GZ; I also have a strong dip signal, S/MMs are taking up short positions since about noon today, it may be several days playing out, but the signal says we go down early next week, ( maybe just a dip but who knows ) The currency markets are acting strange and much manipulation going on there. Since the first rate cut the dollar has fell 14.9% then regained some it's now off 10.5% , on an average against the pound, yen, Eu , and SDR, ( special drawing rights ) . While our market has gone up dramatically in our eyes, foreign investors have not seen it the same, if they pull out the dollars they get roughly 10% less than they would have before the rate cuts. ------------------- Foreign investors buy a lot of our BIG BLUE Chip stocks, the dollar went up this morning, and much of a rebound in the dollar will tempt them to take profits, in a way the falling dollar locked them in, but now it's gaining back so they may soon want out.
All that aside the tick went negative about 12:30 and the Specialist are propping up the index as they take short positions.
In as much as we import more than we sell , look for price increases to work their way into most imports. Inflation lays somewhere ahead. Jim |