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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: mapg ✭x2  😊 😞
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Subject: Trends and Ranks 30-May-25
Date: 05/30/25 5:23 PM
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No. of Recommendations: 9
No new signals.
Modern Family: 8o9 above MAC(50) but "not yet confirmed", 4o9 above MAC(200) and 9o9 below DMAC(50,200).
Market Trends: CountIF(Bullish) 10 of 15 = "Risk_On".
My ROE_GMI Rankings: 15 "Buy" and 7 "Sell" (same as Buy allocation).

Modern Family(IT)   Symbol    Status   ChgD  Confirmed  Roles: (leading indicators that act as a guide for the stock market macro picture)
S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY Bullish 23 Not Yet - major player U.S. index fund of 500 market cap-weighted companies
Russell 1000EW ETF EQAL Bullish 16 Not Yet - gauge the health of 1000 equal-weighted companies within the U.S.
Russell 1000 ETF IWB Bullish 23 Not Yet - gauge the health of 1000 Giant(45%), Large(32%) & Medium(20%) companies within the U.S.
Russell 2000 ETF IWM Bullish 16 Not Yet - gauge the health of 2000 Small(55%) & Micro(43%) companies within the U.S.
Transportation ETF IYT Bullish 16 Not Yet - measure Industry & Manufacture strength - supply and demand
Retail ETF XRT Bullish 22 Not Yet - measure strength of economy and consumer confidence
Regional Banks ETF KRE Bullish 22 Not Yet - measure the health of financial system in the U.S.
BioTech ETF IBB BEARish 77 Yes - highly speculated: assesses where money is flowing
SemiConductor ETF SMH Bullish 22 Not Yet - innovation: a major player technology trends
As of (LastD) = 30-May-25 More Details: Posted end of month by mapg on the Mechanical Investing board (shrewdm.com)

      Market Trends         TPPO(120)  Status   Longer     Inter   Shorter   MAC(210)   Status    Status   DBE(105)   Status   Status      CountIF     Risk
Intermediate & Long-Term
IT-Signal (ChgD) PPO(2:1) PPO(4:1) PPO(8:1) LT-Signal (ChgD) (TPw,210) Signal (ChgD) Hi(99MD) (Bullish) Gauges
SP600 (IJR) Daily Bullish 18 -2.61% -3.24% -2.32% BEARish 91 -6.94% BEARish 32 128 1 Risk_Off
SP400 (MDY) Daily Bullish 22 -1.30% -1.18% -0.01% BEARish 84 -2.43% BEARish 32 128 1 Risk_Off
SP500EW (RSP) Daily Bullish 22 -0.42% -0.05% 1.01% Bullish 17 -0.04% BEARish 29 126 2 Risk_Off
SP1500 (ITOT) Daily Bullish 24 -0.29% 0.35% 1.91% Bullish 18 1.76% Bullish 849 69 3 Risk_On
SP500 (.SPX) Daily Bullish 24 -0.17% 0.51% 2.03% Bullish 18 2.11% Bullish 849 69 3 Risk_On
As of (LastD) = 30-May-25 --- --- --- --- 30-May-25 --- --- 30-May-25 --- --- --- 30-May-25
CountIF(Bullish) = 5 3 2 10 Risk_On

        My Rankings           30-May-25                     1      2      3      4      5      6      7     8     9     10    Buy  HTD    Sell
1- MAA: Long-Term (BRKB) 1-RS: ROC() & TMAC() BRK/B FSPSX FSMAX FXAIX FXNAX FFNOX - - - - -- BRKB --
2- MAA: Multi-Asset ETF's 2-RS: ROC() & TMAC() AOA AOR RLY AOM IYLD AOK - - - - 2 2 2
3- QAA: Market ETF's 3-RS: ROC() & TMAC() IEFA XLG PRF CMDY USRT PRFZ TLT SDS - - 3 1 4
4- QAA: Enhanced ETF's 4-RS: ROC() & TMAC() MTUM EFAV USMV LRGF SIZE VLUE QUAL COMT - - 3 1 4
6- QEW: Equal-Wght'd ETF's 6-RS: ROC() & TMAC() EQWL EDOW EUSA QQQE RSP EQAL - - - - 2 2 2
5- ROE_GMI (1 thru 10 of 25) 5-RS: ROC() & TMAC() RL EHC PPC FIX FTNT ABT FLEX META EME IDXX 15 3 7
5- ROE_GMI (11 thru 20) 5-Alloc: BuyIF Top 15 ACM RMD GWW MOH NVDA JNJ KLAC MSFT GOOGL COKE -- -- --
5- ROE_GMI (21 thru 25) 5-Alloc: SellIF Bottom 5 LLY UTHR ZTS IT GEHC - - - - - -- -- --


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