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Investment Strategies / Mechanical Investing
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Author: mapg x2  😊 😞
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Subject: Trends and Ranks 16-May-25
Date: 05/16/25 5:16 PM
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No. of Recommendations: 10
Seven new signals.
Modern Family: 3 of 9 MAC(50) crossed above but "not yet confirmed" and IBB still "BEARish".
Market Trends: CountIF(Bullish) 10 of 15 = "Risk_On". One of 5 IT PPO trends and three of 5 LT MAC(TPw,200) turned "Bullish".
My ROE_GMI Rankings: 14 "Buy" and 7 "Sell".

Modern Family(IT)   Symbol    Status   ChgD  Confirmed  Roles: (leading indicators that act as a guide for the stock market macro picture)
S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY Bullish 9 Not Yet - major player U.S. index fund of 500 market cap-weighted companies
Russell 1000EW ETF EQAL Bullish 2 Not Yet - gauge the health of 1000 equal-weighted companies within the U.S.
Russell 1000 ETF IWB Bullish 9 Not Yet - gauge the health of 1000 Giant(45%), Large(32%) & Medium(20%) companies within the U.S.
Russell 2000 ETF IWM Bullish 2 Not Yet - gauge the health of 2000 Small(55%) & Micro(43%) companies within the U.S.
Transportation ETF IYT Bullish 2 Not Yet - measure Industry & Manufacture strength - supply and demand
Retail ETF XRT Bullish 8 Not Yet - measure strength of economy and consumer confidence
Regional Banks ETF KRE Bullish 8 Not Yet - measure the health of financial system in the U.S.
BioTech ETF IBB BEARish 63 Yes - highly speculated: assesses where money is flowing
SemiConductor ETF SMH Bullish 8 Not Yet - innovation: a major player technology trends
As of (LastD) = 16-May-25 More Details: Posted end of month by mapg on the Mechanical Investing board (shrewdm.com)

      Market Trends         TPPO(120)  Status   Longer     Inter   Shorter   MAC(210)   Status    Status   DBE(105)   Status   Status      CountIF     Risk
Intermediate & Long-Term
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 4 -3.15% -4.62% -3.44% BEARish 77 -4.67% BEARish 18 119 1 Risk_Off
SP400 (MDY) Daily Bullish 8 -1.86% -2.49% -0.99% BEARish 70 -0.13% BEARish 18 119 1 Risk_Off
SP500EW (RSP) Daily Bullish 8 -0.87% -1.13% 0.10% Bullish 3 1.83% BEARish 15 116 2 Risk_Off
SP1500 (ITOT) Daily Bullish 10 -0.92% -1.19% 0.37% Bullish 4 2.61% Bullish 835 59 3 Risk_On
SP500 (.SPX) Daily Bullish 10 -0.77% -0.97% 0.54% Bullish 4 2.84% Bullish 835 59 3 Risk_On
As of (LastD) = 16-May-25 --- --- --- --- 16-May-25 --- --- 16-May-25 --- --- --- 16-May-25
CountIF(Bullish) = 5 3 2 10 Risk_On

        My Rankings           16-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 FSMAX FXAIX FXNAX FFNOX - - - - -- BRKB --
2- MAA: Multi-Asset ETF's 2-RS: ROC() & TMAC() IYLD AOA AOR AOM AOK RLY - - - - 5 0 1
3- QAA: Market ETF's 3-RS: ROC() & TMAC() IEFA PRF XLG CMDY SDS USRT TLT PRFZ - - 3 0 5
4- QAA: Enhanced ETF's 4-RS: ROC() & TMAC() MTUM EFAV USMV LRGF SIZE VLUE COMT QUAL - - 3 1 4
6- QEW: Equal-Wght'd ETF's 6-RS: ROC() & TMAC() EQWL EDOW EUSA QQQE RSP EQAL - - - - 2 2 2
5- ROE_GMI (1 thru 10 of 25) 5-RS: ROC() & TMAC() PPC EHC ABT FTNT RL META FIX FLEX MOH EME 14 4 7
5- ROE_GMI (11 thru 20) 5-Alloc: BuyIF Top 15 RMD ACM COKE GWW IDXX MSFT KLAC NVDA LLY CLX -- -- --
5- ROE_GMI (21 thru 25) 5-Alloc: SellIF Bottom 5 ZTS GOOGL IT UTHR GEHC - - - - - -- -- --


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