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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 23-Jan-2026
Date: 01/23/26 4:56 PM
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Modern Family: 9o9 above MAC(50) and confirmed "Bullish", 9o9 are above MAC(200) while ROC(200-SMA) positive.
Market Trends: CountIF(Bullish) 15 of 15 = "Risk_On".
My ROE_GMI Rankings: "Buy" 15 of Top 15 and "Sell" 2 of Bottom 10.

  Modern Family (IT)     Symbol  IT-Signal  ChgD  Confirmed  Roles: (leading indicators that act as a guide for the stock market macro picture)
SPDR S&P 500 SPY Bullish 261 Yes - major U.S. index fund of 500 Giant(47%), Large(35%) & Medium(18%) companies
iShares:Russ Top 200 IWL Bullish 261 Yes - gauge the health of 200 Giant(54%), Large(40%) & Medium(6%) companies within the U.S.
iShares:Russ Mid-Cap IWR Bullish 260 Yes - gauge the health of 800 Large(4%), Medium(74%) & Small(22%) companies within the U.S.
iShares:Russ 2000 ETF IWM Bullish 254 Yes - gauge the health of 2000 Medium(2%), Small(48%) & Micro(50%) companies within the U.S.
iShares:US Transportatn IYT Bullish 254 Yes - measure Industry & Manufacture strength - supply and demand
SS SPDR S&P Retail XRT Bullish 51 Yes - measure strength of economy and consumer confidence
SS SPDR S&P Reg Banking KRE Bullish 52 Yes - measure the health of financial system in the U.S.
iShares:Biotechnology IBB Bullish 179 Yes - highly speculated: assesses where money is flowing
VanEck:Semiconductor SMH Bullish 260 Yes - innovation: a major player technology trends
As of (LastD) = 23-Jan-26 More Details: Posted end of month by mapg on the Mechanical Investing board (shrewdm.com)

  Market Trends (IT & LT)     TPPO(120)  Status  12w-PPO  6w-PPO  3w-PPO  MAC(210)   Status    Status   DBE(105)   Status   Status      CountIF     Risk
Intermediate & Long Terms
IT-Signal (ChgD) 60:120 30:120 15:120 LT-Signal (ChgD) (TPw,210) Signal (ChgD) Hi(99MD) (Bullish) Gauges
SP600 (IJR) Daily (10Yr) Bullish 256 2.48% 4.42% 6.07% Bullish 164 14.05% Bullish 184 0 3 Risk_On
SP400 (MDY) Daily (10Yr) Bullish 58 2.01% 3.70% 5.14% Bullish 210 10.81% Bullish 184 0 3 Risk_On
SP500EW (RSP) Daily (10Yr) Bullish 260 1.67% 2.92% 3.92% Bullish 255 8.15% Bullish 206 0 3 Risk_On
SP1500 (ITOT) Daily (10Yr) Bullish 262 2.26% 3.21% 3.63% Bullish 256 9.08% Bullish 1087 7 3 Risk_On
SP500 (SPY) Daily (10Yr) Bullish 262 2.26% 3.15% 3.46% Bullish 256 8.72% Bullish 1086 7 3 Risk_On
As of (LastD) = 23-Jan-26 --- --- --- --- 23-Jan-26 --- --- 23-Jan-26 --- --- --- 23-Jan-26
CountIF (Bullish) = 5 5 5 15 Risk_On

      My Rankings (WWL)              23-Jan-2026             1      2      3      4      5      6      7      8     9    10    Buy  HTD    Sell
1- MAA : Long-Term (BRKB) 1-LRRS : ROC() & TPPO() FXAIX FSMAX FSPSX FFNOX BRK/B FXNAX - - - - -- BRKB --
2- MAA : Multi-Asset ETF's 2-LRRS : ROC() & TPPO() RLY AOA AOR IYLD AOM AOK - - - - 2 1 3
3- QAA : Market ETF's 3-LRRS : ROC() & TPPO() EEM PRFZ PRF XLG IEFA CMDY USRT TLT - - 3 1 4
4- QAA : Factor ETF's 4-LRRS : ROC() & TPPO() VLUE QUAL MTUM SIZE LRGF EFAV USMV COMT - - 3 1 4
6- QEW : Equal-Wght'd ETF's 6-LRRS : ROC() & TPPO() EDOW EQWL EQAL RSP QQQE EUSA - - - - 2 1 3
5- ROE_GMI (1 thru 10 of 25) 5-LRRS : ROC() & TPPO() MU WDC LRCX AMAT SCCO NEM GOOGL KLAC FIX FTI 15 6 4
5- ROE_GMI (11 thru 20) 5-Alloc : BuyIF Top 15 LLY UTHR INCY RL IDXX JNJ EME LECO FERG NVDA -- -- --
5- ROE_GMI (21 thru 25) 5-Alloc : SellIF Bottom 5 AMGN DGX MSFT CTAS NTAP - - - - - -- -- --


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