We look at the
SOX semiconductor index as when this finally starts to move
back up it should spark the Nasdaq. The bounce level hit on Thursday
maybe be a low or it may test the July 2006 low but we are paying
attention to it for a sign of reversal. Some base building
would be nice.

Here is a weekly SOX view showing the trend line
support and a horizontal one below. Watch the stochastics.

The bullish percent index for he Nasdaq shows how it made new
lows not seen since 2002 and while the is not the best exact timing
indicator it surely points out tthe overly bearish condition of the
Nasdaq.

I have not drawn the line on the weekly S&P 500
chart you can see that is at what was support for several weeks in
the early summer. It is below the 50-week EMA which is bearish but
it has done this many times in the past few years and recovered very
well.
The NYSE also bounced
from its 62% Fibonacci line from the run up since the August low.
This line does not have the weight or significance that a longer
term one would have but it still a very valid place to rally. It of
course has to get back over the 200-day EMA.

The percentage of NYSE stocks over their 50-day
average has also now dropped below our lower line and a point from
which we have seen significant rallies in the past.
The transportation index is not now in good
shape so this gives a caution as there is not really any good
support nearby if it breaks lower.
The Russell 2000 weekly touched the general support area from the summer
of 2006 and was briefly under the lower Bollinger band. I do not like them when
they are between major averages as it is here between the 50 and 200-week but
the strong rally from the July 2006 low was also in the same situation. With
this index now back down to where it was over a year ago this one could
make significant gains again if we so start an extended rally.
Here is a longer term view
showing why this level is important. The stochastics have not gone
under 20 and wish they had so perhaps it could break lower to the
200-week at 700. In each of the cases shown where the stochastics
did go under 20 the rally afterwards was excellent.

The Value Line weekly also in the past
has several times made a double bottom on the stochastics and could
do so again. So all of these charts hint to a rally to come but even
though we should be ready for it soon - it may also require one more
pullback.

Here is the Japanese Yen showing the
multiple gap up days and as it eventually pulls back the US markets
should rally.

The US dollar the chart in this
timeframe gives not a clue but one of these days we for sure will be
showing the bottom...after all the US does have a strong dollar
policy....

Gold continued its move back up from the
successful test of the support. Stochastics is late and they have
yet to show a buy alone. This is still very much above the EMA shown
and while more people in China and India can now afford to buy gold
jewelry this move is more related to speculation than reality so we
remain cautious. Gold stocks also do not share in the extended move.
Our stochastics buy and sell signals have worked for at least short
term moves over the years but just keep your stops in place.

The economic calendar from briefing.com

Notes on some longer term stocks.
NNRI Weekly closed up over 8% after again successfully testing
its support. Please send any questions you have for management as I will
then soon put up the page of answers. the trend line is not ay about $2.20
on the daily chart so once it is over that level we expect volume to pick
back up. This week had decent volume and stilll shows very good positive
divergence on the histogram.

Pyramid Petroleum -
PYR or PVR.V on the Canadian TSX Venture exchange and on
Yahoo you use
PVR.V. Not to be confused with the
PYR Energy. Note that the company is now working on being
listed on the Toronto exchange and we hope in January as this will be easier
for many to trade and will help to increase volume.
We have not spoken of Pyramid Petrolium in a while as we
were originally waiting on the planned merger with Capco. This was taking a
while as they raised money and then they decided instead to purchase
the Capco Gulf of Mexico interests outright and not merge. This now should
be completed in December. One great thing
about this is that Pyramid issued no shares to make this purchase as
their high production is enough to fund the repayment of the loan. You
should refer to our updated
page on Pyramid.
The main point is that
Pyramid is an oil and gas
producing company that after the finalizing of the Capco property purchase
will have a production of 2,000 barrel equivalent per day of oil. (The gulf
of Mexico off shore platforms have about 80% oil to 20% natural gas) 2,000
barrels per day at current $95 is about $5.7 million per month. But I prefer
to used hedged prices. If Pyramid were to hedge today for say 5-years they
could lock in about an $85 price. Of this I figure they need to spend about
$25 for production, delivery costs and for royalties. This leaves $60 or
$120k /day and $3.6 million / month. They have about $42 million in debt now
and repayment will be accelerated in the next year to increase profit in the
out years. I do not know the payments but per year about $3.4 million would
be interest and lets use 70% payment or about $30M next year or a total
payment of $2.8 million per month. So an income per month of $3.6 million
minus $2.8 million leaves $800k a month minus about $175k in general
operating expenses or $625,000 profit a month = $7.5 million a year divided
by 40 million shares equals $0.18 in profit before taxes. As an exploration
company I believe they have a significant tax credit built up and think that
the next year will actually show a greater EPS than we suggest here. The
company is about due for a quarterly report and it may already show a
profit.
The short term negatives are it is on the TSE Venture
exchange that all cannot trade on and it currently has very low volume. I
have mentioned the plan to list on Toronto exchange but I also believe that
the volume will pick up significantly once profitability is seen. There are
really tons of small oil/gas stocks on the Canadian exchanged but most are
only exploring companies while Pyramid has approximately 125 producing well
wells. We suggested to the company that they produce a video over the coming
months to show us some of their platforms in the Gulf of Mexico so it is
obvious to the investors the significant operations hey have going right
now.

PLTG is still in the same very tight range and has excellent
fundamentals. As the wells come online and the income is reported I think
the movement will be substantial and more rapid once the figures are with
the SEC.
CNGJ Canam energy is a Uranium exploration stock we had as a
break out play that hit our stop so that particular play did not work. Now
that it has pulled back significantly I know many are buying some as an
oversold play and one they want to own before the SEC filing of the 43-101
in December.
CFPC has has some expected profit taking after the filing of the 10-Q
and one of the next normally anticipated runs would be on further news of
starting to open coffee shops in China.
Additions to our watch list.
PTRY
Over $28.40
CRM Over $57.53 - $58.00
AOC Over $48.50
BOOM At least a scalp over $58.13. This
one can move several points in a good run.
ACLI Into the gap at $15.32
VRTX Short
under $22.92 -
ODP Short
under $16.50 - may also be a reversal but too small a volume Friday
to tell
MNST Short
under $32.37
ABK Short
under I would try under $22.50 tight stop then $20.40 - gapped up on
Friday but light day so may still be in play
WEC Over $48.20 - resistance about a
buck higher
Photos today by: Melanie Kipp
http://www.caughtintimephotography.com/
First two are using infrared film



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