Market Week in Review

S&P 500 1,329.51 +1.1%*

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*5-Day Change

Weekly Scoreboard*

Indices
S&P 500 1,329.51 +1.1%
DJIA 12,361.32 +1.8%
NASDAQ 2,258.11 -.2%
Russell 2000 681.42 +.3%
Wilshire 5000 13,295.18 +.6%
Russell 1000 Growth 545.41 -.1%
Russell 1000 Value 729.32 +1.6%
Morgan Stanley Consumer 689.66 +2.0%
Morgan Stanley Cyclical 916.21 -1.0%
Morgan Stanley Technology 522.63 -.9%
Transports 4,707.65 +2.8%
Utilities 477.72 -.9%
MSCI Emerging Markets 127.99 -5.2%

Sentiment/Internals
NYSE Cumulative A/D Line 51,272 -3.0%
Bloomberg New Highs-Lows Index -755
Bloomberg Crude Oil % Bulls 12.0% -65.8%
CFTC Oil Large Speculative Longs 248,557 -3.9%
Total Put/Call 1.1 -11.5%
OEX Put/Call 2.3 +62.9%
ISE Sentiment 85.0 -13.3%
NYSE Arms .86 +4.9%
Volatility(VIX) 26.6 -2.5%
G7 Currency Volatility (VXY) 12.8 -.5%
AAII % Bulls 25.2 +23.5%
AAII % Bears 54.33 -8.3%

Futures Spot Prices
Crude Oil 101.84 -6.5%
Reformulated Gasoline 260.51 -2.78%
Natural Gas 9.06 -11.5%
Heating Oil 297.72 -4.5%
Gold 920.0 -7.3%
Base Metals 241.5 -10.3%
Copper 357.35 -6.1%
Agriculture 415.18 -16.1%

Economy
10-year US Treasury Yield 3.33% -14 basis points
10-year TIPS Spread 2.33% -11 basis points
TED Spread 2.04 +44 basis points
Investment Grade Credit Default Swap Index 159.25 -15.7%
Fed Fund Futures 56.0% chance of 50 cut, 44.0% chance of 25 cut on 4/30
Iraqi 2028 Govt Bonds 72.87 -1.3%
4-Wk MA of Jobless Claims 365,300 +1.7%
Average 30-year Mortgage Rate 5.87% -26 basis points
Weekly Mortgage Applications 652,000 -2.9%
Weekly Retail Sales +1.1%
Nationwide Gas $3.28/gallon unch.
US Heating Demand Next 7 Days 2.0% above normal
ECRI Weekly Leading Economic Index 130.8 -1.0%
US Dollar Index 72.71 +1.5%
Baltic Dry Index 7,684 -5.0%
CRB Index 381.74 -9.2%

Best Performing Style
Large-cap Value +1.6%

Worst Performing Style
Mid-cap Growth -1.4%

Leading Sectors
REITs +8.0%
Banks +6.8%
Retail +6.7%
Insurance +4.0%
Telecom +3.0%

Lagging Sectors
Energy -6.2%
Oil Service -7.1%
Construction -7.2%
Coal -11.8%
Gold -15.2%

One-Week High-Volume Gainers

One-Week High-Volume Losers

*5-Day Change

Stocks Finish at Session Highs, Boosted by Financial, Gaming, Retail, REIT and Homebuilding Shares

Evening Review

Market Summary
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Today’s Movers
Market Performance Summary
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Sector Performance
ETF Performance
Style Performance
Commodity Movers
Market Wrap CNBC Video(bottom right)
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Timely Economic Charts
GuruFocus.com
PM Market Call
After-hours Commentary
After-hours Movers
After-hours Real-Time Stock Bid/Ask
After-hours Stock Quote
After-hours Stock Chart
In Play

***Alert***

Due to a scheduling conflict blogging will be light this afternoon. I am still positioned 75% net long and plan to stay that way into the close barring a substantial change in the market. I will post the Weekly Scoreboard this evening. Have a great weekend and thanks for reading!

Bear Radar

Style Underperformer:

Mid-cap Growth -.03%

Sector Underperformers:

Gold (-4.33%), Steel (-2.3%) and Oil Service (-1.6%)

Stocks Falling on Unusual Volume:

BPFH, BVN, GOLD, CRZO, TNH, FTK, TXCO, MDAS, MTRX and BUCY

Bull Radar

Style Outperformer:

Small-cap Value (+1.72%)

Sector Outperformers:

Banks (+3.95%), Retail (+3.46%) and I-Banks (+3.44%)

Stocks Rising on Unusual Volume:

MKTX, NCC, GROW, PSMT, WAL, C, PSEC, WFC, GE, HNR, CHNR, CCC, SIL, CVX, BW, CMC, MGEE, IBOC, PLCE, NBTB, OTTR, PBNY, RNST, INDB, CWCO, NGPC, COHU, AMFI, MDCI, CHFC, PNFP, FFIN, LORL, AAON, MATW, FPFC, TNL, MOG/A, SMA, WMK, WOR, IHC, RUS, HNR and UBA