| First Sign of Weakness by: Dan Stewart
We had our first bout of real weakness yesterday as sellers appeared with more strength. Total volume was up on both major exchanges. The internals were weaker on the NYSE, but a big part of that was due to strength in Apple (AAPL). Apple, the biggest component of the NASDAQ, was up over 5%.
Down Volume won the day registering 74% on the NYSE but only 56% on the NASDAQ. Advancing issues were only 23% on the NYSE and 39% on the NASDAQ. So again, the NASDAQ demonstrated the most strength but was mostly due to Apple. And both the small and mid cap indices were the weakest of all.
The trend is thus far still intact, but pullbacks sometimes turn into something deeper so caution is warranted. If you are fully invested, have stop losses below your most aggressive positions.
However, if you do have cash available on the sidelines...
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