Friday, June 09, 2006

Spikes and Turnarounds

Very violtile day as seen by the spikes in the VIX - highest reading in this sell off. High around 20. A shift in the market appearing to
Argument remains weather a low vs the low.-- but regardless a rollercoster of a ride on June 8th. A guideness for resitance level: 50 day avg as for most names in the market.
Plenty of trading oppertunites especially in names which have significantly corrected in this cycle. OSX and HUI. Near-term buy cycles beging to
Commodity related themes and other cyclical places. Also other higher beta related themes that can see a bounce include biotech, semis and brokers.
Maintain tight stops, to manage violitily by narrowing timeframe.

Sunday, June 04, 2006

Growth areas in future

Areas and groups to explore in next easing cycle:

alternative energy, water purification, genomics, nanotechnology, voice recognition, homeland security, China, emerging markets and pandemic treatments.

Gold vs S&P relative performance chart mirrors closely the US 10 Year trasury yeild performance.

Therefore, higher gold = higher rates = lower spx returns.