Submitted by ilene on 01/23/2012 01:43 -0500
Excerpts from this week's Stock World Weekly
Good week for the bulls - the major indexes were all up between 2.0% and 2.8%, capping the third consecutive week of gains. Investors saw some powerful signs of positive activity in the economy. For example, initial unemployment claims dropped a stunning 50k in one week. Conversely, the fact that this earnings season has seen the lowest percentage of companies beating expectations since Q3 2008 supplied some powerful ammunition for the bears, although the bulls still had it. (Earnings beats falling behind previous quarters)
We ended last week’s newsletter, “Cracks in the Facade” discussing the possibility of additional easing by the Fed, which would likely prove bullish for the markets. Quoting Phil, “It seems like a lot, but we're back to 760 on the RUT, which was our test line going the other way last week, and we still haven't filled the gap up from Monday's close, about another 1% down. Let's keep it in perspective though – we're up from 1,200 to almost 1,300 on the S&P in less than a month. So a 20-point pullback to 1,277 would not be very bearish in a longer-term trend and, if we get volume and hold it, it's actually a bullish confirmation...
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