China, daily
China, monthly
Summary
More than anything, it will be fascinating to see how the Chinese leadership react to another wave lower in August/September.
If the Shanghai comp' breaks the recent low of 3373, will they simply shut the entire market for a week or two? One thing is for sure... it remains one of the more dynamic markets to watch for 'entertainment purposes'.
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Looking ahead
Wednesday will be busy... not least with Fed chair Yellen set to address the US House Financial Services Committee. That will begin at 10am.. and probably last until around 1pm. There will be the usual blanket coverage across clown finance TV.
Data points: PPI, Empire State, Indust' prod', Fed Beige book (2pm).
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Broadly bearish INTC
I am a major fan of the company, but from a pure technical perspective, INTC is in real trouble.
INTC, weekly
INTC briefly lost the $29 threshold last Thursday... thus completing an essentially perfect H/S formation. They really don't come any cleaner.
A move to the 26/25s appears due between now and early October. Ideally, the H/S formation is suggestive of $22.50... but I realise that is an extremely long way down.
As an aside, if INTC is in the $22s by early October.. what would that mean for the sp'500, the mid/low 1800s, with VIX in the 30s?
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*I exited INTC-long this morning from $29.90. Price action is increasingly bearish.. and if there is sustained action <29.30 tomorrow, it would be suggestive of a gap down to the $26/25s at the Thursday open - post earnings.
As it is... considering the broader market... if I had to take a trade.. I would still go long.... but I consider that overly risky. Instead, I will probably sit on the sidelines, and merely seek to short INTC in the $31.75/32.00 zone in early August.. if it gets there.
In any case... it does look like it will be possible to pick up INTC in the mid... or low 20s by early October.
Goodnight from London