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updated 29th June'09  

N.B. Above Chart is abstracted from NextView Program

Last week we said that, "Well if my reading is correct, the global markets were going through a distribution process over the past one month, where most of the funds that invested in early March'09 were happily taking profit ahead of their financial report. Leaving those late comers and retail investors holding the babies. Will the end June window dressing come into play? I am not very sure, for the more people expect it to be, the less chance it will be happened. Remember when thing becomes obvious, it is obviously wrong! For this week, the economic data are relatively light. We only have on Tuesday Existing home sales, Wednesday Durable goods and New home sales, Thursday Jobless claims and Friday Consumer sentiment. These data may not create any big movement for the market. We also have Fed meeting on Wednesday and the bond auctions, which may have some impact to the market, but may not be substantial. As such some window dressing during this quite period is still possible, but I would expect to be very brief and if any, could be on selective stocks only. However, once investors sense that there are no big window dressing activities, a bigger degree sell down may occur. We believe USA market has completed its top on 11th June and is now in the process of coming down. The only thing that we are not sure is, whether it will drop from here or it will have a small rally on month end window dressing before selling down." Well, the market was rather sideway over the past one week, with DJIA stuck within a tight range. This is a typical window dressing period! We also said that, " As for STI, if there is a short term rally, it will likely be capped at 2320 and should start to come down from there." Well, STI did close below 2320 last Friday!

Well the past one week was rather choppy, with some window dressing on rotating counters everyday. While we still believe the market will eventually work its way down, we are not sure how the near term movement will be. The reason been that during the window dressing period, sometime the movement could be quite distorted. However, we believe for the Bear to continue holding its foothold, DJIA should not move above 8550 in the coming week. A break below 8250 will basically form a Head and Shoulder formation that point the DJIA index to 7500! For next week economic data, we have on Tuesday Chicago PMI and Consumer Confidence, Wednesday ADP Employment and Motor vehicle sales, Thursday Jobless Claims and Nonfarm Payrolls. These are rather important data that may move the market. Traditionally, market will also make its big move after Independent day in USA, as such we believe a big move is going to happen soon. Judging from the market performance, we believe the odd is in favor of the downside. The first sign will be when DJIA break below 8400, then the all important support at 8250. If all the supports fail, DJIA is likely to make a big plunge towards 7500! However, if DJIA managed to rally above 8550, we will need to re-exam the wave counts again for the scenario may be changing. if you are an aggressive trader, you can start shorting when DJIA breaks below 8400. As for STI, if there is a short term rally, it will likely be capped at 2350 and should start to come down from there. A break below 2280 will be the first sign the market is turning down. Once the index breaks below 2200, there is likely a big plunge to 1960 soon. However, if STI managed to close above 2350 on strong volume then the scenario may change. As such, we remain short since two weeks ago when STI broke below 2350 and kept our stop loss just above STI high at 2424. If STI breaks below 2200 we will add more short positions. As for mid term customers, I would assume you have squared all your positions by now. You may also try to add more short positions when STI breaks below 2200.
The following are the support and resistance to watch for Dow Jones, Hang Seng and Nikkei next week.

                       Dow Jones   Hang Seng     Nikkei
Resistance       8550            19200           10000
Support             8400            17900            9650

As for STI the resistances and supports are as follow:
Resistance:      2320, 2350, 2371, 2424, 2465, 2500
Support:            2270, 2150, 2100, 2050, 1960

Events To watch For The Coming Week:

  1. The movement in Dow Jones Industry and NASDAQ..
  2. The movement in currencies, bond, oil and commodities price.
  3. The Wednesday Fed's meeting.
  4. The economic data include Tuesday Chicago PMI and Consumer Confidence, Wednesday ADP Employment and Motor vehicle sales, Thursday Jobless Claims and Nonfarm Payrolls.

The following are two possible wave counts on STI as at to-date:

  1. Preferred Count (60% probability)-- bullish count
    My preferred count calling for a top at 2502 (on 7/1/2000) as wave ((1)), it then follow by a two year sell off on wave ((2)) to 1197 (on 28/9/2001). The index had then entered into an  impulsive wave ((3)) that ended at 3906. We are now in the development of wave ((4)), of which we expect it to be a big triangle formation that take about one to two years to complete. The recent sell down is the first leg of wave ((4)), which will take a form of a-b-c and reaches the potential target of 2770, as the wave (a) of ((4)). The index will then continue to develop the (a)-(b)-(c)-(d)-(e) triangle formation.
     
  2. Alternate Count (40% probability)-- bearish count
    My alternate count calling for a top at 2502 (on 7/1/2000) as wave ((1)), it then follow by a two year sell off on wave ((2)) to 1197 (on 28/9/2001). The index had then entered into an  impulsive wave ((3)) that ended at 2666 in May 2006. The index had then entered into wave ((5)) that ended on 3906 in October'07. We are now in the downtrend bear market, which will last for a few years! Although this count remains as the least chance as compare to my preferred count. If the index breaks below 2776 convincingly on very high volume, the odd on bear market will significantly increase.

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