Canada Continues To Underperform U.S. Equities

Well stocks continue their slide. While U.S. equities are in the red, globally there are some markets that are fairing a little worse than ours. In my TraderPlanet post for this week I compare Canada’s equity market ($EWC) to $SPY.

A piece:

The chart below shows the relationship between iShares Canada ($EWC) and S&P 500 SPDR ($SPY). When the green line is falling it means Canadian equities are falling more or rising less than U.S. stocks. Looking back at the last four months of 2012 we can see some deterioration in strength coming out of Canada.

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About Andrew Thrasher, CMT

Andrew Thrasher, CMT is a Portfolio Manager for Financial Enhancement Group, LLC, an asset management firm in Central Indiana and founder of Thrasher Analytics, an independent financial market research firm. He specializes in technical analysis as well as macro economic developments.