Stock Market Weekly update -May 5th
Like the prior week, the market dropped, then recovered on Friday with a huge unexpected rally. Small-caps continue to lag, mostly because of the Regional bank issues. We continue to chop around in a range over the past few months. This week we get the CPI report which could move markets in either direction. The long term 'weekly downtrend ' from the January 2022 high in the SPX (weekly 20MA line) has turned back up. We've been chopping around in a range since April 2022. Less likely now maybe, but this weekly trend could also eventually take us down to the pre-Covid highs of early 2020. The DOW & the Small-caps have already touched that level and rallied back up (see pics below). NYA (NYSE composite) & IWM (small-caps): -slightly down. The Dollar - dropped a bit . 10yr Interest rates also dropped. Gold was up, Oil was down. Bitcoin / Crypto was mostly flat. What t...