Wednesday, 8 January 2014

2pm update - time for some fed speak

Its that time of the month, time to find out what the edited/censored FOMC minutes were from the last month. So long as the market can hold the earlier low of sp'1831 - seemingly likely, equity bulls have little to be concerned about. Metals are sure to get a bit twitchy this hour...Gold currently -$6


sp'60min


Summary

No doubt, the rest of the day will see the mainstream swing to talk of when the next QE-taper might be.

Best guess remains, we close the day in the sp'1840/45 zone, with 1850s by the Friday close.
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*notable strength: UAL, +4.8%, and continuing to strength.


The upper 40s are well within range.
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2.07pm.. well, the usual nonsense from the Fed, inc' a probable eventual target of 6.0% headline unemployment. The comedy aspect was the note that the fed debated the participation rate issue.

Anyway, market is holding together, and a close in the 1840s..very likely.
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UAL continues to build gains....+5.6%...

Notable weakness in the coal miners...


2.19pm.. chop chop...+3pts...-2pts.. +2pts... fun huh?

The 1840s..are a'coming....and you know what follows that?