Acutefemalecolleaguewaslateatworkduringasnowstorm.“Man,theroadwassoslipperythatIwalkedforwardonestepandslippedbackwardtwosteps”Everyonefeltsympathyfortheyounglady,eventhebosscameovertoaskwhethersheisok“Then,howdoyougettotheoffice?”AsmartIndianPh.D.cannothelptopointoutthelogicflawembeddedinthestatement.“Oh,Iwassoangryandwalkedrightbackhome”snappedbackthelady.Tradingislikewalkinginasnowyday;yo...[
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BlueMonday,thatseemslikethethemelately,almosteveryMondayhasbeenadowndayasfarasIcanremember(mymemoryisshortthoughJ).Thegoodnewsisthatthisisnotapanicselling,thevolumeislow,asmatteroffact,manyleadingstocksremainpositivetodayordownwithreducedvolume.Itseemstomethattoday’sactionismoreofprofittakingthananythingelse.Onelessonweshouldlearnisthatifeveryoneseesthetrade,forexample,higherdollar,loweroil,thent...[
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Therearetimestrendiseasytospot,othertimes,itislikethewarofattrition,thebattlefieldisfullofconfusion,youseeenemiesandfriendsdottedthroughoutthebattleground,itishardtotellwhereyoursideofthefrontlineendsandwherethatofenemy’sbegins.Suchisthetimeforthemarket,Ifoundmyselftosearchinvainfortheproperwordstodescribethestateofthemarkettonight.Themostdifficultpartisthatitishardtofindthecatalystsforbothsides,...[
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ThereboundcamefasterthanIexpected,bytheendoftheday,allmajorindexeshaveovercametheirresistances,technically,a“breakout”isoccurred,obviously,weneedsomefollowthroughtoconfirm,butnevertheless,thepagehasturned,andweareenteringanewphase.Themainthemeofthecurrentconditioncanbesummarizedasgeneralmarketisinanuptrendandcommoditiesarebusted.Assuggestedseveralblogsago,itistimetobeinconsumerdiscretion,transpo...[
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Therearelotsofexplanationsaswhythemarketreversedtoday.ButIthinktherealreasonsarethefollowing:·Thepatternof“buyatrumorandsellatnews”.SpeculationaroundthatFEDwillcut25bpsandsignala“pause”,so,thetradingbeforetheFEDdecisionwasjustasetup,once,thespeculationbecomeafact,peopletaketheprofit.·AsFEDpointedout,therearestillproblemsintheeconomy,thus,peopledonotwanttopushthemarketoutoflatesttradingrangeN...[
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Thewaitingwillbeoverbytheafternoontomorrow,whetherthismarkethasenteredintoanewtradingterritoryorbacktothetradingrangewillberevealedaftertheFEDratedecision.ItiswidelyexpectedthattheFEDwillcutrateby25bps.Whatisimportantisthestatementcompaniedthedecision.IfFEDshowssomeflexibilitytoagainstslowdowninsteadofconcernsaboutinflation,thenwemayseearallyofthemarket.Anythingdeviatesfromthisscriptscouldputtheri...[
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Peoplefearwhentheyshouldhopeandhopewhentheyshouldfear.Thatsummarizesnicelyaboutthestatusofthemarket.Backseveralweeksago,whencreditcrisisatitshighest,peoplepiledsomuchmoneytotimethebottom,nowthat,thecrisisseemspassed,andearningwasnotasbadasfeared,yetpeoplebecomeguyshytobuyintothestrength.Itisunderstandablewhypeoplefearatthispoint,sincethemarketperchesatthehighofthetradingbandandofcoursethereisFEDde...[
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Themarketisalwaystricky,ifthereisindeedacrystalballforthemarket,gazingthroughitmustbelikeseeingintoakaleidoscope,colorful,multi-facetsbutdefinitelychaotic.Itwillbeevenmoredifficulttomakesensetowhatwillhappennextweekevenifyouhavethehelpfromtheoracle.Itwillbeabalancedact;itisthethreatofinflationagainstthethreatofslowdownoftheeconomy,so,choseyourpoison.Onanothertime,thechoicemightbeeasier,Butnow?Wear...[
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Strangemarket,thisis.Onlastweek’sBarron,itisnotedthatevenifyouarerightoneverymacroeconomicturnthisyear,yourreturnismeager5%.Thereasonisthat,IMHO,itisnotenoughtoberightaboutthemarket;onehastoberightaboutthesectorsaswell.Whenonesectorcatchesfire,peoplesimplybuyeverythinginthesectorindiscriminately.Inagriculturebusinesssectorforexample,anycompanywithpotashinitsnamewentup,eventhoughIbetmostpeople(mei...[
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Themarketisunderearningspell,andtodayitisoperatedundertheshadowofearningfromAAPL.Evenarecedingofoilpriceandarisingdollarcannotprovideenoughmomentumtopowerthemarkethigher;nobodywantedtobetfororagainstAAPL.Obviously,themacroeconomywasnotfriendlytoAAPL,butAAPLalwayshadthemagictopullitoverinthepast.Theaftermarketseemslikeinvestorsdidnotlikethenumber,but,inreality,theearningisgreat,andAAPLhasalwayslowb...[
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