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Retired chief investment officer and former NYSE firm partner with 50 plus years experience in field as analyst / economist, portfolio manager / trader, and CIO who has superb track record with multi $billion equities and fixed income portfolios. Advanced degrees, CFA. Having done much professional writing as a young guy, I now have a cryptic style. 40 years down on and around The Street confirms: CAVEAT EMPTOR IN SPADES !!!

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Stock Market -- Technical

Well, the rally has moved up and past the quick sucker format and
is threatening to become more substantial. The SP 500 has risen to
an overbought at 3.1% above its 25 day m/a, so I think we now are
at a level to test bullish intentions as overboughts above 3.0% have
tended to correct within days after the rallies have topped that
modest level (past six months only).

The 25 day oscillator has broken up through a downtrend underway
since early Jan. ' 09. That's a positive as it suggests the downleg
from Jan. may be over. The 10 day m/a is rising. The 25 day m/a is
still falling and the "10" is below the 25. So, it is still only a short term
run. My 25 day indicators are turning up but do not a confirm a
rally of more consequence as yet. Chart here.

The important 40 week oscillator with 13 week smoothing may be
entering a bottoming phase. This indicator indicated a topping phase
which began in the spring of 2007, ran on, and wound up hinting at
the major top that was to come. In a similar vein, the 40 week osc.
could run on in a bottoming phase for some time as well, although
as with all things technical, it need not.

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