Market summary for June 22, 2009 and comments

Today the market dropped on the Dow 202 points closing at 8,339, while the Nasdaq closed down 61 to finish the day at 1766 and the S&P 500 closed below 900 for the first time since May 27th, closing at 893. The Volatility Index closed at 31.17 after hitting a high of 32.05 earlier today. The Put to Call ratio closed at 0.92 while Gold closed at 923, down 12 dollars/ounce. The signs have been there for weeks since the Candlestick pattern on June 5th showed the first sign of market reversal, and then was confirmed again on June 15th, as I wrote in my post on both days. Both the Dow and the S&P 500 are now below the 200 day Moving Average again.

Meanwhile, contributing to the market decline today was this little tidbit: World Bank Says Global Economic Recession to Deepen from Bloomberg news. And I quote, "The world economy will contract 2.9 percent, compared with a previous forecast of a 1.7 percent decline, the Washington- based lender said in a report today. Growth will be 2 percent next year, down from a 2.3 percent prediction the bank said."

Also in the article was this: "The World Bank cut its forecast for the U.S. this year, calling for a 3 percent drop in the world’s biggest economy, after predicting a 2.4 percent contraction in March.

Japan’s gross domestic product will shrink 6.8 percent, more than the previous prediction of a 5.3 percent decline, the lender said. The euro area’s economy may shrink 4.5 percent, compared with the previous estimate of a 2.7 percent contraction.

Global trade may drop by 9.7 percent, compared with a March forecast of a 6.1 percent decline.

I do expect the Dow to go below 8,000 and the S&P 500 to go below 840 as well. Options Expiration for the Quarter in June 30th and I do not know what the effect of that will be on the market.

One other piece of news I thought was relevant was this gem: "Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years." I have been saying this was one of the reasons I thought the market was headed down and wrote so on many occasions. I receive 2 reports daily on Insider Buying and selling from J3SG.com and for months it has shown the dollar amount of Insider Selling far exceeded the dollar amount of Buying for any given day. I had posted the theory, how can things be really getting better in the economy if so many Insiders who have most likely lost money like the rest of us, are selling their company stock. If they saw Green Shoots and recovery wouldn't it make sense to be buying more shares of their company stock? Anyway, read the "Insider Exit shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years" article and conclude what you will. I am still holding my ETF Ultra Shorts Triple pay of the Small Caps, symbol TZA, as well as the Ultra Short Triple lay of the Financials, symbol FAZ.

The market should just be in the beginning phases of a eventual retreat to 7,300 lows or lower by the end of October.