Specialty hardware and building supply retailer Richelieu Hardware (RCH.TO) recently returned to the Green Favored Zone of the SIA S&P/TSX Composite Index Report and has climbed to its highest position since November of 2020. Yesterday the shares finished in 29th place, up 24 spots on the day and up 96 positions in the last month.
Oilfield service giant Baker Hughes (BKR) recently returned to the Green Favored Zone of the SIA S&P 500 Index Report, continuing a relative strength uptrend that started in the red zone in December. On Friday the shared finished in 71st place up 29 spots on the day and up 208 positions in the last month.
Technical conditions for Netflix (NFLX) shares have been deteriorating for several weeks now. After spending the first half of 2021 stuck in a sideways range, the shares staged a summer rally which peaked in November just short of $700.00 Since then, the shares have been under distribution, staging a series of Double Bottom breakdowns on November 30th, December 14th, and January 5th, two of which led into extended Low Pole declines.
Although signs of distribution in equities have been emerging for several weeks, in the last week, downturns have become more decisive with breakdowns by the NASDAQ Composite indicating weakness in technology/communications stocks, and by the Russell 2000 indicating a broad-based aversion to small caps intensifying. In this issue of Equity Leaders Weekly, we dig deeper into the technology sector downturn, and at capital rotation into resource-sensitive emerging resource markets.
Today’s Labrador Iron Ore (LIF.TO) chart is a good example of why we look to both Point and Figure and Candlestick for insights into market trends and support/resistance levels. The late summer selloff in LIF.TO shares was, in fact, contained by a long-term uptrend support line which dates back to the March 2020 market bottom. Since then, accumulation has resumed and the shares have been steadily recovering lost ground in a Rising Channel of higher highs and higher lows.
Back in October, a downward trend in Caterpillar (CAT) bottomed out with a series of successful support tests near $190.00. In recent weeks, the shares have snapped out of a downtrend, regained and held above their 50-day moving average, launched up off of the 50-day average and blasted through $220.00 to complete a bullish Ascending triangle pattern and have continued to climb. Since the start of this month, bullish signals have occurred on increased volumes, a sign of renewed accumulation.
Earlier this month, Baytex Energy (BTE.TO) returned to the Green Favored Zone in the SIA S&P/TSX Composite Index Report and has continued to steadily march up the rankings. Yesterday it finished in 9th place, up 1 spot in the day and up 29 positions in the last month.
Back in December, a correction in National Bank of Canada* (NA.TO) shares was contained by support at a previous low near $93.25. Since then, the shares have been bouncing back and their technical situation has improved. Last week, the shares regained their 50-day moving average near $99.00 (which reverses polarity to become initial support and then the $100.00 round number
Insurance companies have been attracting renewed interest along with banks lately. Yesterday, MetLife (MET) returned to the Green Favored Zone of the SIA S&P 100 Index Report for the first time in about six months, continuing an upswing in the rankings which started in August. Yesterday the shares finished in 25th spot, up 4 places on the day and up 15 positions in the last month.
With crude oil and natural gas prices on the rise again, and winter drilling season underway, oilfield service companies have been attracting renewed interest from investors. Halliburton (HAL) recently returned to the Green Favored Zone of the SIA S&P 500 Index Report for the first time in two months, bouncing back from a drop into the red zone. Yesterday, HAL finished in 78th place, up 16 spots on the day and up 206 positions in the last month.
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