NASDAQ continues to be a drag on stocks

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Nasdaq continues to weigh down stocks falling .3070% on the week while the NYSE
composite and S&P500 rounded out the week up .3494% and .2115% respectively.
NYSE composite volume came in at 8.2 billion shares slightly above the 10 week
average while both Nasdaq and S&P500 failed to climb above their 10 week moving
average.

All in all, not a bad week, down days did not result in any distribution days an

obvious good sign for the market. However, path of least resistance is still
down, Nasdaq gapped higher on the open on Friday only to close below prior day
close. Although, not on higher volume so we can not count as an exhaustion gap.
What it does show is the seesaw environment we are currently in.

AAII Bear index showed Bears are still outnumbering Bulls in the market. Could
be the catalyst for Friday’s rally into the close. The buying interest could
have come from Bears ridding their portfolios of laggards, should we be
concerned…not really, trying to figure out who is doing what is a fools game.
We only go on: history and the market is telling us to be in cash.

We haven’t had a follow through day as of yet, I don’t see one coming. We have
either one or two new lows to set in before we can turn this ship around.

Stay tuned.

Happy Trading
MktSpec