Breakoutwatch Weekly Summary 12/17/2023

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Market Summary

Dow hits record high in broad advance

The S&P 500 Index, Nasdaq Composite, and Dow Jones Industrial Average recorded their seventh consecutive week of gains—the longest streak for the S&P 500 since 2017, according to Reuters. The gains lifted the first two benchmarks to 52-week highs and the Dow to an all-time record. Continuing a recent pattern, the week’s gains were also broadly based. An equally weighted index of S&P 500 stocks outpaced its market-weighted counterpart by 131 basis points (1.31 percentage points). Small-caps also outperformed, and the 5.55% surge in the Russell 2000 Index lifted it out of bear market territory (down 20% or more) for the first time in over 20 months. [more...]

Major Index Performance

Dow Jones
Last Close 37305.2
Wk. Gain 2.9 %
Yr. Gain 12.54 %
Trend Up
Dow Jones
S&P 500
Last Close 4719.19
Wk. Gain 2.75 %
Yr. Gain 22.48 %
Trend Up
S&P 500
NASDAQ Comp.
Last Close 14813.9
Wk. Gain 3.3 %
Yr. Gain 40.26 %
Trend Up
NASDAQ Comp.
Russell 2000
Last Close 1985.13
Wk. Gain 5.59 %
Yr. Gain 12.15 %
Trend Up
Russell 2000

Performance by Sector

Sector Wk. Change % Yr. Change % Trend
Consumer Discretionary 3.96 39.72 Up
Consumer Staples 1.22 -1.57 Up
Energy 2.4 -1.72 Down
Finance 3.84 11.11 Up
Health Care 1.67 -0.75 Up
Industrials 3.84 19.75 Up
Technology 3.48 52.49 Up
Materials 4.32 10.3 Up
REIT 5.9 7.03 Up
Telecom 1.39 41.02 Up
Utilities 1.42 -10.75 Up

Breakouts This Week Still Within 5% of Breakout Price (Limit 20 top C Score)

Watchlist Symbol Company Industry C Score* % Gain
SQZ POWL Powell Industries, Inc. Semiconductors 88.5 % 2.9 %
CWH WAB Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation Railroads 83.1 % 1.3 %
SQZ XP XP Inc. Capital Markets 82.7 % 3.8 %
CWH AGM Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Credit Services 81.7 % 1.8 %
CWH CCL Carnival Corporation Travel Services 80.1 % 2.6 %
SQZ FOUR Shift4 Payments, Inc. Software - Infrastructure 79.8 % 4 %
SQZ ETN Eaton Corporation, PLC Or Specialty Industrial Machinery 79.7 % 1.2 %
SQZ TNC Tennant Company Specialty Industrial Machinery 79.1 % 2.9 %
CWH DDOG Datadog, Inc. Software - Application 79 % 1.9 %
SQZ APP Applovin Corporation Software - Application 78.6 % 3.2 %
SQZ MLR Miller Industries, Inc. Auto Parts 77.9 % 0.9 %
SQZ SPNS Sapiens International Corporation N.V. Software - Application 77.7 % 4.3 %
CWH GRC Gorma Specialty Industrial Machinery 77.6 % 0.3 %
SQZ ONON On Holding AG Class A Ord Health Information Services 77 % 3.5 %
CWH MNDY monday.com Ltd. Software - Application 76.9 % 1.8 %
SQZ SPNT SiriusPoint Ltd. Insurance - Reinsurance 76.8 % 2.6 %
CWH GFI Gold Fields Limited Ameri Gold 76.6 % 2.5 %
CWH OWL Blue Owl Capital Inc. Asset Management 76.6 % 2.1 %
SQZ NWLI National Western Life Group, Inc. Insurance - Life 75.7 % 0.1 %
CWH GRBK Green Brick Partners, Inc. Residential Construction 74.9 % 2.5 %
*C score is our assessment of a Stock's correlation to CAN SLIM principles. It combines a stock's Technical and Fundamental merits and is expressed as a percentage.

Breakdowns within 5% of Breakdown Price

Watchlist Symbol Company Industry C Score* % Loss
SS CRS Carpenter Technology Corporation Metal Fabrication 76.6 % -0.4 %
SS MCK McKesson Corporation Medical Distribution 66.4 % -3.6 %
SS FOA Finance of America Companies Inc. Credit Services 45.9 % -3.3 %
*C score is our assessment of a Stock's correlation to CAN SLIM principles. It combines a stock's Technical and Fundamental merits and is expressed as a percentage.

Cup and Handle Stocks Likely to Breakout next Week

Symbol BoP Company Industry Relative Strength Rank Within x% of BoP C Score*
SMCI 306.52 Super Micro Computer, Inc. Computer Hardware 98.00 97.91 79.8
ORIC 9.60 Oric Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Biotechnology 97.00 96.98 57.2
NVDA 505.48 NVIDIA Corporation Semiconductors 96.00 96.72 85.6
SAIA 428.79 Saia, Inc. Trucking 91.00 96.75 78.7
NFLX 482.70 Netflix, Inc. Entertainment 88.00 97.8 85.5
SNFCA 9.20 Security National Financial Corporation Mortgage Finance 86.00 96.63 70.1
*C score is our assessment of a Stock's correlation to CAN SLIM principles. It combines a stock's Technical and Fundamental merits and is expressed as a percentage.

Cup and Handle Chart of the Week

Super Micro Computer Inc. (SMCI) set a CWH pivot on November 29 and since then formed a nicely shaped handle with accumulation in the right side of the handle putting it within 2% of the pivot. SMCI has a strong relative strength of 98 based on a gain of over 200% this year. SMCI shows the potential to return to its high of the year of 357, an 18% gain from Friday's close.', a