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-- Posted Friday, 11 June 2010 | Digg This ArticleDigg It! | | Source: GoldSeek.com

Rick’s Picks

Friday, June 11, 2010

“Phenomenally accurate forecasts”

 

 

If the chart below were your comatose Aunt Minnie’s EEG, her doctor might tell you it was time to pull the plug. “There’s still some electrical activity in you’re aunt’s brain,” he would explain, “but it seems highly doubtful that she will ever return to a normal and productive life.”  Just so, even if it is a stock chart that we have reproduced, not an electroencephalograph. Specifically, it is a graph of price action in the E-Mini S&Ps over the last three weeks, and it could be argued that it does indeed represent an accurate picture of brain activity – such as it is -- in the investment world. Whatever the case, there is no disputing that every little squiggle was put there by a human being, or at least by a computer programmed by a human being, and that fear and greed are manifest at each and every peak and trough.

 

 

We would also note that the ups and downs traced out in this chart, although somewhat irregular, do not evince a sense of crisis or even urgency. There is just not much going on, as we can all agree.  Would it therefore surprise you to learn that the dainty little fillip toward the right-hand edge of the chart represents yesterday’s nearly 300-point rally in the Dow Industrials?  Amazing how insignificant it looks when placed in perspective. The nightly-news anchors will give this latest supposed evidence of Wall Street’s bullish mood ten seconds’ worth of spin, and then most viewers will simply shrug it off, wondering what the heck it was that investors could have been celebrating. In fact, as the chart makes clear, investors were simply continuing to do what they’ve been doing since mid-May – i.e., screwing the pooch.

 

It’s Friday!

 

More of the same as the week draws to a close?  We’re inclined to say yes, that stocks will finish on some sort of gratuitous upswing. This is due mainly to the fact that yesterday’s 33-point rally in the S&P futures exceeded our 1086.00 target by nearly two points. That might not sound like much, but it is surely more bullish than if the futures had not quite reached the target. Incidentally, it is not bulls who are doing the buying, as we like to point out; rather, it is bears covering short bets that have gone against them. The Dow’s 500-point undulations cannot continue indefinitely, but we have a feeling that the tedium they have produced in recent weeks will be sorely missed when the broad averages make their next move.

 

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Information and commentary contained herein comes from sources believed to be reliable, but this cannot be guaranteed. Past performance should not be construed as an indicator of future results, so let the buyer beware. There is a substantial risk of loss in futures and option trading, and even experts can, and sometimes do, lose their proverbial shirts.  Rick's Picks does not provide investment advice to individuals, nor act as an investment advisor, nor individually advocate the purchase or sale of any security or investment. From time to time, its editor may hold positions in issues referred to in this service, and he may alter or augment them at any time. Investments recommended herein should be made only after consulting with your investment advisor, and only after reviewing the prospectus or financial statements of the company. Rick's Picks reserves the right to use e-mail endorsements and/or profit claims from its subscribers for marketing purposes. All names will be kept anonymous and only subscribers’ initials will be used unless express written permission has been granted to the contrary. All Contents © 2010, Rick Ackerman. All Rights Reserved. www.rickackerman.com 


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