Ok,thegameofguessingthebottomisonagain.Nowthatthemarkethavereachedthelowforthelasttwoyearsandisatthevergeof“official”bearmarket,willthemarketbouncefromhere,or,istheremoreroomtofail?Beforeweanswerthatmilliondollarquestion,wecanlookbackthehistoryofpastbearmarket.AccordingtoWSJ,theaveragebearmarketwasdown31%fromthehigh.Theworstofthebearmarketisdownmorethan80%(greatdepression).So,dependsonhowseveret...[
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Itwasugly.ThechartsofDJIAandSP500un-mistakenlyshowedthat.Forthefirsttimeoflongtime,bothindexesaredeepintheoversoldterritory.OutofNASDAQ100,only14arestillabovetheir50day’sMAand31ofthemmadenewlowinamonth.Isthisthelowofshortterm?Well,itishardtosayforsure,butitissafetosaythatitisclosertothelowJWhatabouttomorrow?After3%dropinasingleday,Iwillnotbesurprisedtoseethemarketopenhigher,however,itishardtosayt...[
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Thisiscertainlytoughesttapeforquitesometime.Thatthemarketcannotholditsgainisveryfrustrating.Eventhoughweareveryclosetothelowsoftheyear,alotofpeoplestillholdhopesomehowtheworstwillbeoverinshortamountoftime.Ifonewantstoseethecapitulationofthemarket,oneisdefinitelydisappointed.Tomorrow,wewillhearthedecisionfromFEDabouttheinterestrate,theconsensusonthestreetisthattheFEDwillleavetheinterestratealone,so...[
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Isthebottomhere?Willweseea“V”shapedrebound?Dependsonwhetherapersonisinthestateofgreedorfear,theanswercouldbeutterlydifferent.Thetruthiswereallydonotknowwherethebottomis.Anyanticipatorymoveispurelyaguesshowevertheintelligentthatguessmightbe.Let’sreviewthestateofmarket.TheDOWlostthesupportof12000forgood.IwassurprisedtoseehoweasethesupportwasbrokenlastFriday.EventhoughtheDOWhaslostmorethan3%ofthew...[
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Thequestionfortheweekiswhetherthetechnologywillpullthemarketuporthemarketoverallwilldragthetechnologydown.QQQQandSMHlookshealth,butDJIAandSP500areinconclusiveaswhatthenextstepmightbe.However,theoldculprits,XLFandXHBaresimplybouncingoffoversoldterritoryandsoonfacingtheirfirstresistance,so,theanswertothequestionwillberevealedinshorttime.Weshallsee.Theconsumerdiscretionandtransportationdonotoffermuch...[
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Bittenbyasnakeonce,itremainstoofearfultoseeasnakefortenyears.The400pointsdroplastFridayisjustlikeasnake’sbite;theonlyunknownishowlongitwilltakethemarkettohealthephobia.Nodoubt,theculpritisthejoblessrate,itchangedpublicperceptiontorecessionisalreadyhere,thatinturninvalidatedallpresumptionsthattheworseisoverandgavetheammunitiontotheargumentthattherallysincetheMarchisnothingbutadeadcatbounce.Thesect...[
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Themarket,likeasong,hasitsownrhythm,andthesuccessoftradingistolistentotherhythmanddancetoitsbeat.Therearealotofexplanationsaswhymarketrosetoday.Oneofthemorepopulartheoriesisthebetterretailsalenumber.Butinanotherday,todaycouldbeeasilyablowup.Theoilhasrisen5buck.TheSP500putafloorofitstradingrangeandDJIAhasclimbedbackaswell.TherealstandoutistheNASDAQ100.FromitslowsetonMarch,ithasrosealmost18%.Andifyo...[
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Youjustwishwewereinlate90’s,whenSP500washighlytiltedtowardtech.Butthatwasthen,andthisisnow.Today,thebiggestcomponentinSP500isfinancials,so,whenbankscaughtthecold,thebroadmarketcoughed.First,badnews;wehopedthatsp500couldholdaboveits50daysMAaround1380,forawhile,itwasreallyhopeful.However,itwasdownfractionattheend,makingitanindecisiveday.So,wecanhopeforanotherday.Maybeweareenteringatradingrangewithf...[
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SP500didnotholdits50dayMA,DJIAisindeeptrouble.OnlyNASDAQ100stilllooksgood,butSMHtoday’sdroptotouchits20dayMAmeansthattomorrowisveryimportantforthemarket.Iftechcanholditsown,itmaystillservetheroleasthebeaconandanchorinthisswirlstormcreatedbythehousingandgreedyfinancialinstitutions.Inthatregard,today’stimelyreboundofXHBmaybodeswellforthemarkettomorrow.Inthetechland,softwaredidwellexceptMSFT.Thethr...[
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DoorDie?apictureworththousandwords.
Acontarian'sargumentthatnowisthetimetobuy:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/business/yourmoney/18stra.html
Andsomerichpeoplesarebuyingtoo:
http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/080429/millionaires_fidelity_study.html?.v=3
Butoildcouldbeaproblemiflastfewday'stradingisanindication.
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/goldman-raises-oil-price-forecast/...[
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