S&P 500 BREADTH IN FREE FALL
The S&P 500 index SPX is down less than 1% from its 6,090.27 December 6 record closing high.
However, since peaking at an all-time high on November 29, the S&P 500’s daily advance/decline (A/D) line has been falling precipitously. In fact, the A/D line is now on track to decline for a 12th day in a row.
Using LSEG data on the S&P 500’s A/D line, which goes back to summer 2012, this breadth measure is on a record daily losing streak:
The NYSE A/D line has also recently turned down from a record high. The Nasdaq A/D line, which as long been beleaguered, is at fresh record lows.
Over the last 4-5 years, S&P 500 A/D line peaks have tended to be coincident with significant highs in the S&P 500 index. So, it remains to be seen if the recent A/D line top, five trading days ahead of the SPX’s record close, proves to be pivotal or not.
The NYSE A/D line recently gave no divergence warning as it topped the same day as the NYSE Composite 
NYA. Of note, ahead of the 2022 bear market, the NYSE A/D line topped in November 2021, 45 trading days ahead of the NYA’s peak.
Meanwhile, recent S&P 500 and Nasdaq strength has no doubt been underpinned by Mag 7/tech titan names, helping these indexes defy internal weakness.
Indeed, the NYSE FANG index NNYFANG which includes six of the Mag 7 stocks, has surged more than 10% so far this month. The SPX is just barely positive in December, while the S&P 500 equal-weighted index (.SPXEW) is down about 4% this month.
With this, the SPXEW/NYFANG ratio fell to an all-time low on Monday.
(Terence Gabriel)
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