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Good Morning. This is Capital Essence's "Market Outlook" (the technical analysis of financial markets) for Monday November 26, 2007.
As we've predicted right here in the previous "
Cubes Speculator Bulletin" that: "
[Wednesday trading action was] pretty encouraging. It suggested that stocks could be due to a meaningful bounce", stocks finished significantly higher last Friday that saw the S&P 500 recovered into positive territory year-to-date.
Any call options traded could have earned at least +30% intraday.
Chart 1.1: Standard & Poors 500 Index (weekly).
The board market index had pulled back to support at the area of the long-term rising trendline. Technically speaking, the bulls won't get into any serious trouble as long as prices hold above this level. The index has an important layer of support that runs from 1400 to 1360. Resistant is about 1480-1500.
Chart 1.2: Dow Jones Industrial (weekly).
Similar to the S&P 500, the blue-chips index had also pulled back to support at the area of the long-term rising trendline. As noted above, investors shouldn't be worry too much as long as prices hold above this level. Support is about 12800. Resistant is about 13200-13500.
Chart 1.3: Russell 2000 Index (weekly).
Similar to its peers, the small caps index is also trading at the area of long-term trendline support. As mentioned, the bears won't have any cases as long as prices hold above the 736 level. Resistant is about 780-800.
In summary: there is little evidence on the charts to say that the current downleg is going to end soon. However, with an average price of the stocks in the broad S&P 500 index was off nearly 10% from its October's high as we're heading into the supposedly strong seasonal period, the bulls should be given the benefit of the doubts.
(By: Michelle Mai for Capital Essence)
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