Nasdaq 100 (NDX): About That Breakout…?

Despite the very bullish trading action across the broader market: one sector continues to confound active investors: Technology. And more specifically, the Powershares QQQ Nasdaq 100 ETF (NASDAQ:QQQ).  See chart below.

The sector has been a 2016 leader, but it has yet to break out.

So what’s going on here?

While I expect stocks to continue their bullish ways into week’s end, for stocks, we should see a stall out soon thereafter. I expect this to occur next week as the major stock market indices consolidate some of these gains. And this could further delay the breakout for technology.

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While several key stock indices have broken out, the NASDAQ 100 (INDEXNASDAQ:NDX) certainly has not.  It is running into resistance at levels hit back in October. While the QQQ’s still look bullish over the next 6 weeks to rise potentially to 123-124 area, the near-term should prove challenging. The situation is fluid, but I’m looking for a stall out over a 1-2 week period before it moves higher.

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