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By J.C. Parets & All Star Charts
Wednesday, 15th February, 2023
1/ Buyers Bid Up Software Stocks
2/ Airbnb Takes Flight
3/ Denmark’s Decisive Resolution
4/ USD/JPY Recovers Lost Ground
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1/ Buyers Bid Up Software Stocks
Before the major averages turned green later in the day, growth sectors including internet and software stocks were rallying early in the session. This was also the case for other speculative indexes like the ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) and the Renaissance IPO ETF (IPO).
While phrases like “junk stock rally” or “dash for trash” are being used to describe this price action, it could simply indicate an expansion in participation as investors rotate into the riskiest groups.
Below is the Invesco Software ETF (PSJ), which rallied more than 4% today and reached its highest level since August.
Notice how price is now above a 200-day moving average that is flattening and curling higher. Momentum is also in a bullish regime, after the 14-day RSI hit overbought conditions earlier this month, confirming the rally for software stocks.
In a bear market, the strongest groups tend to catch lower to the weakest ones. However, the opposite is true in a bull market, where the weakest groups catch higher to the leaders. That’s exactly what is taking place today as the laggards of the last cycle are showing impressive relative strength.
2/ Airbnb Takes Flight
Shares of Airbnb (ABNB) rallied more than 13% today after the booking company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results, released Tuesday after the bell. Not only did the company beat estimates on the top and bottom lines, it also upped guidance and gave a bullish outlook for the future. The stock reacted accordingly, gapping higher above a key level of potential resistance.
Notice how price is now above a 200-day moving average that is flattening and curling higher. Momentum is also in a bullish regime, after the 14-day RSI hit overbought conditions earlier this month, confirming the rally for software stocks.
In a bear market, the strongest groups tend to catch lower to the weakest ones. However, the opposite is true in a bull market, where the weakest groups catch higher to the leaders. That’s exactly what is taking place today as the laggards of the last cycle are showing impressive relative strength.
3/ Denmark’s Decisive Resolution
While the U.S. is the world’s largest and most critical market, we use many international benchmarks to gather information about the global environment and investors’ appetite for risk.
Among the European indexes we track regularly, Denmark’s OMX Copenhagen Index stands out as a clear leader:
As you can see, the index has been carving out a base for most of 2022. This week, price pierced through the upper bounds of its range, reaching fresh all-time highs.
The fact that a growing number of global indexes are setting fresh highs speaks to risk-seeking behavior and is the latest piece of data that could support a bullish outlook for equities worldwide. In fact, recent price action outside the U.S. is even more bullish than the price action taking place in the U.S. in recent weeks.
4/ USD/JPY Recovers Lost Ground
Despite the U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) hitting fresh one-month highs, it failed to take back the key 104 level.
However, USD/JPY—the second-largest component of DXY, comprising 13.6% of the index—reclaimed a comparable level. Below is a daily chart of the USD/JPY currency pair:
It’s printing fresh year-to-date highs, breaking above a pivotal polarity zone, and resolving higher from a multi-month downward-sloping trading channel. The path of least resistance could now be higher over the near term.
This puts dollar bears in a difficult spot as the euro comes under increasing pressure, with the yen now having lost a significant level. These two currencies together comprise more than 70% of the DXY.
Further weakness from these currencies could fuel a significant bounce in DXY over the coming days and weeks.
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Originally posted 15th February , 2023
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