June 27, 2011 Advance Starts Week
Prices rebounded with the NASDAQ climbing 1.33 percent, as the DJIA and the S&P500 adding .92 percent. Yet the market continues with its up-then-down direction changes. The NASDAQ has reversed itself now for five sessions in a row, while the other two indices, however, just turned their direction after three consecutive declines.
Yet its noteworthy to focus on the infrequency of recent trading patterns. Todays combination is only the fourth repeat since 1999, making it less than useless for interpreting or projecting the markets action.
Consider Fridays estimate: based on just nine previous closes, with a record of just about an even number of gains and losses. Instead, todays trading generated substantial gains.
Nevertheless, we provide the results of todays pattern. While the DJIA and the S&P500 moved higher on all three days, the NASDAQ had only one increase and two declines.
DJIA .91 percent
NASDAQ 1.33 percent
S&P500 .92 percent