Is It Too Late To Capture A Run In The Markets?
The Dynamic Wealth Report
March 27, 2009
Is It Too Late To Buy?
It’s a funny thing. Just 14 days ago many investors were
wondering if they should dump their portfolios. They were looking for
opportunities to move more of their holdings into cash. After all, the
market might be heading lower still… right?
It’s amazing how just a few up days in the market change everything.
We’re now 13 days into a market rally. A strong market rally of more
than 20%. Now the questions have changed. Is it too late to get back
into the market? Did I miss the move? Is this a bear market rally or the
start of the next bull market?
Nobody’s thinking about exiting positions anymore… instead they’re
focusing on getting back in.
Today as I write this, we’re down about 100 points. It’s a nice healthy
pullback after a big run. I’m here to tell you, no, it’s not too late to
get back in. But, there’s a catch. I’ll tell you about that in a moment.
Let’s look at a little history.
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What you’re looking at is a chart of the Dow Jones Industrial Average back in
2002. This was the bottom of the dot-com blow-up and the start of the
last five year rally in the markets.
I want you to notice a few things. First is the big leg down in late
July, followed by a rally. Then an even bigger fall setting a lower low
in October. The market then had a big rally before falling again during
the first quarter of 2003. Notice how the low set in March of 2003 was
higher than the October low.
This is a classic example of a triple bottom. A chart pattern that often
forms at the bottom of a bear market.
It was the signal the market was set to move higher. And, over the next
nine months it did rally, moving up 2,000 points!
Now, we’re not going to see the exact same movement this time around.
The economic problems in 2008/2009 are much different from the ones back
in 2001/2002. With that said, however, I’d expect to see something
similar.
Right now we’re trading right around 7,815 on the Dow and 1,564 on the
S&P. This represents around a 20% move from the bottom we hit in early
March. A 20% move from the bottom is widely considered to be a new bull
market.
But, there’s one small problem.
May investors thought the November 2008 lows were the bottom. We were
supposed to retest those lows and put in a double bottom before heading
higher. As you know, a double bottom is when the market falls to a new
low, recovers slightly, then falls back and retests (or at least gets
close to) the lows.
Let’s look at the chart.

This is a recent chart of the Dow. Here’s the problem. We put in a new
low in November. Instead of finding support at the November low and
moving higher in March, we fell significantly lower. This is a
continuation of the trend.
So the rally we’re in now is healthy, but I’m expecting the rally to
roll over and attempt to retest the lows we set in March. I think we’ll
see a double bottom this time around. That means we’re going to possibly
retest the lows all the way back down towards 6,500 on the Dow. Save for
any further cataclysmic news in the world, we should head higher
thereafter.
So back to your original question, no, it’s not too late to be buying
this market. But here’s the catch.
Wait for the market to start its retracement. It might be aggressive, it
might be weak. I don’t know, but I see the markets rolling over at some
point and heading lower. That will signal the retest of the March lows.
So, use the next down leg as an opportunity to add to your portfolio. If
I’m right, you might never again see stocks trading at these levels.
Then we can declare this bear market dead… and the bull market on a run.
• Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF) was upgraded by
FBR Capital Markets to an “Outperform”. Commodity prices are starting to
recover and that will certainly help the company.
• Pep Boys (PBY) was downgraded by Argus to a “Sell”
rating. The after-market car parts supplier can’t seem to get their act
together. They cut the dividend and are expecting a loss for the last
quarter of 2008.
• FBR Capital Markets recently initiated coverage on Goldman
Sachs (GS) with an “Outperform” rating. I like this call. I
think Goldman will be a survivor and do well in the markets going
forward.
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