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S&P to be tested this week

December 10, 2012 by Keith Richards 2 Comments

I was on BNN MarketCall on Friday—it was a bit of a hectic evening, with news being announced after the bell regarding the approval of the Nexen / CNOOC deal. BNN brought in Sprott’s oil & gas  manager for the first half hour of the usual 1-hour show, and then I did my technical analysis calls for the second half of the show.

 

My broad-based theme of late has been, short-termed bull (2-3 months), longer termed bear. On BNN, I opened by presenting a couple of charts that highlight the deteriorating breadth of US markets over the past 2 years, as well as the declining trends of oil & copper—all in the face of a rising S&P 500. These factors, amongst others, continue to wave a caution flag for those who might plan on staying long the markets for too long (excuse the pun). In the very near term I remain bullish, although the S&P is now testing resistance that it has come up against a few times this year. See the horizontal line on the chart, which illustrates this old resistance level at around 1420. Further, there will be a bit of a hurdle going through the 50 day MA which lies at the same  level.

Until the fiscal cliff crises is solved, the 1420-ish area may to provide a bit of a barrier for the S&P. Should a deal pass, I’d expect a clear run up to my final target of 1500-1550 by early 2013. I’m cautiously optimistic for that outcome.

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  1. jean-pierre clément says

    December 10, 2012 at 8:08 pm

    A COMMENT ON THE BALTIC DRY INDEX

    OVER THE WEEKEND, CHINESE EXPORTS REPORTED A SIGNIFICANT MISS FOR NOVEMBER (COMING IN AT A YEAR-OVER-YEAR INCREASE OF 2.9%, BELOW PREDICTIONS OF A GAIN OF 9.3%). A DOUBLE-TOP PATTERN IS NOW APPARENT IN THE BALTIC DRY INDEX AT AROUND 1100, SUGGESTING WEAKNESS IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE. A BREAK BELOW THE NOVEMBER LOW OF 900 ON THIS INDEX SUGGESTS WEAK DATA ON DECEMBER’S TRADE FOR CHINA (TO BE RELEASE IN JANUARY) AND COULD FUEL A NEW SET OF CONCERNS BEYOND ANY FISCAL CLIFF NEGOCIATIONS….

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    • Keith says

      December 10, 2012 at 8:15 pm

      Interesting you bring up the Baltic Dry Index–I was looking at it over the weekend. Its been in a net downtrend while S&P500 has been rising over the past few yrs–divergence in the economy vs. the market doesnt usually last forever.

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