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To: M-cubed
Don't take that Puplava stuff seriously! They're a bunch of shorts & goldbugs, fools really, who hate equities and complain about the cost of stocks whether Cisco is selling at P/E = 15 or P/E = 25 & write everyday about how they can't figure out what's going on in the market. Simply check out S&P 500 chart and you will see the technical bear market trend was broken some time back and is now in Bull Market territory trading above the major moving averages. Also note the significant technical milestone of divergence achieved a little over a week ago when the 50 day moving average crossed over the 200, the first time that's happened in over 20 years since the Reagan Bull Market started in the 1980's and continued through 2000.
23 posted on 05/23/2003 2:13:46 PM PDT by Steven W.
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To: Steven W.; M-cubed; AdamSelene235; arete; Black Agnes; Cicero; David; Fractal Trader; ...
Don't take that Puplava stuff seriously!

Don't take that Steven W. stuff seriously.

After having been told twice, Steven W. still doesn't know the difference between the S&P 500 and SPDR's (S&P 500 Deposit Trust Exchange Traded Fund).

Look carfefully (at least more carefully than Steven does) and you'll see the name of the issue at the top of the chart is S&P 500 SPDR's SPY. SPY is the SPDR symbol. Steven means to use the SPX symbol but isn't paying attention.

The chart Steven W. meant to show (three times and still gets it wrong) is here. Note the name at the top is S&P 500 Large Cap Index ($SPX), note the prices on the right edge and the volume.

Nor did he pay attention to the price - SPDR's are around $93 whereas the S&P 500 index is around $933 (a ten-fold difference), nor to the volume - SPDR volume is around 50 Million whereas S&P 500 index volume is around 2 Billion (a forty-fold difference).

The shape of the SPDR price graph tracks closely the SPX price graph because arbitrage sets the price of the SPDRs to match the SPX, pretty much within minutes of a move off fair value.

Whatever conclusions you wish to draw from Steven W.'s "Technical Analysis", bear in mind it's from someone who is isn't paying attention to the basic data or to the issue he's graphing and misunderstanding.

One can argue that we're bearish, but at least we know why we're bearish. Steven W. doesn't even know what he's bullish about. But after all, it is your money.

28 posted on 05/23/2003 3:22:10 PM PDT by Starwind
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To: Steven W.

Stock market astrology again I see. Using charts alone is a good way to lose ones shirt.
35 posted on 05/23/2003 5:05:03 PM PDT by JNB
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To: Steven W.
One question?....Did you make money on the fall of the Clinton bubble?...some did you know!...I'm retireing early...are you?
40 posted on 05/24/2003 2:02:18 AM PDT by M-cubed
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