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For Monday August 20, 2007  

 

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Close Friday

Dow +233.30 at 13079.08, Nasdaq +53.96 at 2505.03, S&P +34.67 at 1445.94

On Thursday there were 1132 new lows on the NYSE the 3rd highest number ever recorded and that sparked a reversal in the markets as the Dow had pulled back over 10% from its all time high last month. It is assumed there were some buy programs scheduled to start on any uptrend after such a pullback. On Friday the Ben Bernanke Fed - The Federal Reserve Bank, cut the discount rate by 0.5% to 5.75% in an effort to ease fears about a liquidity crisis leading to a credit crunch. In a statement, the Fed suggested that increased economic uncertainty poses risks for U.S. business growth. The Fed left the fed funds rate unchanged, the decision to cut the discount rate, and the reasoning from the Fed for doing so, was seen by many as a possibility for them to cut the fed funds rate sometime soon.

The "2-day rally" was a significant move but the major indexes still ended the week lower than they started it. It would seem normal for the markets to test the Thursday lows. If they even got to the 50% level of those lows and rallied back it would be very constructive. The actions by the Fed may help some worry about liquidity and recession but the Fed seemed much more concerned about inflation than recession up until this last few days. In truth the Federal Reserve System is set up mostly to help the banking system and it is not a government agency. The president does appoint the Board of Governors but they are not funded by congress as their main aim is to help the member banks. This may have a side benefit by also helping the market but not necessarily. The Fed's actions though did let us all know that they are willing to step in to help prop things up and alleviate some fears when they can. Many times in the last few years and especially this last few pullbacks, we have seen a dramatic market recovery. This may happen again but this time there are real issues to worry about and it is a matter of if these are priced into the market of not. To help decide this issue the retesting of recent lows would be better to build a base and develope some confidence.

The major indexes for the week all closed lower.

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The leading and trailing sectors for the week.

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On Thursday the Dow dropped right past the 200-day and 61% retrace and the February support and finally found some support at the lower dotted line. It then rallied heavily to at one point be back in the green and closed with an impressive hammer that set the stage of the Friday rally. There is now resistance at the 32% retrace area from March of 13,250 ish.

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This view shows how it closed Friday just under the broken trend line and this is a caution flag that it may drop again from here.

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In this final view however it is clearly back into the long term trading channel and well above that 38% retrace line that started in July of 2006. A retest of the channel bottom would be in order.

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The Japanese Yen gapped up big in front of the Thursday market decline and this caused a lot of carry trade to be unwound. This will be put back on if the market pullback is about over. There is the big gap to fill at some point.

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The transportation index recovered some on Friday but looks like a very weak chart. It also will need some base-building if it can recover.

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The Nasdaq shows the volatility - uncertainty with the market. It did close above the 200-day but also needs consolidation.

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In the longer term view using the weekly chart we see it is still below the top channel and while the stochastics do have a little flip up they have not crossed back over 20.

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The VIX ran up to levels not seen since 2002 showing the extreme fear in the market. It is not bullish if it stays long in this area as you can see it was here all during the bear market but while uncertainty exists it is likely to stay high as no one knows how many months - or likely years the housing decline may last.

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The S&P 500 weekly chart closed with a hammer just over the 50-week EMA. Last summer is spent 7 or more weeks in a range by the 50-day before breaking out of it and it may do the same this year. If it breaks down instead the yellow lines show support.

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The daily of it shows it is not yet back to the broker trend line and if it goes there short term - it may become a short.

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The semi conductor index wants to rally back to the broken trend line and horizontal resistance and it may become a short again there as well if it does not break over.

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The NYSE as it tries to get back to the 200-day and 62% retrace. The stochastics did turn back up over 20 which is encouraging and the RSI bounced off a double bottom. Not a bad chart but will need to see how it does on a pullback. Its resistance is at the 200-day.

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The Russell 2000 weekly also has its stochastics back over 20 but closed under the 50-week EMA. We expect the small caps to continue to underperform the market.

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 The Ultra Short small cap fund closed over the 50-week EMA for the first time since 2003. Its stochastics are again over 80 for it may pullback one again but this little break above the 50-week does alert us that a bear could also be near.

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The dip of the yield curve back under 10 (inverted) did not last long and with the pumped in liquidity and the rate cut it has run back up strongly.

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The BPCOMPQ Bullish Percent Index dropped toward 2002 levels. We do need to see this get back over the line also for the bull to come back.

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And the percent of stocks in the NYSE trading above their 50-day EMA also at lows not seen since 2002. On this also we want to see it get back into the usual range.

