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Major Trend Changes... What To Do Now!


The Dynamic Wealth Report
November 6, 2009

by Corey Williams, Editor

Like two runaway freight trains on the same track, the S&P 500’s two major trends collided this week.  I’ll tell you how to profit from the wreckage in a minute.

But first, you need to see what happened.

Way back in October of ’07, the S&P 500 set a new all time high. Eclipsing the high water mark set back in 2000 during the dotcom bubble. Unfortunately, the good times didn’t last.  The economy plunged into the worst recession since the Great Depression just two months later.

October ’07 marked the beginning of a bear market that’s technically still intact more than two years later.

You can see the S&P 500’s downtrend began as a series of lower highs and lower lows on the chart below.  Ultimately falling off a cliff in October when the credit crunch climaxed.

When the dust settled in March ’09, the S&P 500 had lost over half its value.  A new uptrend began from those March lows as the S&P 500 rocketed 65% higher the last eight months.

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You can see the long-term downtrend (blue line) and the intermediate-term uptrend (red line) are colliding on the chart below.

$SPX Chart

In fact, I believe the increased stock market volatility over the last few weeks has been caused by this event.  The bears and bulls are fighting for control of the market.  It’s causing wild swings unlike anything we’ve seen since the market bottomed in March.

But what’s the significance of the trends?  Why the increased volatility?

Simply put, the long-term downtrend is providing resistance to the market moving higher… and the intermediate term uptrend is providing support, keeping the market from falling.  This is causing volatility.

Remember, the longer the trend, the more sway it holds over the market. Right now the dominant trend is still down.  So it’s not surprising stocks pulled back once they reached the resistance level.

Bullish traders are buying back into the market on the pullback.

They’re hoping to ride stocks up to the next resistance level and take profits again.

But the bears have a different view.  They see this rally as nothing more than a bounce (albeit a significant one) inside of a secular bear market. Now that we’ve reached the long term downtrend, they’re expecting the market to move lower.

Here’s the key… Until the market breaks through the downtrend, it remains the dominant force in the market.

This is an ideal opportunity for the bears to ‘make a stand’.  Not only are they selling their long positions, they’re shorting stocks.
 
The real crux of the matter for the bears is this…

If the market rallies and holds above the downtrend line, it marks the end of the trend.  This would seem to put a final nail in the coffin of the secular bear market argument.  It would also indicate the emergence of a new dominant trend… a bullish uptrend.  It’s no wonder bears are mounting an attack at this technical resistance level.

You should expect increased volatility to persist over the next few weeks as bears and bulls battle for control of the market.

Now, the recent fundamental data is painting a slightly different picture. The steady stream of improving economic data tips the scales in favor of the bulls.  And once the S&P 500 breaks through the downtrend, we’ll see the market take off.

Here’s an easy way to trade this setup.

Once the S&P 500 breaks through the uptrend and the previous high (around 1100), buy the ProShares UltraPro S&P 500 (UPRO).  It’s the first ETF offering triple (300%) leverage of the S&P 500.  Leverage will turn every 1% gain in the S&P 500 into a 3% gain in the UPRO ETF.

Wait for the battle between the bears and bulls to be settled.  If the bulls win out, UPRO should be a big winner as the whole market rallies.


Notable Rating Changes 

• Pegasystems (PEGA) was upgraded by Dougherty & Company this week.  They now have a buy rating on the stock.  The company beat analysts’ earnings estimates for Q3 on a 23% rise in revenue.

Garmin (GRMN) was downgraded to underperform by RBC Capital Markets.  Personal GPS system makers are under attack by smartphones. The ‘Droid’ does everything a Garmin GPS system does for free… I’ll bet the iPhone has something similar within a year.

• Merriman started coverage on Novavax (NVAX) this week with a buy rating.  The maker of the H1N1 vaccine beat analysts’ Q3 earnings estimates.


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Issue Date:
 Friday, November 6, 2009


Notable Highs and Lows

•  American Express (AXP) hit a 52-week high of just under $38.  The rich are spending again.  That’s great news for the provider of their card of choice. Their market cap is now over $44 billion.

•  Visa (V) hit a new 52-week high of just under $80.  The number of transactions Visa processes is growing as the consumer spending picks up. Their market cap is now over $61 billion.

•  Athenahealth (ATHN) hit a 52-week high of under $42.  The internet- based medical billing operator grew Q3 revenue by 37% in the last year.  Their market cap is just over $1 billion.


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