Morning Corner 7.27.11

90 Day UST (weekly info)
-no change (above mid)
trend=down
high= 0.010
rev= 0.070; mid= 0.040


Are the bond vigilantes starting to turn towards the US? The 90 day UST is setting up for a weekly 3LB reversal up. Ruh roh?



Palladium (weekly info)
-no change (above mid)
trend=no
direction=up (2 bars)
high= 812.85
rev= 710.00; mid= 761.43

Palladium has taken out its June high and is preparing to challenge its high from February. It's above all SMA's. It's also now above its 38.2% minor retrace (790.47). Will this become the other safe haven?

28 comments:

cv said...

@AAIP

The Ravens had to make some key 'cuts' to get under the new salary cap which is in the new CBA deal...

Some of those guys may get re-signed (at lower salaries)... others may not, depending on how the numbers play out an who ends up being "must keeps"...

---

You're going to see the same with other players & teams around the league as well (as in dallas cutting Marion Barber & Roy Williams)...

It just happened to the Ravens first because they were one of the first teams reporting to camp (as they have to be, because you need to be in camp 15 days before your first scheduled pre-season game)...

My guess is that they'll try hard to re-sign Kelly Gregg... derek mason with a steep pay cut (if he wants to play)... Probably Todd Heap will be the odd man out, as they drafted the TE position the past 2 years...

It's just business...

cv said...

@AAIP

The Ravens had to make some key 'cuts' to get under the new salary cap which is in the new CBA deal...

Some of those guys may get re-signed (at lower salaries)... others may not, depending on how the numbers play out an who ends up being "must keeps"...

---

You're going to see the same with other players & teams around the league as well (as in dallas cutting Marion Barber & Roy Williams)...

It just happened to the Ravens first because they were one of the first teams reporting to camp (as they have to be, because you need to be in camp 15 days before your first scheduled pre-season game)...

My guess is that they'll try hard to re-sign Kelly Gregg... derek mason with a steep pay cut (if he wants to play)... Probably Todd Heap will be the odd man out, as they drafted the TE position the past 2 years...

It's just business...

BinT said...

http://www.cnbc.com/id/43881205

"Even those selling necessities like food and medicine aren't safe. On Monday, Goldman Sachs lowered ratings for both Safeway [SWY Loading... () ] and Kroger [KR Loading... () ] to neutral. In the wake of weak second-quarter earnings at Safeway last week, Goldman anticipates more tough times ahead as accelerating inflation hurts demand.

Flickinger bases his forecast on conversations with retailers and trends in their same-store sales. He expects this downturn began the week after the Fourth of July holiday.

This isn't the first time Flickinger has predicted a retail recession. Back in December 2007, he predicted a 700-day retail recession, which was later revised to a 1,000-day downturn."

US Is at the Start of 500-Day Retail Recession: Analyst

Anonymous said...

orders down 2.1%

AmenRa said...

Anon

They're still blaming Japan. Figures.

AmenRa said...

It's been a long time since I've seen the first five 1-min candles all bearish on the SPX. Someone must have forgot to program the algos to not allow this phenomenon.

AmenRa said...

So far we have:

1329.33 (daily 3LB mid) - check
1326.21 (21 SMA) - check
1319.99 (89 SMA) - check
1316.03 (weekly 3LB mid) - coming soon
1314.25 (38.2% minor retrace) - coming soon
1310.63 (monthly 3LB mid) - coming soon

ben22 said...

retail clients are in mass panic right now b/c of the DC

I'm flooded with calls and emails right now

some people will keep their heads when others lose theirs

they are the ones that make money

AmenRa said...

ben22

quoting Rudyard Kipling?

ben22 said...

Ra,

yeah I don't know who said, it's just logical

people acting like a bunch of damn fools right now

the Wizards have once again riled up all the Dorothy's

I nearly doubled money in a few hours on NFLX calls yesterday, there are tons of trades to be made right now

Mel said...

Art imitates desire...greenbacks bitchez.

http://www.jonathanferraragallery.com/dynamic/artist_jump.asp?ArtistID=25&Page=1&ArtworkID=5409

Andy T said...

think the PPT is selling s&P futures in order to cause panic...to get a deal done.

AmenRa said...

Rudyard Kipling

If


If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!

BinT said...

it appears Meredith is no longer stupid...

AmenRa said...

BinT

They have been trying to vilify her ever since she made those comments. That'll be the second time her research would have proven her right. Doesn't say much for the research at the other firms who were complaining about her.

AmenRa said...

Lest we forget...

K-A-T-H-E-R-I-N-E!!!

AmenRa said...

5/2/11, 5/10/11, 7/7/11, 7/21/11 are the four lower highs leading to today.



I think the ckt brkrs are off.

ben22 said...

Ra,

I think by now it should be obvious we are in a triangle of some sort since Feb, not sure anyone disagrees with that at this point

as such all the gaps within the price action since Feb are likely common area pattern gaps, iow, they should all be closed as they don't hold the importance of a breakaway or runaway gap

so unless this is THE top, and I'm suspect of that

there is a big gap down from July 7 close to the 7/8 open that is still unfilled and so one way or the other I think that will be covered up

perhaps we are already starting a new bear market but we'll need to see more than one 90% down day, the peaking out of the cumulative a/d, volume expansion, leadership name breakdown (AMZN, AAPLE, LULU, etc) among other things before that call really makes much sense imo.

ben22 said...

and to be clear, I'm using closing price only charts

AmenRa said...

ben22

The weekly 3LB direction is down (2 bars). The market has been trying to reverse that condition for weeks. So it has to break higher and reverse up (above 1363.61) or it makes a third new weekly low (below 1268.45) and starts trending down.

AmenRa said...

The weekly 3LB mid (for me) is the dividing line for bullish/bearish sentiment and price action.

ben22 said...

Ra,

that would be the path of the E wave, but I think highly unlikely the E wave will just stop near or above 1250 again

I see way too many momentum stocks hugging important MA's EMA's or trendlines for me to think a reversal has already taken place, the dollar also does not appear done on the downside

ben22 said...

Ra,

on the 3lb

the two bars down that you mention

that doesn't get confirmed until Friday's close/end of the week?

QQQQ said...

B22, This was confirmed tho... Yesterday SPX was above 10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90,100,150,200 SMA, took out all except the 200 today, need another -21 bucks to do that!

ben22 said...

Q's

fairly certain all those were taken out at the June lows as well right?

ma's are never the end all to any analysis I do, especially SMA's

but more important, today needs to be confirmed, it wasn't a perfect trend day, we've had plenty of 90% down days that got blown up

4 straight days down with the last being down more than 1.5% and according to sentiment trader we should get a huge bounce tomorrow, this is why I'm wondering if the 3lb needs this to hold through Friday to confirm anything

ben22 said...

I gotta head out, be back around tonight

ben22 said...

one can't help but notice, in some ways, it seems just like last summer

You've got Hussman telling you about the rearview mirror economic data that always comes before a recession and Rosenberg highlighted at TBP on how to set up your recession portfolio (which btw, would have drew you down about 50% in 2008 at first glance....is that safe?)

maybe just something to consider....

AmenRa said...

ben22

It needs the Friday closing price for the weekly 3LB. Right now we're just in the bearish sentiment zone.

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