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Gold came very close to the 65-week EMA which has been support form many years as seen on the weekly chart.

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The gold daily charts shows the weakness but as it is at the 200-day a bounce may show this week. I reviewed many gold stock charts and many look oversold so could be played for a bounce but I saw none with decent looking longer term set ups.

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Oil also was weak closing back at its 50-day EMA with stochastics though tuning back up slightly.

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The US dollar still forming a base. - forgot to draw in the trend extension but you see it is close.

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During the Dows drop the DXD Ultra Short ran right to its $57.60 resistance and has pulled back to under the 200-day EMA. At the moment I do not see an advantage to one side of the other for the shorter term on which way this may go so maybe better to use it on a daily hedge basis.

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The economic calendar form briefing.com

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A couple of our story stocks

This week NNRF announced the commencement of FEECOM and BIECOM sales to begin soon. These are two of the proprietary shielding materials owned by NNRF. They completed the German testing and certification of the products and the creation of a manufacturing production facility in Germany and preparation of technical manuals for the field installations of the materials will begin. The molds necessary to start manufacturing have been fabricated and the equipment and raw materials ordered. In Germany alone there are 17 nuclear utilities with 1,615 metric tons of lead that will need replacing. The certification in Germany is generally accepted in the EU and other countries. There are currently over 420 nuclear power plants in in 30 countries so a very large market where these products may be used. France alone has over 50 reactors as it receives over 70% of its energy from nuclear power. The ballpark sales price range for BIECOM  is $24 to $33 per kilogram. The company said that they are also in contract discussions with other utility holding companies in Western Europe and South Korea. This is excellent and very significant news.

The market liked the news from NNRF and the stock after touching its little trend line ran up again on increasing volume to the 200-day EMA. Stochastics are about to cross back over 20 and this generally means a good move up to follow. We are now much nearer actual contracts from outside of Russia and this will put an end to any skepticism as international orders come in. The successful retest of the recent low along with this important news seems now to signal the end of the pullback that began in April. This has now been on the SHO list for 67 days. This is the list of stocks that have illegal short sales as they have not delivered any stock certificate. At some point these shorts will start covering and it will become obvious as the volume increases and the price moves rapidly. I would expect us to begin seeing this once the yellow trend line is broken to the up side over $5.00. By this point the momentum and returned interest will be obvious. This is the third time in the last month the stock is at the 200-day and a move back over it may be the last time for a long time as the stock returns to its long term up trend. To even tests its April high represents a nice 300% gain from here.

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CFPC made a nice triple bottom this week and the quarterly earning are out. The next quarter's will start to reflect the increased growth as the company only books revenues when they receive payments, not when they sell. The shipping season for Ethiopia has begun and PNG has started also. There is a new interview with a Jamaican farmer  Errol Gillespie which talks of the Blue Mountain coffee and why the CFPC "Tree to Cup" business plan will help increase profits for the farmers and thereby increase the supply to CFPC.

There is currently a hurricane in the area of Jamaica and this could damage the crop as it has done in the past. Because the Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee is so sought after, if the crop is damaged, the prices will rise rapidly. I noted that in 2005 when some of the crop was damaged the prices to this coffee in Japan where is it extremely popular went as high as $60 per pound. Any decrease in supply if damage does happen will likely be made up with in higher prices as this is such a sought after coffee.

A meeting of shareholders of Coffee Pacifica will be held on September 05, 2007, at 11:00 a.m. local time, at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

The chart shows the accumulation and the next little trend break over about $0.85

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A note on PLTG. The stock became heavily shorted and we would like to see this end and the chart set up before entering. However the stock did fill an open gap on Friday and had increased volume and a possible turn-around candle. The RSI and stochastics or MACD have not yet confirmed this but while we do not like to fight with shorts - this may be a compelling price with tight stops as the company is drilling both oil and natural gas wells and is only a couple of months away from receiving revenues from these wells.

New additions to our watch list:

ODSY Short under $9.97

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TZIX  Short under $16.00

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TNL  Over $29.14

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RSTI  Over $73.20

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PNY  Over $27.25 or $27.50

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TSFG  Over $24.17

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KIM  Back over $42.55 200-day EMA

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WFT  Over $60.00 but for traders maybe back over $54.40 50-day EMA - higher risk

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TJX  Over $30.23

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TRCA  Over $7.20 ($7.43 shadow)

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FNM  Over $69.00 ($69.90 shadow)

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The following two photographs are from Pete Turner Doorways and Stairs -- Cloud World

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