Written by Gary
Closing Market Commentary For 12-10-2013
The afternoon market was not exactly a snoozer with low to moderate volume, but it lacked the sparkle that moves the averages with a purpose. The bulls and bears fought for position in a tug-o-war that never went anywhere. Investors are obviously polarized in which direction the markets are eventually going to take.
By 4 pm the direction was headed down with some heavy selling, but that in itself was not unusual with the crooked Wall Streeters controlling the helium in the balloons.
There is a wind blowing off the waters of the stock market ocean that smells like a storm is brewing. It has been blowing like this for several years and everyone is getting used to the breeze. Lately, investors have not paying attention that it is getting subtlety stronger each passing day. The ‘House of Cards’ the Fed built is in danger of collapse, but no one is paying attention.
I do not personally give much credence to the Hindenburg Oman, but it is a sign never the less of a weak market.
2nd Hindenburg Omen In 3 Days Stumbles Stocks; Bonds And Bullion Bid
Between new lows, new highs, advancers, decliners, lagging volumes, and stalling momentum, technicals have signaled another Hindenburg Omen (following Friday’s) as the cluster builds once again.
While it may not have lived up to its ominous name in the last year of liquidity, it highlights market anxiety and internals are growing more concerned… still believe the taper is priced in?
Strength in Treasuries and gold (and silver) suggest safe-havens are being sought after. VIX is on the rise once again (and its most inverted in over 2 months); and even JPY carry traders (which dragged stock lower tick fgor tick with EURJPY once again) reduced exposure.
The short term indicators are leaning towards the hold side at the close, but I would advise (again) caution in taking a position because of the Fed’s cryptic utterances in hinting when the taper will begin and by how much. I would also take chart and other technical indicators with a grain of salt for the time being and watch what the Fed does WHEN it actually does something.
The longer 6 month outlook remains 40-60 sell until we can see what the Fed is actually going to do, simple as that. If we get some Fed tapering in December (17th. -18th. meeting) the markets will certainly react in a negative fashion, how much of course depends on much bond buying takes place. If the tapering begins in March 2014, like some believe it will, the markets are going to price that in by declining sooner. However, 74% of Bloomberg surveyed economists believe tapering will believe either in December or January as of 12-09-2013, but Fisher says it will take place in the first quarter. I am expecting weak to negative markets for the foreseeable future.
Members of the FOMC believe the US economy has shown signs of improvement, but they have assured short-term interest rates would remain low for quite some time to come. Alpari Market Analyst, Craig Erlam, said: “Many members of the Fed now appear eager to start winding down its asset purchases and are looking for ways to do it that will create the least disruption in the financial markets, such as setting simple thresholds for reductions, or even more simply, providing a timetable for tapering that is not data dependent.”
ADVFN reported, “The rally in question has been built on the back of the Fed’s promise of a stimulatory environment. If any catalyst points to the Fed giving up its accommodative stance, there is a danger of a pullback and near term support for the index lies around the 15,965, 15,890 and 15,804 levels.” Personally, I think it could go a lot lower.
Also, many pundits have stated that we may have seen the top – but I wouldn’t count it as long as the Fed continues to hand out ‘Market Viagra’! I would like to see a blowout candle (shooting star) to verify a top along with heavy volume.
The DOW at 4:00 is at 15973 down 52 or -0.33.
The SP500 is at 1803 down 5.75 or -0.32%.
SPY is at 180.84 down 0.65 or -0.36%.
The $RUT is at 1120 down 10 or -0.90%.
NASDAQ is at 4060 down 8 or -0.20%.
NASDAQ 100 is at 3514 down 2 or -0.06%.
The longer trend is up, the past months trend is bullish, the past 5 sessions have been positive to mixed and the current bias is negative.
WTI oil is trading between 97.40 and 98.73 today. The session bias is sideways and is currently trading down at 98.49.
Brent Crude is trading between 110.44 and 108.56 today. The session bias is positive and is currently trading up at 109.60.
Gold rose from 1240.20 earlier to 1266.88 and is currently trading down at 1262.10.
Here’s why copper has lost its indicator role
Dr. Copper is at 3.265 rising from 3.250 earlier.
The US dollar is trading between 80.13 and 79.83 and is currently trading down at 79.94, the bias is currently sideways.
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Written by Gary