Monday Morning Chartology

The Morning Call

8/12/19

The Market

         

    Technical

            My charting service has changed its format.  It is obvious in the way the charts are presented.  This new system is having its problems that are sure to be ironed out.  One of them is that their logarithm scales don’t work on long time horizons.  So at the moment, I can’t plot some intermediate and long term trends including those of  the Averages.  The good news is that neither are even remotely close to those trend lines.  In the meantime, bear with me.

            It was a busy week for the S&P:  (1) it voided its very short term uptrend but quickly regained the lower boundary.  If it remains there for a couple more days, I will re-instate that trend, (2) it also reset its 100 DMA from support to resistance and one day later traded back above that MA.  I also have this change on hold, and (3) it closed Monday’s gap down opens.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-11/stocks-are-one-shoe-drop-away-realizing-bonds-are-right

            The long bond is smoking.  It is above both MA’s and in uptrends across all timeframes.  The only technical negative is a short term one---last Monday’s gap up open that needs to be closed.

            The dollar remains strong.  It is in short and long term uptrends and above both MA’s.  Plus, it needs to close Monday’s gap down open.  However, after it took out the upper boundary of its long term trading range, it traded back below that level and has remained there.  That is a bit worrisome.

           Gold continues to soar.  It remains in very short term and short term uptrends and above both MA’s.

            In its latest spike, the VIX made a higher low and a higher high in addition to resetting both MA’s to support.  That suggests a lot more caution that is not being reflected in stock prices.

           

    Fundamental

       Headlines

            Risk happens fast.

                        https://realinvestmentadvice.com/risk-happens-fast-is-the-selling-over-08-09-19/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Real%20Investment%20Report%20Risk%20Happens%20Fast%20Is%20The%20Selling%20Over&utm_content=Real%20Investment%20Report%20Risk%20Happens%20Fast%20Is%20The%20Selling%20Over+CID_eb3f25c4dbdc9af53d7648020ec4236d&utm_source=RIA%20Email%20Marketing%20Software&utm_term=READ%20MORE

      

            QE returning to a market near you.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-10/jpmorgan-fed-will-need-restart-qe-soon

If you don’t want to be depressed, don’t read this.  The latest from David Rosenberg.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-11/david-rosenberg-these-are-truly-historic-and-dangerous-times

    News on Stocks in Our Portfolios

 

FactSet Research Systems (NYSE:FDS) declares $0.72/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous.

Economics

   This Week’s Data

      US

     International

            June Chinese vehicle sales fell 4.3% versus estimates of -8.0%.

            July Chinese outstanding loan growth equaled 12.6% versus forecasts of 12.7%.

    Other

            Shipping fuel prices declining.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-08/Bunker%20Chaos%3A%20Global%20Shipping%20Fuel%20Prices%20Plunges%20Amid%20Slowdown%20Fears

                   

            Farm loan delinquencies and bankruptcies increasing.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-09/farmageddon-farm-loan-delinquencies-and-bankruptcies-soar-incomes-plunge

            Protests in Hong Kong gather more steam.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-12/100s-flights-cancelled-protesters-flood-hong-kong-airport-chinese-troops-gather

                   

            The future of the EU (must read):

            https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-11/germany-stalls-and-europe-craters

What I am reading today

Quote of the day.

https://cafehayek.com/2019/08/quotation-of-the-day-2880.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CafeHayek+%28Cafe+Hayek%29

           

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