Thread: Market Talk

From Pete 1's posting of Ben Stein's article:

So, why is the Fed doing what it's doing? Well, I asked two major powers at the Fed just this week. One said, "There's evidence of rapidly rising wages in some fields."

"What fields?" I asked.

"CPAs who really know Sarbanes-Oxley well and finance MBAs," he said.

"And that's it?"

"Well, it's not a lot compared with energy," the man said and shrugged.

The other man said that the Fed was raising rates to slow down inflationary expectations in energy.

"But energy prices are already falling, and the growth in demand is coming from China," I said. "Are you trying to control Chinese demand?"

He smiled and shrugged.

By the way, I don't think it's in the Fed's charter to try to control Chinese demand. I don't get it. Dr. Greenspan. I love you, but I just don't get it.

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Well, that is what it is: the FOMC seems to be trying to control Chinese demand for oil. That's what I alluded at last Friday.

If the price of oil does not drop even moreso, hey, what is to prevent China and Japan and other nations that hold our debt to cash that in for their oil purchases?

Yeah, Greenspan the the FOMC's know it is in the best interests of the country to continue to raise interest rates so there will be less likelihood of that debt being cashed in. If it is used to purchase oil, the world will be awashin dollars.

Not good.

It has little to do with oil's drop from $70 to $60 a barrel; it has to continue to drop to $50 a barrel or lower. If it can't, then we may be beginning to see the effect of borrow and spend econommic policies: lots more risk for less gain ... slowing growth.

At least with pay as you go tax increases the effects are much more immediate and apparent. Or, if it takes drastic spending cuts, that would help too (but then again one man's entitlement is another's example of waste).

But tax cuts in times of skyrocketing deficits has lead to the current FOMC policies.

Was last week just short covering or the start of the year end rally? The technicals are lining up and are almost complete..... Things are looking pretty good for the start of a Wave 5!!!!! Back-filling and pauses will be very good going forward......

Some comments from a Tech:

The Program Trading Indicator exceeded 100 and produced a buy signal. However, until it surpasses its recent high the buy signal remains unconvincing. Notice that there was a series of three lower highs following the important high established in May, which preceded the August top. Until there is a new high now, the buy signal is suspect.

As program trading has gained in popularity and became a much larger part of the daily trading on the NYSE (it now represents more than half the total volume), the volume of specialist trading on the exchange has steadily declined. For me this makes specialist information much less valuable as an indicator than it was for many years. However, as specialist trading has decreased, public and member trading has become more significant. Look below at the relationship between public shorting (pink line) and the superimposed trendline of its average volume.

There were 12 occasions in the last four years when the public suddenly became more active short sellers, and each time it happened the market advanced soon afterwards. The public's timing could not have been worse. Only in January 2004 did their short selling precede a market decline, and even then there was a rally first.

Note that they just did it again. Public short selling exploded by 16% in the last 5 weeks, and half of that happened in the last two. It broke out above its average on October 7, the very week that the market reached its low. It appears that this indicator will be useful going forward.

The Commitments of Traders reports for the Dow, NASDAQ 100 and S&P full and mini-contracts show that the decline in long positions continued as the market rallied last week. Again, this is typical behavior, and exactly the reverse of what we are seeing in the gold market as it declines.
Total of Dow, NASDAQ and S&P Full and Mini Contracts -- Commitments of Traders
through Friday, November

In all three charts below, commercial hedgers consistently reduced their long positions as the markets rallied last week.S&P 500 and Mini Contracts, Weighted Commitments of Traders
Through Friday, November

ASDAQ 100 and Mini Contracts, Weighted Commitments of Traders
Through Friday, November 4th

ow and Mini Contracts, Weighted Commitments of Traders
Through Friday, November 4th

Market holding at the top of the trading range...
Looks good for next week...

