 1000 ETF IWB BEARish 44 Yes - gauge the health of 1000 Giant(45%), Large(32%) & Medium(20%) companies within the U.S.
Russell 2000 ETF IWM BEARish 77 Yes - gauge the health of 2000 Small(55%) & Micro(43%) companies within the U.S.
Transportation ETF IYT BEARish 64 Yes - measure Industry & Manufacture strength - supply and demand
Retail ETF XRT BEARish 59 Yes - measure strength of economy and consumer confidence
Regional Banks ETF KRE BEARish 64 Yes - measure the health of financial system in the U.S.
BioTech ETF IBB BEARish 49 Yes - highly speculated: assesses where money is flowing
SemiConductor ETF SMH BEARish 52 Yes - innovation: a major player technology trends
As of (LastD) = 02-May-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 84 -3.87% -6.11% -7.29% BEARish 58 -11.18% BEARish 4 109 0 Risk_Off
SP400 (MDY) Daily BEARish 66 -2.64% -4.28% -5.14% BEARish 53 -6.91% BEARish 4 109 0 Risk_Off
SP500EW (RSP) Daily BEARish 58 -1.70% -2.70% -3.13% BEARish 44 -3.51% BEARish 1 106 0 Risk_Off
SP1500 (ITOT) Daily BEARish 58 -1.98% -3.16% -3.63% BEARish 45 -3.25% Bullish 821 50 1 Risk_Off
SP500 (.SPX) Daily BEARish 57 -1.78% -2.87% -3.30% BEARish 45 -2.76% Bullish 821 50 1 Risk_Off
As of (LastD) = 02-May-25 --- --- --- --- 02-May-25 --- --- 02-May-25 --- --- --- 02-May-25
CountIF(Bullish) = 0 0 2 2 Risk_Off

        My Rankings           02-May-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 FXAIX FBIIX FSMAX FUAMX FXNAX FFNOX - - -- BRKB --
2- MAA: Multi-Asset ETF's 2-RS: ROC() & TMAC() IYLD AOK AOA AOR AOM RLY - - - - 1 0 5
3- QAA: Market ETF's 3-RS: ROC() & TMAC() IEFA CMDY PRF XLG USRT SDS TLT PRFZ - - 2 0 6
4- QAA: Enhanced ETF's 4-RS: ROC() & TMAC() EFAV USMV 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 FTNT ABT COKE EHC RL RMD META LLY FLEX 9 0 16
5- ROE_GMI (11 thru 20) 5-Alloc: BuyIF Top 15 MOH GWW ACM FIX EME MSFT IDXX CLX KLAC GOOGL -- -- --
5- ROE_GMI (21 thru 25) 5-Alloc: SellIF Bottom 5 UTHR ZTS GEHC IT NVDA - - - - - -- -- --


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