Monday, October 19, 2009

Futures Positive, but Markets Have Reached Prior Year Resistance Levels


The futures this morning are positive along with the DAX indicating an up open for the markets. However, both the market condition scans and the market bias indicators are both showing no directional bias, which suggests that the price action during the day will likely be choppy.



An interesting development is the decision by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) to accept gold as collateral for trading. This week we continue with earnings season with Apple Computer (AAPL) and Texas Instruments (TXN) reporting after market close. Once again, investors will be looking for revenues to be increasing in concert with earnings. When revenues are flat to slightly down, but earnings are up, this usually means cost-cutting and maybe even some balance sheet manipulation. Guidance will also drive expectations for stock prices so watch for this.



Index
Change
%Change
Level
Phase
TSX
+0.25
0.00%
11504.76
Bullish
DJIA
-67.03
-0.67%
9995.91
Bullish
Nasdaq
-16.49
-0.76%
2156.80
Bullish
SP 500
-8.88
-0.81
1087.68
Bullish
Russell 2000
-7.16
-1.15%
616.18
Bullish
NYSE
-70.09
-0.97%
7133.96
Bullish
Source: Telechart

Short Term market outlook:

Bias: Scans showing a neutral bias

Energy: weak

Primary Trend: sideways to up



Sector
Phase
Consumer Staples
Bullish
Healthcare
Bullish
Technology
Bullish
Utilities
Bullish
Energy
Bullish
Financials
Bullish
Industrials
Bullish
Materials
Bullish
Consumer Discretionary
Bullish
Source: Telechart

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