At the Tipping Point (Still) (SPY, DIA, GLD, USO)
Courtesy of John Nyaradi at Wall St. Sector Selector, July 27, 2010
Instratrader Indicators:
- Yellow Flag: We Expect Choppy Prices Ahead
- Daily Technical Sentiment Indicators: Very Optimistic (short term bearish)
- Short Term Market Condition: Very Overbought (short term bearish)
- Short Term Trend: Up
- Medium Term Trend: Neutral
- Long Term Trend: Neutral
- % of Stocks Above 200 Day Moving Average/Daily Change: 59.5%/-1.9%
- % of Stocks Above 50 Day Moving Average/Daily Change: 75.5%/-1.6%
Market Update:
| Market | Closing Price | %Change |
| Dow Jones Industrials (DIA) | 10,537 | +0.1 |
| S&P 500 (SPY) | 1113 | -0.1 |
| Gold | $1162 | -1.9 |
| Oil | $77.41 | -2.0 |
| VIX | 23.1 | +2.0 |
| Shanghai Comp | 2575 | -0.5 |
Commentary:
Today’s (7/27) news was mixed with the Case/Shiller Housing Index registering gains along with positive earnings reports and outlook from DuPont while Consumer Confidence took a tumble and Moody’s downgraded Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells Fargo on their “supported ratings” which assumes a government bailout of the “too big to fail” category. Because financial reform passed, government intervention is less likely to happen or be less extensive.
Gold and oil were crushed today, down some 2% each, while the VIX rose 2%. The S&P 500 slipped to even with its all important 200 Day Moving Average, closing at 1113.84 compared to 1113.93 for the average.
Markets remain overbought and overoptimistic and subject to short term correction. We remain in the “Yellow Flag Flying” mode, expecting choppy prices ahead. A failure to materially break above overhead resistance between 1120-1130 on the S&P 500 will likely lead to lower prices ahead. One of our indicators points to the growing possibility of a significant downturn ahead, but, of course, no one has a crystal ball and so the timing of that potential event is unknown.
Disclosure: psq, rwm, sh, skf, spy put
