It's the Dow vs. NASDAQ

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The Dow making new five year highs may be impressive, but the Nasdaq is really struggling. The semis and the internets are key weak sectors holding down the Nasdaq and subsequently the (QQQQ | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and noodles. In short, the bulls are pulling up the (DIA | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and the bears are pulling down the QQQQs. Ultimately, one side will have the leadership status, the question is which? While the DIA has been grinding away with weekly and monthly mini pups, the QQQQ’s up until this week as been declining with weekly mini inverse pups.

If the Nasdaq gets pulled up by the Dow by crossing the stochastics back up then look for the laggard sectors to turn. (EBAY | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), (YHOO | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) laggards. The semiconductor makers are also lagging (BRCM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), (MRVL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), (KLAC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating). (AAPL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and (SNDK | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) are laggards also however, if the Nasdaq ends up bringing down the Dow, then those are two key weekly mini inverse pups to consider on the short side with resistances on the weekly 5 period ma’s at 67.66 and 56.40 respectively.

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