{"id":184586,"date":"2025-04-14T17:25:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T17:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/business\/investing\/the-canary\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T17:25:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T17:25:06","slug":"the-canary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=184586","title":{"rendered":"The Canary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">I have written many times in the past about how the semiconductor index, SMH, is an excellent tell on the current strength of the US Stock market and investors willingness to take on risk. The semis tend to be leaders (the proverbial canary in the coal mine) in both up and downtrends so it\u2019s an excellent vehicle to get an \u201cearly\u201d take on which way the market will go if it\u2019s in consolidation (which it currently is).<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">As you can see in the longer-term, weekly chart of SMH, the 50-day moving average has a positive slope and sits above a rising 200- day moving average. With price sitting above both moving averages, this is exactly how bull markets (uptrends) are supposed to look. When you combine this with the fact this week the index broke out to new, all-time highs and of course is making higher highs and higher lows, the message is clear. 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