Last week saw a fast pullback in all indices, here is the result :
Nasdaq Down 3.52%
S&P 500 Down 3.83%
Dow Down 4.06%
RUT Down 4.21%
SOX Down 5.46%
The above losses does not reflect how many individual stocks took a sharp tumble, many times more than index.
Rising interest rates were the main culprit plus overbought conditions did not help the matter.
Wages were rising @ fastest pace since 2009, 2.9% wage growth guarantees March hike in interest rates by Fed.
NOW the question is what will happen on Monday & Tuesday, technicals are telling us that there is a possibility that we go down further to 50 DMA in Major indices.......
Russell 2000 is already below 50 DMA.....
RSI in S&P 500 is 46.08......reflects lot of damage done already.....
There is hope that we may have seen the low or may test support further by going below low of Friday and find support.
No matter how TAPE performs on Monday, we are near bottom.......
These are the times when you look @ strong stocks to buy.....some of the strong ones are listed below :
BA AMZN NFLX FB NVDA CAT GS
Market will do what it needs to do in the near term, but we as experienced traders needs to do what we must do also...which is to buy after each severe selling.
No matter how we were adjusting to overbought conditions, we all got caught in this fast slump, market spares no one......
Good luck with your own analysis and comfort level with this TAPE.
BLOG does NOT give buy or sell.
Saleem
3 comments:
Hi Saleem,
Last Week:
Performance: -3.29% (YTD: +5.36%)
Notable Winners: ACIA LITE
Notable Losers: TRIL OPTN HCLP MU X TNA
It was a big pullback week, and my portfolio was no exception despite having some good cash to start the week. I suspect this selloff will be short and sharp, bottoming between today and Wednesday. I don't expect to make many further changes to the portfolio in reaction.
Portfolio: BAC EMN BABA SPLK HCLP X MU ACIA GPK OPTN LITE TRIL TNA, cash 0.0%
Hope all is well with everyone! :)
Stocktrader
Hi Stocktrader,
I was down 12.45% last week
YTD UP 5.83%.....
Saleem
Hi Stocktrader,
I thought of selling some of my stocks in the morning to be at a safer side, but your comments calmed me down and continue to hold them. Let us hope the sell off will be short. I see that we are in a better position now.
Thanks
joseph
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