Thursday, October 23, 2008

Break Out the Defibrillator

Today was somewhat encouraging as the DOW was down a couple hundred and put together a rally to finish the day higher. However, nothing would do us better than to see a -800 day, down to around 7800, only to rebound, capping off the day +3 or 4 hundred on heavy volume. Some pivotal resistance levels to keep in mind:

  • Dow 9450, (8.5% from here) laying over a fibonacci 38%.
  • S&P 1010 (11%)
  • NAZ 1950 (21%)
Jobless claims rise 15,00 to 478,000. CNN's release. Bloomberg's.

Incidentally, not only do utilities offer a good recession hedge but likely ourperformance in the months ahead based on the lessening costs of doing business, read lower oil prices. Although, not a utility, someone whispered AMR to me.

Foreclosure filings spike 71%; CNN.

Link to GDP data

Economic calendar from Briefing.com

Ideologue Greenspan admits to flaws in his free market stance.

No comments: