Sunday, January 04, 2009

Things are looking a lot better


I know a lot of you out there are tempted to sell/short this bear market rally but given the chart above I have to caution against it. Divergences in multiple indicators have been signaling a rally for months and although markets have rallied significantly from their lows I see substantial room to run further in the context of a long term downtrend (the SPX 200 dma is 27% higher). Volume was weak on Friday's new year breakout and because of that I would expect a pullback early next week, but things are coming together for the extended rally I have been anticipating for some time now. The technical picture has improved dramatically with all major averages trading above their 50 dmas which may even start to turn up soon. While the October and November highs could and should provides significant resistance, I'd guess we reach the 200 dma before this bear market rally ends.

One sector that looks particularly good right now is solar energy. This chart is overbought but looks just fantastic. Couple a bottom in energy with a broad stock market rally and the solars will take the lead. After a pullback, perhaps to the 50 dma, I am going to be adding FSLR, SPWRA, JASO and ENER.


Disclosure: I am long DXO and USO calls. I also have calls on JASO, ENER and SPWRA.

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