Tuesday 24 November 2015

The November closing candle

US equities started the holiday week in a naturally subdued manner, and appear to just be retracing a little. Sustained action <sp'2060 looks extremely unlikely, and it is arguably just a case of how strongly the month closes. Even if rates are raised at the Dec' FOMC, the market should be able to keep on pushing upward.


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Summary

The Oct' monthly close was a powerful one, and in many ways, very much like Oct'2011. It is also notable that Nov'2011 settled fractionally red, but from there.... the market effectively doubled across 3 years.

The 10MA is currently @ 2058/59. Any close in the 2060s would be another major victory for the bull maniacs, with a key higher low of 2019.
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Update from Oscar



The issue of the NYSE banning GTC orders (from Feb' 2016) is something I will cover another day. There are some grander issues surrounding this very disturbing change.

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Looking ahead

Tuesday will see Q3 GDP (first rev'). market is expecting an improved number of 2.1%. Anything <1.0% would be a real problem for the econ-bulls.

Other data: case-shiller HPI, consumer con', Richmond fed.
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Goodnight from London