subject: Online Stock Trading Newsletters Pt1 [print this page] Daily Stock Report for Wednesday Morning, February 24, 2010 pt1
The stock market had its biggest drop in three weeks that probably was rattled by the Consumer Confidence numbers that came out today. Expectations was a reading of 55 and came out at 46.
It should not have been a surprise but stock markets dont need a good reason to do anything. Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke is giving his semi-annual economic report to Congress starting Wednesday and Thursday and will be under a lot of pressure to perform and lower the unemployment rate.
The overriding language that the Fed has been using is holding key interest rates to a record low near zero for an extended period. The biggest challenge and unpopular decision is the time when the Fed has to raise rates and tighten credit for consumers even while the unemployment rate (currently 9.7%) is still high.
The US Dollar is still on an uptrend which has surprisingly not affected the stock market as much as previous months. The increasing dollar helps our short positions with commodity related stocks including oil and the ag-chemical stocks (MOS and AGU) that are currently short in the stock table.
The retailers earnings report were stronger than expected including Home Depot, Lowes, Macys and Target. Obama is scheduled to talk at a business roundtable and we should see the Toyota Motors hearing continue on Wednesday.
It is still unclear whether we are in a pullback within a bull market or whether we have started a downtrend. My hunch is we have started a downtrend that may last for another 4-6 weeks but if we go higher than the January 21st high, then the bull would resume.
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