GLOBAL EQUITY MARKETS – February 3, 2018

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2018 started with strong weekly gains. The steady uptrend on the iShares MSCI All Country World Index ETF took a steep shape in January due to back to back long weekly candlesticks. This week's sharp reversal gave back last two week's gains. From a classical charting perspective we don't have enough evidence to call the latest reversal a "market top". Multi month-long uptrend is still intact. We are currently experiencing a reversion back to the averages or to the long-term trend line supports. Global equities can retrace further and major equity benchmarks can still remain in their long-term uptrends. We will need more evidence in the following weeks.

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INTERIM UPDATE – February 2, 2018

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Germany's DAX Index experienced a sharp sell-off after reaching all-time highs. Last one week's price action pulled the index back to strong support level at 12,800 levels. Read More

GLOBAL EQUITY MARKETS – January 27, 2018

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This was another strong week for the Global Equity Markets. The iShares MSCI All Country World Index ETF, a benchmark for global equity markets performance, continued to resume its strong uptrend above the 21 month-long upward trend. The uptrend has taken a parabolic shape. Parabolic price action is not sustainable. Short-term pullback and reversion to the mean is a possibility. At this point there is no clear chart pattern that would suggest a trend reversal.

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GLOBAL EQUITY MARKETS – January 20, 2018

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Strength in the Chinese equities started with a breakout on the China Large Caps. However, over the past year the performance for the broad market in China as shown by the China SSE Composite Index was not impressive when compared with China Large Cap ETF (FXI). In the second half of 2017, the SSE Composite index completed an 8 month-long rectangle. Following the breakout the index lacked follow through. SSE Composite Index spent the second half of 2017 by pulling back to the chart pattern boundary at 3,300 levels and to the long-term 200 day (40 week) moving average. Since the beginning of the year we have seen a strong performance on the SSE Composite Index with strong back to back weekly gains. Initial price target for the 8 month-long rectangle stands at 3,560 levels. More important than the short-term price target, current technical outlook might be signaling a new multi-month long uptrend developing for the Chinese equities.

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GLOBAL EQUITY MARKETS – January 13, 2018

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Reviewing long-term charts usually helps us to be focused on the big picture. Due to day to day volatility we might lose sight of the forest for the trees. Every now and then I feature these long-term charts to check the status of the bull market in global equities. U.S. equities have been a leader in the bull market. S&P 500 Index was one of the first widely followed U.S. equity benchmark that completed the decade-long consolidation and broke out to all-time highs in 2013. Since then the index has been in a steady uptrend reaching new high ground. Taking the width of the decade long-consolidation and adding it to the breakout level in percentage terms, gives us a price target in the range of 3,000-3,150.

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INTERIM UPDATE – January 11, 2018

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Several Basic Materials stocks are performing well with strong breakouts from lengthy consolidation ranges. January 6, 2018 Global Equity Markets report featured Metalurgica Gerdau SA that is listed in Brasil. The stock is dual listed via depository receipt on the New York Stock Exchange. This week's strong price action is completing the multi-month long bullish continuation chart patterns on both listings. This interim update added the NYSE listing.

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GLOBAL EQUITY MARKETS – January 6, 2018

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Announcement: I will be speaking at the Dubai Traders Summit organized by MetaStock on April 26th. Over the past decade I worked for institutions in the region, managing funds & portfolios as well as analyzing Emerging and Frontier markets. At this one day event I hope to connect with Tech Charts members & followers, ex-colleagues and fellow traders to discuss some of the best classical chart patterns that helped me in making trading and investment decisions. Registration is free. You can follow this link to register >> DUBAI TRADERS SUMMIT APRIL 26th.

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Global Equity Markets started the new year on a high note. Back to back gains pushed the iShares MSCI All Country World Index towards the upper boundary of its upward trend channel. Strong uptrend remains intact. If the year-long upward trend channel is valid, the upper boundary can act as a short-term resistance. There is no chart pattern that would suggest a trend reversal at this point.

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INTERIM UPDATE – January 4, 2018

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Over the past few months Tech Charts Global Equity Markets report analyzed the Europe's EURO STOXX BANKING INDEX and discussed the possibility of a sideways consolidation that can be identified as a 7 month-long symmetrical triangle. The index remained in a tight range for the past months. 2017 ended with the Euro Stoxx Banking index testing the lower boundary of its multi-month consolidation and the 200-day (40 week) moving average at 129 levels.

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Rectangle – Bearish Continuation

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