Getting Technical: S&P 500 Weekend Update
May 22, 2010  Analysis from Serge Perreault 

Click to View Here's the latest weekend update from Serge Perreault, a Chartered Accountant and market technician located near Montreal, Canada. Serge has been following the S&P 500 in a series of charts since mid-January: Jan 19, Jan 24, Jan 31, Feb 5, Feb 12, Feb 19, Feb 27, Mar 6, Mar 19, Mar 26, Apr 2, Apr 9, Apr 17, Apr 24, Apr 30, May 7. and May 14.

The S&P 500 closed the week down 4.23%. It is 11.97% below its interim high set April 23rd, when the index was up 9.16% for the year, which puts is in traditional "correction" territory (a decline of more than 10% from an interim high). The year-to-date performance is now 2.46%. The chart is a weekly view of the S&P 500.

Click the chart for a close-up view and Serge's annotations.


Note: For newcomers to technical analysis, here are brief explanations for the two key indicators that Serge features: