Technicals | Feb 06 2018
By Michael Gable
Much has already been said about the US market and the return to the good old days when it can also go down sometimes. When good news is sometimes bad news. To throw in our 2c, it is a rare occurrence to see a big market sell-off straight from a previous peak. If we are to see it have a significant correction of 15 – 20% or more, there will likely be a bit more of a tug of war between the bulls and bears. After a few weeks or so of that, if it is going to fall significantly, then it will happen. That is our opinion on how it would play out, which means that it will fall from higher levels than where it is today.
Otherwise we might just see a bit more a quick sell-off here with the S&P 500 Index falling another 100 points and the Dow Jones about 800 points as they fall towards the long-term uptrend and then get back on with edging higher.
With the benefit of hindsight, the US markets appear to have gone up a bit too vertically during the last few months and we are now seeing a bit of a blow-off to bring it back to a more sustainable trend. This would bring the US markets back to levels not seen since October last year.
Moving onto the opportunities, GUD Holdings ((GUD)) reported well last week and we cover that here today and believe it is an opportunity to buy on weakness.
Our last charting comment was on 21 November when we noted the positive way GUD had been trading and our target was for levels above $13 before reassessing. With volume now coming in on the back of a good first half result, we now expect the shares to continue trending higher into the high $13's. Support levels remain near $12.50 and $12.
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Michael Gable is managing Director of Fairmont Equities (www.fairmontequities.com)
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