Today's number is... 4

Yesterday, the S&P 500 logged its 4th all-time high of 2026.

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Today's number is... 71.5%

The S&P 500 has traded above its 10-month moving average 71.5% of the time since 1950.

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Today's number is... 6

Materials vs the S&P 500 just hit a 6-month high after a long stretch of relative weakness.

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Today's number is... 11

High Yield Bonds versus Treasuries just pushed to an 11-month high.

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Today's number is... 6

Six key sentiment and positioning reads I track each week to gauge crowd pressure.

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Today's number is... 4

Four different relative relationships are moving in different directions at the same time.

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Today's number is... 88.8%

Global markets have posted more 52-week highs than 52-week lows on 166 of the past 187 trading days since April 22, 2025.

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Today's number is... 100%

100% of developed markets are trading above both their 50-day and 200-day moving averages.

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Today's number is... 100%

The percentage of S&P 500 sectors trading above their 200-day moving average just pushed back to 100%, the highest level since November 2024.

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Today's number is... 0.30

Equal-weight Industrials just pushed to a new relative high versus the equal-weight S&P 500.

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Today's number is... 70

Roughly 70% of stocks across large, mid, and small caps are now above their 50-day moving averages.

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Today's number is... 11.4%

NYSE Weekly Net New Highs just reached 11.4%, the highest reading since 2024.

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Today's number is... 5

The first five trading days of January are complete, and the S&P 500 finished the window up 1.1%.

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Today's number is... 3

Three key leadership ratios are trading below their most important levels right now.

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Today's number is... 0.9

My Risk-On Risk-Off Indicator stands at 0.9, its highest level since early November 2024.

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Today's number is... 2026

This is the S&P 500 composite cycle for the calendar year 2026.

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Today's number is... 802

The current S&P 500 bull market has been running for 802 trading days.

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Today's number is... 7

Here are my 7 major US stock market indexes I watch daily, and all 7 are trending higher.

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Today's number is... 12

In December, history shows the market’s strength tends to show up after mid-month, not before, and we are entering that window now.

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Today's number is... 30

30 Dow stocks are heading into the final weeks of the year, and they are not telling the same story.

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Today's number is... 200

The 200-day moving average is holding across every major global equity market.

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Today's number is... 37

The S&P 500 printed another all-time high yesterday, the 37th one this year.

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Today's number is... 1

1-month highs are expanding across large caps, mid caps, and small caps.

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Today's number is... 59.7%

59.7% of S&P 500 stocks are positive this year. Most stocks are green, but participation still has room to grow.

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