Stocks continued to rally a bit, but really last week consolidated recent gains. We expect that TLT should mount a rally attempt here and will watch with interest to see how this goes. A rally in Turkey (TUR) here is possible, but unless it can move quickly above 34.50, then 37, the rally is unlikely to have legs.
SPY is now overbought on a short-term basis and has challenged the 218 area resistance where it has failed before. Through 218 would be a strong indication that 223 will be hit sooner rather than later. We are seeing rotation into the infrastructure stocks and away from tech – and that this could go on for a good while.
We are still seeing a down market in early morning trading – but often this does not translate into trading by the close. If you are looking for stuff to buy – look at Steels, Industrials, Materials – infrastructure investments as well as Health Care, Pharmaceuticals and Financials.
This market is news driven and not technically driven, but it is oversold enough that we would look for a good buy point to deploy any cash, for now. TLT had a violent day, trading down early in the day and reversing up, to hold the 130-area support. This is not unexpected. We mentioned some rally points in the weekly, and would look to sell more of this at 132 – 134.
The Fred Report - Weekly October 31 2016The one thing that really jumped out on our last trip is that this is a nervous market. We would use dips to add to models. we are using benchmarks on SPY of the recent low in the 211 area as our stop on this market, and realistically that could be lowered to 210 for conservative players. We continue to recommend alternatives such as BKLN, VRP and CWB that can hold up or even rally in a rising rate environment. We would not be short the GLD markets. We would buy down days, and look for continued bottoming action in this area.The Fred Report - Mid Week Update October 26, 2016We mentioned a couple of weeks or so ago that the momentum ETFs were starting to improve and this is continuing. Aggressive investors should look at adding SPHB. Tax selling season is upon us, and one of the rules we have used with success is that any adverse movement in stocks that occurs after September starts can be met with tax selling.The Fred Report - Weekly October 24, 2016
On the large cap side, we may start to (finally!) see some improvement in high relative strength names compared to value names, as growth starts to move to the forefront. We have seen several fundamental analysts’ reports that Japan should be a strong country in 2017, and the technical picture supports this.
The Fred Report - Mid Week Update October 19, 2016Stocks have started to rally off of the 212 support on SPY, as we have expected they would, but Tuesday’s rally was worse than it looked. We mentioned that TLT could hold 132 this week, and so far, this is happening, but we believe the time, before this has real trouble, is short and would look for alternatives.The Fred Report - Weekly October 17, 2016Stocks have been weaker than expected last week, with a false breakdown below 212 on SPY, or bear trap, occurring during the week. DBB could be buyable on further weakness. Prices of interest would be just below current levels at 13.40 and again at 12.90 if one of these hits.The Fred Report - Mid Week Update October 12, 2016We are now getting questions as to whether the market will break 212, and then rally sharply as stops are hit – and that is possible. However, a close through there opens the door to a test of 206 – 208 or lower, and we would be concerned.The Fred Report - Weekly October 10, 2016Stocks are in an interesting position here, as we have had two inside weeks, which is indicative of a trend-less market, on SPY. This could very well be at least a trading bottom in GLD, and this an advance above 122.20 and then 125.50 would confirm this low. Let’s see what happens, but we look for a daily stochastic above 20 soon.The Fred Report - Mid Week Update October 5, 2016Stocks are still trading in lackluster fashion but are holding the 212 area on SPY. There is real risk of this drop for TLT, and we would still be looking at some of the high dividend stocks and ETFs on any market dip.The Fred Report - Weekly October 3, 2016
We have been looking for the petroleum complex to make a seasonal low later in October and while this is possible, it is more likely that the low may have been made. One area that may benefit from higher oil prices is High Yield ETFs.
The Fred Report - Mid Week Update September 28, 2016We stand by our forecast of 223 and think this could be hit by the first week in October. Then the market may have some risk.The Fred Report - Weekly September 26, 2016Stocks had a decent week last week, holding the 212 support level on SPY, and look as if they are preparing to rally this week. For those who want to be cautious, we would raise some cash at 220, then 223 on this rally and hold it until after the election. We believe we are a month or so away from a great opportunity to buy commodities for 2017.The Fred Report - Mid Week Update September 21, 2016No change in our view on the stock indexes, which is that this is a short-term bottoming pattern on the indexes, and the leading index will still be the NASDAQ at least through the end of September.The Fred Report - Weekly September 19, 2016SPY and QQQ are in short-term buy mode, but QQQ looks stronger and should outperform into the beginning of October. We continue to watch Europe, EFA, and all of the developed market ETFs as they show weakness relative to the Emerging Market units. On a relative strength basis there is no reason to own the weaker countries, and on a chart basis the most attractive of these remains Switzerland.The Fred Report - Mid Week Update September 14, 2016
We would expect an up day on Wednesday, with more volatility, and a close below 212 would be a surprise. While we do not expect a catastrophic decline (for TLT) here, should this occur it could take equities along for the ride. An indication of this would be a close on TLT below 133.
