Money Vikings Investing - Week of 8/13

In This Issue: Market Report, Finviz/Sector Analysis, Our 3 Greatest REITS, Gen X Retirement, Weekly Sentiment Analysis, DIS Hot🔥Trade.

This past week the Dow led the pack up .27% while SPY, QQQ , and IWM all lost between .68% and 2%. The 10 year yield crept up to 4.1% and the Dollar, Natural Gas, and Oil continued to rally. Clearly energy was the leading market sector with XLE up 2.85% while technology was the worst hit, down almost 3%. Healthcare perked up to the #2 spot, and Real Estate (XLRE) gained more than 1/2 a percent. (Be sure to catch our favorite REITs Video this week!) Despite all the twists and turns, the vix declined from 17 back down to 14, and we are still above the 50 EMAs for all the major indexes.

BRK-B held up just fine, while financials lost .60. Check out 5 Intreesting things about Berkshire for more on why we love this stock.

This week in addition to showing the former highs, I added Fibonacci levels to monitor over the coming weeks for possible support levels. Also, not pictured is the 50 EMA, around 441.

Real Estate - My 3 Great REITS

The Fear and Greed Index and AAII

In the past month, the Put/Call ratio has gone from .65 to .88. While a reading below 1 shows more people are buying calls than puts, the trend is definitely shifting to an increase in puts week-over-week.

We still remain at elevated Bullishness in the investor surveys, however last week we shifted from 49% bullish to 44% bullish. Neutral investors stayed the same while 4% became more bearish. Despite the decline in bullishness, historical averages for Bullishness remain at around 37% 😀

Antagonist: Gen X Getting Hit Hard

Jason Milton

of

Antagonist Stocks and Options Research

wrote up a great summary this week of the challenges Gen X has when it comes to retirement savings. With 1-2 decades of time in the workforce left, Jason offers some encouraging strategies one can take to change the future for the better.

Uptrends.ai: Weekly Sentiment Analysis

Uptrends.ai has been publishing some interesting sentiment analytics about weekly stocks in their service based on # mentions in popular articles, as well as the highest % increase and decrease. Be sure to check them out for another perspective on the markets.

The VIX

Interesting the VIX decided to decline this week.

Earnings & Economic Calendar

Wrapping up earnings, but keep an eye on Home Depot, Target, Cisco, TJX, Walmart, and John Deere.

Money Vikings Dividend Portfolio - along with some options trades too 😀

While we will not hear if rates will stay the same or increase for another 37 days, we will hear FOMC Meeting Minutes on Wednesday, and learn more about the number of Initial Jobless Claims on Thursday.

HotTrades DIS Short Put