Ken Tower
Ken Tower
above broad low ready sector stay stocks technology turn week
If (Microsoft) can stay above 80, then the whole broad sector of technology stocks may have bottomed out this week and had a re-test low and be ready to turn higher.
fully hold lower lows market move sign strong turnaround
I'd like to see the market turnaround right here, hold Friday's lows and move higher, ... If we don't hold (the lows) it's a real strong sign that you got to take this market lower to get it fully oversold.
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In my experience the market doesn't remain trapped in that kind of narrow trading range for long. So expect the market to break out. But which way?
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I'm left with the sense that this is a trading-range market, not a larger decline. The major averages are now coming down to their late August lows, which are presumably the low end of this trading range. There wasn't any real sign of a reversal yesterday, but support is nearby and downside leadership is poor.
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There's this almost universal sense that we're in this big cap-ex spending cycle and the big stocks should be moving on that, but they haven't been.
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The correction is likely to go on for another month or two, ... before there's really a compelling reason for investors and traders to move more money from the sidelines into the markets.
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The Fed is going to have a hard time stopping their (rate) increases if the economy seems to be gaining strength.
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The Fed is going to have a hard time stopping their increases if the economy seems to be gaining strength. I think the Fed will have a very hard time talking down the inflation hawks if the data comes in stronger than expected.
markets money moved
They haven't so much moved their money out of the markets as they have moved it from one place to another.
front happening telling
What's happening in front of us right now is discouraging, but the market's telling us that these will be short-term disruptions.
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The recent stock rally was fueled by the idea that the Fed is nearly done and I am concerned that such a hope could be in trouble. If the economy is growing faster than investors are expecting, that could be a problem.
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And Wrigley has been very strong for some time, continues to move higher, ... Just had another breakout to a new high. There are lots of stocks in this market that are doing quite well. They just aren't technology stocks.
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Employment cost is below expectations, which should encourage the Federal Reserve at next week's meeting to maintain a balanced approach.
again looking low market rally sell test thinking
We're thinking that yesterday's rally will probably go back down and test the low today... So, this afternoon, we're looking again probably for the market to sell off.