Emini FuturesCast / The Daily Pod 07/19/11
July 19, 2011 at 6:28 PM (QQQQ)(DIA)(SPY)(GLD)(SLV)
Grumpy old men and the women who love them. Is a coin toss really a random event? Is a price bar? Grab your boots cause it gets pretty deep as the hummingbirds return to the Ganges. Plus we cover the markets. All of them!
Last night's blog post and suggestion... 23 points later.
E-Mini S&P 500: Strong earnings give the bulls control!
The E-Mini S&P 500 had been under pressure as the US Government talks concerning the debt ceiling appeared to be deadlocked. President Barack Obama had relieved some the pressure today in his comments about “progress” in the talks. Positive earnings reports had given the boost that the market needed for a relief rally. To continue the sentiment, the US June Housing Starts were up 14.6 to a seasonally adjusted 629,000 units, which was the highest level since January. Building Permits were up 2.5 which was the highest since December. Multi-family units were up 30.4 . The US housing and employment sectors have been the two challenges of our recovery and today’s report had given a brighter outlook on the growth and recovery of the US. Employment is still the key to bringing back the healthy economic picture, but the manufacturing and production growth should lead the way for employment to return to the US. US earnings reports have been paramount to the higher trade of the indices today! Apple Inc. with their increased sales of iPads and iPhones had reported revenue up to $28.57 billion for the third quarter overshooting the analysts’ estimates of $24.99 billion. International Business Machines Corp. was up 5.7 . Wells Fargo also was up 5.7 . Coca Cola was up 3.3 to $69.32. The optimistic growth outlook had given the Crude Oil a bullish slant today as well, which may perhaps continue tomorrow as the American Petroleum Institute showed inventories to be down this week by 5.2 million barrels.
The Euro Zone struggle continues, yet the summit on Thursday may again contain the debt problems temporarily. The head of Austria's Central Bank Ewald Nowotny suggested that The European Central Bank may be willing to accept Greek bonds as collateral in the event of a short-term “selective default”. He went on to suggest that there are more options without necessarily having negative outcomes. It is thought that the Euro Zone may not be as reliant on the credit reporting agencies when dealing with the economic reforms. President Jean Claude Trichet and the 16 other Euro Zone leaders have usually experienced progress on each of their summits that have supported the Euro FX at $1.4100. The Euro Zone leaders are attempting to complete a second stimulus for Greece of about 110 euros but there still are issues that remain unresolved.
Wednesday, we have US Existing Home Sales at 9:00 AM CST!
Wednesday, what to expect! We are technically in sell mode on the Daily Chart! Wednesday, we look for an inside to higher day! Today’s range was $1324.25 - $1300.25. The market settled at $1321.25. Our comfort zone or point of control for this market appears to be $1313.75. Our anticipated potential range for Wednesday’s Trading could be $1338.50 - $1300.50. The market stays bearish below $1345.25. Turn-around Tuesday has us looking for a higher market. Higher earnings may have spurred the buying action today, but the bulls continuation should keep the price action higher for Wednesday.
Leslie Burton
Senior Market Strategist
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