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1/ The S&P 500 Remains Very Vulnerable Below 4694

2/ Investor Asset Flows: S&P 500 (SPY)

3/ Market Internals: The Asbury 6 (A6)

4/ Market Breadth: % Of NYSE Composite Stocks Trading Above Their 40-day Moving Average

5/ Standard Deviation: NYSE Stocks

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The S&P 500 Remains Very Vulnerable Below 4694

Courtesy of Asbury Research LLC

Conclusion, Investment Implications, Strategy

This week, the Tactical (monthly) portion of Table 1 below retains the Positive distribution of key near-term market factors for the US stock market that, for the most part, has been in effect since November — but just barely. Meanwhile, the Strategic (quarterly) portion of the table retains the previous two weeks’ slightly Negative alignment of key intermediate-term market factors, from the Positive one that had existed for the prior two months.

The key theme this week is that this is a very important Tactical and Strategic decision point for the benchmark S&P 500 (SPX), from which it’s next one to several month directional move — either up or down — is likely to begin. Our analysis favors a downside resolution from at or near formidable overhead resistance at 4819, which is the January 2022 all-time high, due to current extremes in market breadth, standard deviation, recently declining assets in the ProShares Ultra S&P500 (SSO), subtly rising market volatility, and additional metrics not shown here including investor sentiment and seasonality,

Tactically, it would take a sustained decline below SPX 4694 on declining volume and a Negative/Risk Off shift in our Tactical models (Asbury 6, Correction Protection Model) to indicate the corrective decline the US stock market is overdue for is underway. Until then, the current October 2023 uptrend is still in charge.

Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from the Tuesday, January 9th Keys To This Week report, which is one of many reports that is published for the subscribers of Asbury Research, It includes the latest updates for all of their data-driven models.

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Investor Asset Flows: S&P 500 (SPY)

Courtesy of Asbury Research LLC

The lower panel of this chart shows that, through Jan 8th, the total net assets invested in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) expanded by $29 billion or 6.4% since Dec 14th. The green highlights in the upper panel show that the lowest price that SPX has traded since then is 4694 — actually six times out of the past 17 days to indicate the market “sees” it and recognizes its importance.

A decline below 4694 would put all of this newly-added AUM in SPY into the red, which could trigger a deeper and more aggressive decline.

Market Internals: The Asbury 6 (A6)

Courtesy of Asbury Research LLC

This table shows that, through January 8th, five of the Asbury 6 constituent metrics remain positive (green). The Asbury 6 Risk Management Model itself has been on a Positive tactical bias since Nov 2nd while the S&P 500 has risen by as much as 11% since then.

Four or more metrics in one direction, either Positive (green) or Negative (red), indicate a tactical bias. The dates in each cell indicate when each individual constituent of the “A6” turned either positive (green) or negative (red). When all Asbury 6 constituent metrics are positive, market internals are the most conducive to adding risk to portfolios. Each negative reading adds an additional element of risk to participating in current or new investment ideas.

Market Breadth: % Of NYSE Composite Stocks Trading Above Their 40-day Moving Average

Courtesy of Asbury Research LLC

The red highlights in this chart show that the percentage of NYSE Stocks trading above their 40-day moving average is currently declining from a multi-year strong extreme of 71% or higher (lower panel) that, as a contrary indicator, has coincided with or closely led every significant peak in the S&P 500 (upper panel) since 2021 — in major uptrends and major downtrends alike.

Standard Deviation: NYSE Stocks

Courtesy of Asbury Research LLC

The red highlights in this chart show that the percentage of NYSE stocks trading one standard deviation below their 40-day MA (inverted scale) is reversing from a low extreme of 8% or less that has previously coincided with or closely led every significant peak in the S&P 500 (upper panel) since 2022.

About This Week's Author

John Kosar, CMT was awarded the Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation in 1999, served as Vice President of the CMT Association from 2004 to 2006, and was a member of its Board of Directors from 2002 to 2006. John began his career in 1980 on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange trading floor and spent the next 17 years there, acquiring a practical, real-world understanding of what really drives financial asset prices. John is the founder and Chief Market Strategist of Asbury Research, a Registered Investment Advisor he launched in 2005, which provides data-driven technical and quantitative investment research to professional and private investors. John can also be found on Asbury Research’s YouTube channel where he produces Asbury Research’s bi-weekly Following The Money podcast and additional investment information.

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