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Investment Strategies / Mechanical Investing
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Author: mapg x2  😊 😞
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Subject: Trend and Ranks 22-Aug-2025
Date: 08/22/25 5:15 PM
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No new signal. 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  IT-Signal  ChgD  Confirmed  Roles: (leading indicators that act as a guide for the stock market macro picture)
SPDR S&P 500 SPY Bullish 107 Yes - major U.S. index fund of 500 Giant(47%), Large(35%) & Medium(18%) companies
Russell Large 200 IWL Bullish 107 Yes - gauge the health of 200 Giant(54%), Large(40%) & Medium(6%) companies within the U.S.
Russell Medium 800 IWR Bullish 106 Yes - gauge the health of 800 Large(4%), Medium(74%) & Small(22%) companies within the U.S.
Russell Small 2000 IWM Bullish 100 Yes - gauge the health of 2000 Medium(2%), Small(48%) & Micro(50%) companies within the U.S.
Transportation IYT Bullish 100 Yes - measure Industry & Manufacture strength - supply and demand
Retail Consumer XRT Bullish 106 Yes - measure strength of economy and consumer confidence
Regional Banks KRE Bullish 106 Yes - measure the health of financial system in the U.S.
BioTechnology IBB Bullish 25 Yes - highly speculated: assesses where money is flowing
SemiConductor SMH Bullish 106 Yes - innovation: a major player technology trends
As of (LastD) = 22-Aug-25 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 102 0.79% 2.26% 3.18% Bullish 10 2.22% Bullish 30 6 3 Risk_On
SP400 (MDY) Daily Bullish 106 1.15% 2.33% 2.74% Bullish 56 2.60% Bullish 30 6 3 Risk_On
SP500EW (RSP) Daily Bullish 106 1.46% 2.65% 3.15% Bullish 101 4.42% Bullish 52 19 3 Risk_On
SP1500 (ITOT) Daily Bullish 108 5.09% 7.56% 8.10% Bullish 102 7.69% Bullish 933 6 3 Risk_On
SP500 (SPY) Daily Bullish 108 2.58% 4.63% 5.53% Bullish 102 7.92% Bullish 932 5 3 Risk_On
As of (LastD) = 22-Aug-25 --- --- --- --- 22-Aug-25 --- --- 22-Aug-25 --- --- --- 22-Aug-25
CountIF(Bullish) = 5 5 5 15 Risk_On

        My Rankings                 22-Aug-2025             1      2      3      4      5      6      7     8     9    10    Buy  HTD    Sell
1- MAA: Long-Term (BRKB) 1-LRRS: ROC() & TMAC() FSMAX FXAIX FSPSX 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 CMDY TLT 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() EDOW EQWL QQQE EUSA EQAL RSP - - - - 2 2 2
5- ROE_GMI (1 thru 10 of 25) 5-LRRS: ROC() & TMAC() FIX NEM NVDA IDXX EME FLEX META LRCX LECO INCY 15 5 5
5- ROE_GMI (11 thru 20) 5-Alloc: BuyIF Top 15 RL KLAC GOOGL MSFT FTI ACM EHC KR COR NTAP -- -- --
5- ROE_GMI (21 thru 25) 5-Alloc: SellIF Bottom 5 QCOM CF DXCM FTNT GWW - - - - - -- -- --


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