August 23, 2006 Stock Market Recap

Volume was very light again today — barely above Monday which was the lowest full-day volume of the year. The indices dropped below the support of the last few sessions but didn’t get much follow-through. So it still looks like normal, bullish consolidation to me.

Here are charts of the Nasdaq, S&P 500 and Russell 2000:

Trend Table

No changes today although the Russell’s short term could really be called lateral right now given that it’s right on the 10-day moving average…

Trend Nasdaq S&P 500 Russell 2000
Primary Down Lat Lat
Intermediate Lat Up Lat
Short-term Up Up Up

(+) Indicates an upward reclassification today
(-) Indicates a downward reclassification today
Lat Indicates a Lateral trend