Robo I like the chart with the public shorting the market... Seems like most have their timing backwards

When they start going long PLEASE TELL US...:^

Skip

Quips wrote:

From Pete 1's posting of Ben Stein's article:

Hmm,, could of sworn I posted that. :P

Most of the short term technicals are indicating a pull-back!!!! How much is the question? Will the 1200 level hold? It should, but the big boys might try to shake out the weak bulls one more time... Could be a good buying op for those that want to increasestock in their portfolio's..... For those waiting on the sidelines, the trendshould become clearer in the next few weeks....

Comments from a tech:

SPX: Long-Term Trend - There were some indications in the past two weeks that after a period of consolidation, the long term bull market trend might be resuming.

SPX: Intermediate Trend - The intermediate trend was down in a fairly mild corrective process for about 3 months, but the past two weeks have given a signal that a new up-trend may be underway.

SPX: Short-Term Trend - After bottoming at 1168, the short-term trend underwent a brief period of indecision from which it emerged into a well defined up-trend. However, there are signs that a correction could begin by the middle of next week.

SUMMARY:

There is technical evidence that the October correction is over and that a new intermediate term up-trend has begun which could result in new bull market highs by the end of the year. In fact, the leaders are already there! But a lack of uniformity is apparent, and much will depend on how all the indices behave in the coming short-term retrenchment..

Eur/$ took a dive.....1.17:1......does not bode well for the I fund.....speaking of which, the I fund shouldn't be doing well in this period of the market......

Looking for the local markets doing well due to changes in energy and such....could be that we may get an interest rate direction change in the next 6 months....this combined with the energy sector easing off would bode well for the markets.....

Still in protective mode though....but we could be getting something in the works that works well for the market...

:dude:

Did anyone post the October returns? If someone did, could someone repost? I missed the returns.



Jeff

ATCJeff wrote:

Did anyone post the October returns? If someone did, could someone repost? I missed the returns.



Jeff

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Market News, Doodles, Tea Leaves & Yak Date: Nov. 07, Closing


Market News.

Kingdom Talk:. Lower lube lifts market!

Elsewhere:...... Good weather aids seasonal bear chasing!


Doodles and Tea Leaves - Daily.

Doodles:
S&P 500 (Index)
Closed at..................1222.81, up +2.67
CMF (money flow) at.....+0.08, up
RSI (strength) at...........59.7, up
MACD (trend)....bullish
S-STO (signal)...------
P-SAR (signal)...bullish
ROC (change)...bullish

Light Crude (NYM)
Closed at..............59.47, dn -1.11

Tea Leaves:....................Green.


Yak.

Remarks:.......Holding 100% stox
S&P Stops:.....Alert: 1211, Trail: 1199.

Oil Markers:...<64= ok, 64-69= worry, >69= panic.

The technicals are changing and shouting buy, does that mean we are running out of Bulls? Come on big money join the party.....Some are worried about a pullback this week and are still cautious.... We could start climbing the wall of worry!!!!! A pullback would be healthy to get some new money into the rally....

Closing Comment

I don't know if we can survive another day of this type of action. Buying has dried up, but so has selling.

1224 becomes the pivot point. If we can move above it with strong A/D numbers, we can extend the rally into the low to mid 1230's. If we move above on mediocre A/D (less than 800-900) we're finishing off wave 5 to about 1228. And then, if we fail to go above 1224, and break below 1215. We've started the reversal.

I'll try to figure out which it will be first thing tomorrow morning and let you know.

Some comments from a cautious Tech: A “buy� signal is in place, but needs to be treated with caution. Nothing is certain, until the price confirms.

The coming week is a reversal week. For a long time I’ve been expecting a downswing towards 11/14 +/- and I think it starts on Tuesday 11/8 +/-. How low it will go is something that we’ll have to wait and see. Based on last week’s buy signal on the SPX/VIX system, the projected low could be a higher low (above the October’s low). But the market is not out of the woods just yet.

The following chart is the weekly chart of the SPX with some key weekly time pivots. As the chart shows, the week that just ended was a pivotal week. So it’s very possible we’ll see a reversal to the downside coming within a couple of days.

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Will there be a year-end stock-market rally?

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