This week we're looking at the outperforming PSU Bank stock.

This is the video recording of the November 2022 Mid-month Conference Call.

We discussed:

• The most Bullish Time of the Year
• The most Bullish Time of the 4-year Presidential Cycle
• US Dollar vs Stocks Negative Correlation Continues
• Mexican Peso & VIX Relationship
• Euro & British Pound at Key Resistance Levels
• Stocks rallying with stronger GBP
• Fewer stocks making new lows, but waiting for expansion in new highs
• Sentiment for risk assets remains pessimistic
• What Year 3 in Bull Markets Looks Like
• Risk Management Charts: NYSE Comp & Value Line Index
• Relative Strength in SMIDs
• Energy - Still Waiting For A Breakout
• List of Strongest Energy Stocks to Buy
• What the end of the Energy run looks like - Crude Oil Key Levels
• Healthcare Stocks Continue to Lead - Which Ones to Own Now
• Insurance Stocks Lead Financials Higher - List of Buys
• Broker Dealers showing Relative Strength
• Most Important Chart on Earth: XLF & ITB
• CAT & DE are not defensive trades
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From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

Welcome to our latest Minor Leaguers report.

We've had some great trades come out of this small-cap-focused column since we launched it back in 2020 and started rotating it with our flagship bottom-up scan, Under the Hood.

For the first year or so, we focused only on Russell 2000 stocks with a market cap between $1 and $2B.

That was fun, but we wanted to branch out a bit and allow some new stocks to find their way onto our list.

We expanded our universe to include some mid-caps.

To make the cut for our Minor Leaguers list, a company must have a market cap between $1 and $4B.

And it doesn't have to be a Russell component — it can be any US-listed equity. With participation expanding around the globe, we want all those ADRs in our universe.

The same price and liquidity filters are applied. Then, as always, we sort by proximity to...

From the Desk of Steve Strazza @sstrazza and Alfonso Depablos @Alfcharts

This is one of our favorite bottom-up scans: Follow the Flow.

In this note, we simply create a universe of stocks that experienced the most unusual options activity — either bullish or bearish, but not both.

We utilize options experts, both internally and through our partnership with The TradeXchange. Then, we dig through the level 2 details and do all the work upfront for our clients.

Our goal is to isolate only those options market splashes that represent levered and high-conviction, directional bets.

We also weed out hedging activity and ensure there are no offsetting trades that either neutralize or cap the risk on these unusual options trades.

What remains is a list of stocks that large financial institutions are putting big money behind.

And they’re doing so for one reason only: because they think...

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

That was a very choppy day. And it could potentially be like this all week.

We have multiple Fed speakers this week, with FOMC minutes on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. ET.

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

A little pull-in for the futures this morning, though we're still hovering around $SPX 3,950.

Currently, we're forming a bull flag on the indices, but I'd like to see SPX 3,934 held. 

The largest insider transaction on today’s list is a Form 4 filing by Mark and Edward Shoen’s Willow Grove Holdings LP.

The holding company revealed a purchase worth $32.4 million in AMERCO $UHAL. The Shoen family remains the largest holders of UHAL stock.

From the Desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

Dividend Aristocrats are easily some of the most desirable investments on Wall Street.

These are the names that have increased dividends for at least 25 years, providing steadily increasing income to long-term-minded shareholders.

As you can imagine, the companies making up this prestigious list are some of the most recognizable brands in the world. Coca-Cola, Walmart, and Johnson & Johnson are just a few of the household names making the cut.

Here at All Star Charts, we like to stay ahead of the curve. That's why we're turning our attention to the future aristocrats.

In an effort to seek out the next generation of the cream-of-the-crop dividend plays, we're curating a list of stocks that have raised their payouts every year for five to nine years.

We call them the Young Aristocrats, and the idea is that these are "stocks that pay you to make money."

Imagine if years of consistent dividend growth and high momentum and relative strength had a baby, leaving you with the best of the emerging dividend giants that are outperforming the averages.

By adding our...

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

Tough action in the market this week.

We started at $SPX 4,008 then dropped down to 3,906. Looks like the index is forming a bull flag.

Next week is typically a bullish week.

From the Desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza and Alfonso Depablos @AlfCharts

Our Hall of Famers list is composed of the 150 largest US-based stocks.

These stocks range from the mega-cap growth behemoths like Apple and Microsoft – with market caps in excess of $2T – to some of the new-age large-cap disruptors such as Moderna, Square, and Snap.

It has all the big names and more.

It doesn’t include ADRs or any stock not domiciled in the US. But don’t worry; we developed a separate universe for that. Click here to check it out.

The Hall of Famers is simple.

We take our list of 150 names and then apply our technical filters so the strongest stocks with the most momentum rise to the top.

Let’s dive right in and check out what these big boys are up to.

Here’s this week’s list:

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We filter out any laggards that are down -5% or more relative to the S&P 500 over the trailing month. 

Then...

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

The indices recaptured their respective eight-day moving averages, and it seems they're forming bull flags.

Maybe now we are on the way to $SPY 403.

We continue to see large Form 4 filings from an array of corporate insiders.

Today, we have a filing by ESAB Corp $ESAB director Mitchell P. Rales, who disclosed new purchases worth $20 million.