By: Tony_Caldaro
Wild week for most equity markets worldwide. Entering monday’s US opening foreign markets were lower, and then made a bigger drop when S&P downgraded US debt to negative watch. No comment. The US market gapped down at the opening to new pullback lows. By 11:00, however, the selling was over and the market rallied into the end of the week. For the week the SPX/DOW were +1.3%, and the NDX/NAZ were +2.3%. Asian markets gained 0.6%, European markets added 0.7%, the Commodity equity group rose 0.8%, and the DJ World index rallied 1.7%. Bonds were +0.1%, Crude gained 2.1%, Gold made new all time highs +1.2%, and the USD lost 1.1%.
The economic calendar was quite light. Positives outgained negatives by 7:4. On the negative side: the NAHB/FHFA housing indices declined, along with the Philly FED and the M1-multiplier. On the positive side: housing starts, building permits, existing home sales all improved, along with, weekly jobless claims, leading indicators, the WLEI, and the monetary base made a new all time high. This week we have a tue/wed FOMC meeting and Q1 GDP.
LONG TERM: bull market
In global markets bull and bear equity stock markets rarely occur in isolation. Growth in some countries is usually not enough to drive equity prices higher in those countries unless there is a worldwide growing optimism. In example, China and India’s economies continued to grow throughout the 2007 to 2009 worldwide bear market. Their economic growth certainly did not prevent major declines in their stock markets. Therefore, for one to take a bullish or bearish stance in one equity market generally requires the observation of the same activity in many equity markets worldwide.
The Dow Jones World index provides a view of the entire global equity market by tracking the highest capitalization stocks in the world. Observe the bear market from 2007 – 2009. Then the current bull market from the March 2009 low at 130 in the index. Recently Major wave 3 of Primary III kicked off, and this index is now making new bull market highs.
In our daily review of the overnight market activity we refer to Asia, Europe, and then the US. We track several markets in each region and many indices in the US. However, our bellwether indices for each region are the following. In Asia, Hong Kong’s HSI:
In Europe England’s FTSE, and in the US the DOW.
Notice the wave patterns of all three of these bellwether indices were decidedly bearish during the bear market, and are decidedly bullish now. The DOW, in fact, has the same exact wave structure as the DJW. Bull and bear equity markets rarely occur in isolation.
MEDIUM TERM: uptrend high SPX 1339
Remaining with our global theme. In our weekend update, and sometimes during the week, we note the trend confirmations in the various worldwide indices we track. A few indices may take the lead during one trend, while others lead during another. Generally, it’s the overall trend movement that we track. Currently 11 of the 15 world indices we track are in confirmed uptrends. This is bullish worldwide.
The current uptrend started at the Major wave 2 low of SPX 1249 in March. This uptrend, Major wave 3, should unfold in five Intermediate waves. Intermediate wave one ended at SPX 1339 in early April, and Intermediate wave two appears to have completed this past monday at SPX 1295. Nearly a perfect 50% retracement. Intermediate wave three should be underway now. Overall, we’re expecting this uptrend to end in June between SPX 1440 and 1462. The SPX closed at 1337 this week.
SHORT TERM
Support for the SPX remains at 1313 and then 1303, with resistance at 1363 and then 1372. Short term momentum ended the week quite overbought. Last weekend it appeared that Intermediate wave two had completed at SPX 1302 and the market was rallying. On monday the entire rally was wiped out on a gap down, the SPX made a new pullback low at 1295, and then the market rallied again. The final pattern looks a bit more complex, but still an ABC down from SPX 1339. Nevertheless, the action off monday’s low has been quite constructive with two gap up openings and a 42 spx point, (3.2%), rally in just three trading days. Short term support is at SPX 1324 and then the 1313 and 1303 pivots. Resistance is at 1339/1344 and then the 1363 and 1372 pivots. Expecting new bull market highs next week. Best to your trading!
FOREIGN MARKETS
Asian markets were mostly higher on the week for a net gain of 0.6%. Only Japan’s NIKK has not confirmed an uptrend.
European markets were all higher on the week for a net gain of 0.7%. The Swiss SMI and the STOX 50 remain unconfirmed as well.
The Commodity equity group were all higher on the week for a net gain of 0.8%. Brazil’s BVSP confirmed a downtrend during the recent pullback.
The DJ World index remains uptrending and gained 1.7% on the week.
COMMODITIES
Bonds remain in their 3+ year trading range and were +0.1% on the week. Since 2008 10YR yields have remained between 2.04% and 4.32%. We do not see this changing for several more years.
Crude gained 2.1% on the week as its uptrend continues.
Gold gained 1.2% for the week, hitting $1500, as its uptrend continues. Silver’s (+8.4%) weekly chart looks parabolic, but it’s daily chart look fine.
The USD made a new yearly low losing 1.1% on the week and dropping below 74.0 DXY. Next support is at 71.31.
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