3 Monthly Charts Suggesting Further Upside For Stocks

JC Parets
February 1, 2019

For me, it's not just the S&P500 or the Dow Jones Industrial Average. This is a market of stocks and I think recognizing what stocks themselves are doing is just as important as identifying the trends of the major indexes. By recognizing the behavior of some of the biggest components in the market, we can approach it from a more informed position.

There are 3 stocks in particular that stood out in my Monthly Chart review this week. I always say it, this exercise which I only perform 12 times per year at the end of each month, is the most valuable part of my entire process. There is no question. It forces us to take a step back and identify the primary trends.

These are the charts that stood out:

The first one is Facebook, a major component of the Internet Index and Technology Sector. I know there is a lot of noise surrounding this stock, but to me it looks like it achieved its upside objective last year and then came down to test former resistance. When it comes to perfectly normal market behavior, $FB is the poster child. Charts don't get cleaner than this:

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For me, $FB is rangebound between 134-205. It's a big range, but let's remember that these are Monthly charts. The point of this exercise is to take a step back. Bigger picture, the risk here appears to be higher, back towards the upper end of the range. That would suggest higher prices for Internet stocks, and therefore Technology, which has, by far, the largest weighting of all S&P sectors.

The next one is General Electric. Again, does the risk here appear to be higher or lower? For me it looks like the squeeze is on back up into the teens. I think $GE could be a huge driver for Industrials as a group, the sector that historically has the highest correlation with the S&P500:

We discussed the ongoing drama with JP Morgan last month and how critical this stock is to the market. Looking at this from a longer-term perspective, the ability for $JPM to hold above 91 was a huge for the structural integrity of this trend. For me, as long as we're above those former highs near 91, the path of least resistance is higher. What does that say about Financials, arguably the most important sector in America?

These are 3 stock charts that I think really stand out from my monthly chart review. If these stocks are going higher, it's hard for me to be too bearish on the overall market. We want to keep a close eye on these.

Tell me what you think!

JC

 

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