April 2, 2008 Stock Market Recap

Today was a well deserved consolidation day for the market. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq traded in narrow ranges and closed near unchanged. Volume decreased today, which is just what the bulls should want to see. The indices probed the resistance zones I mentioned last night and I’ll continue to keep an eye on those levels…

Trend Table

No changes

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

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

*** I’m simply using the indices’ relations to their 200, 50 and 10-day moving averages to tell me the long, intermediate and short-term trends, respectively.