Market comments for Aug. 10th, 2011 (UPDATE)
Yesterday's market did rise as a result of the Fed's announcement to maintain low interest rates until 2013. Great, just what we need, more people borrowing cheap money with most likely no hope of paying it back because they don't have a job.
The Dow closed above the 11,000 level to finish at 11,239 for a 439 point gain. It seems to me now that the 11,000 level becomes now support level and 11,500 now becomes the resistance level.
Looking at the chart below, you can see that the move up was impressive if it wasn't that we've had so many large declines lately. Still, an impressive move nonetheless. I am expecting a move up to test the 11,500 level, then a pullback to test 11,000 again. Looks like we will be testing 11,000 support first based on a slightly negative Futures level. You see the news about low interest rates for as far as one can think right was the same as having very low interest rates these past several years. It didn't seem to do much for the economy, so I am doubtful this will have much of an effect on the market. It is still a very slow to negligible recovery. This market sold off for different reasons and those reasons are still relevant, hence the feeling we are still going to go down in these markets worldwide.
I am going to be plenty busy the next few days but I will try to post when I can. Thursday's Initial Jobless Claims is an important data point on Thursday morning.
UODATE: 5:45am PST
The Dow Futures are down this morning at -152, the S&P is at -17 and the Nasdaq is at -37 with all in a negative trend and deteriorating by the moment. Oil is up almost $3/barrel. Jim Cramer said this morning on CNBC that the "machines" are moving markets too rapidly for the average trader to participate. The "machines" he is talking about are the super fast computers which use algorithms to do its trading in the blink of an eye. This type of trading has been called High Frequency trading. Before the average trader can put an order in to Buy or Sell, these super computers have made thousands of trades. They have a definite significant advantage, as the Gatling Gun does over the Bow and Arrow.
The Dow closed above the 11,000 level to finish at 11,239 for a 439 point gain. It seems to me now that the 11,000 level becomes now support level and 11,500 now becomes the resistance level.
Looking at the chart below, you can see that the move up was impressive if it wasn't that we've had so many large declines lately. Still, an impressive move nonetheless. I am expecting a move up to test the 11,500 level, then a pullback to test 11,000 again. Looks like we will be testing 11,000 support first based on a slightly negative Futures level. You see the news about low interest rates for as far as one can think right was the same as having very low interest rates these past several years. It didn't seem to do much for the economy, so I am doubtful this will have much of an effect on the market. It is still a very slow to negligible recovery. This market sold off for different reasons and those reasons are still relevant, hence the feeling we are still going to go down in these markets worldwide.
I am going to be plenty busy the next few days but I will try to post when I can. Thursday's Initial Jobless Claims is an important data point on Thursday morning.
UODATE: 5:45am PST
The Dow Futures are down this morning at -152, the S&P is at -17 and the Nasdaq is at -37 with all in a negative trend and deteriorating by the moment. Oil is up almost $3/barrel. Jim Cramer said this morning on CNBC that the "machines" are moving markets too rapidly for the average trader to participate. The "machines" he is talking about are the super fast computers which use algorithms to do its trading in the blink of an eye. This type of trading has been called High Frequency trading. Before the average trader can put an order in to Buy or Sell, these super computers have made thousands of trades. They have a definite significant advantage, as the Gatling Gun does over the Bow and Arrow.
Labels: battle lines drawn, chart of the Dow, cheap money, Dow, Fed, low interest rates, resistance level, support levels
posted by Charles Amico at 8:25 PM
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