Monthly Archive: August 2004

Daily Update Thursday, August 19, 2004

Rising oil prices took their toll on the market today as stock prices moved lower. Even so, it wasn’t all that bad. Prudent Investors should get their shopping lists ready to go bottom-fishing and bargain hunting. Aggressive Investors and Traders should play the market with a bias to the…

Daily Update Wednesday, August 18, 2004

Stock prices rallied sharply higher today even though the price of oil moved higher. So go figure. Without having some good reason for this market going up, I would suggest Prudent Investors continue to remain cautious. Aggressive Investors and Traders should play the market up or down as it…

Daily Update Tuesday, August 17, 2004

The market opened sharply higher today on news of a benign CPI report, but lost ground as oil prices moved higher. Given the weak follow through to yesterday’s rally, Prudent Investors should remain cautious. Aggressive Investors and Traders should play the market up or down as it develops with…

Daily Update Monday, August 16, 2004

The market rallied sharply today on news of lower oil prices. Is this the rally that we have been waiting for? We need more evidence to know for sure. Prudent Investors should remain on the sidelines, but get their shopping lists ready. Aggressive Investors and Traders should play the…

The Market Timing Graph.

If one were to draw a line through the price points for 02/24/04 and 05/17/04 shown on the Market Timing Graph and extend it to the right side of the graph, they would see a potential support level of $19.00. This is well below the current price of $20.06. I don’t…

Daily Update Thursday, August 12, 2004

A disappointing Hewlett Packard earnings report sent stock prices lower again today. Prudent Investors should take defensive actions and not buy stocks at this time. Aggressive Investors and Traders should play the market up or down as it develops with a bias to the downside. For those of you…

Daily Update Wednesday, August 11, 2004

Cisco’s cautious outlook pushed tech stocks sharply lower today. Prudent Investors should continue to remain cautious. Aggressive Investors and Traders should play the market up or down as it develops with a bias to the downside. For those of you who are “Riding the Wave,” we are short with…

Daily Update Tuesday, August 10, 2004

Stocks rebounded early today then moved higher on the Fed’s decision to raise interest rates by one quarter of a percentage point. Prudent Investors should remain cautious. Aggressive Investors and Traders should play the market up or down as it develops with a bias to the downside. For those…