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S&P 500 Index Cash
By Martin Armstrong

* February 25, 2017

Analysis for the Week of February 27, 2017

As of the close of Fri. Feb. 24, 2017, the market is immediately in a bullish posture near-term suggesting it is quite strong trading above the December 2016 high. S&P 500 Cash Index closed today at 236734 and is trading up about 5.74% for the year from last year's closing of 223883. Thus far, we have been trading down for the past day, following the high established Thu. Feb. 23, 2017.

On the weekly level, the last important high was established the week of February 20th at 236826, which was up 16 weeks from the low made back during the week of October 31st. We have been generally trading up since that low, which has been a sharp move of 6.02% percent in a stark panic type advance. The broader perspective, this current rally into the week of February 20th has exceeded the previous high of 227753 made back during the week of December 12th. We have seen a rally so far from the last low at 208379 made the week of October 31st, and only a break of that low would signal a technical reversal of fortune. Otherwise, the market remains strong at this time. Right now, the market is above momentum on our weekly models hinting this is still bullish for now as well as trend, long-term trend, and cyclical strength. Looking at this from a wider perspective, this market has been trading up for the past 16 weeks overall. Interestingly, the S&P 500 Cash Index has been in a bullish phase for the past 11 months since the low established back in February 2016.

Critical support still underlies this market at 203968 and a break of that level on a monthly closing basis would warn of a decline ahead becomes possible. Currently, this market remains in an uptrend posture on all our indicators looking at the weekly level. We see here the trend has been moving up for the past 16 weeks. The last weekly level low was 208379, which formed during the week of October 31st, 2016. The last high on the weekly level was 236826, which was created during the week of February 20th. On a broader perspective, this market remains in an uptrend posture on all our indicators looking at the monthly level. We see here the trend has been moving up for the past 11 months. The last monthly level low was 181010, which formed during February 2016, 2016. The last high on the monthly level was 230099, which was created during January. We see that the trend should change come this month so pay attention to events ahead.

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