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Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleTiming, Perspective... When it comes to engaging financial markets, timing is everything. When and where does one enter or exit, what are his or her objectives, and what frame of reference does one use to make such decisions. Answers to the above are essential prior to committing speculative funds against any given timeframe or set of objectives one may consider.
The most important aspect to answering these questions is to clearly identify one’s timing objectives, and then adhere to best practice disciplines to carry out those objectives. In doing so, it is essential that one ignore all ancillary noise, which may or may not conflict with the objectives disciplinary protocols in use.
In developing strategies from which to engage, there are many perspectives and tactics one may adopt. Timeframes can swing from secular trends lasting decades to sell-offs and price-spikes lasting only an hour or two. In the middle reside cyclical trends that can last for years followed by intermediate, near-term, and shorter-term trends, which populate the balance of the time horizon landscape.
... the Majors and where key battle lines are drawn
No doubt, the 40% - 50% rise in equities from the March lows have turned the majority of participants bullish over the near-term. What does this bullish price action tell us about the balance of time-horizon perspectives? Well for one, the short-term trends have been bullish since March, and so have the near-term trends. Given the V-spike run-up, the intermediate-term trend looks promising but must still prove itself, while the cyclical and secular trends remain severely clouded.
$USD Dollar Index
Since so many assets are valued in $USD, we view this index as the mother of all majors. Given the $USD has lost approximately 95% of its purchasing power at its lows in 2008, we can calculate that at its peak, this index (if it existed at inception) would have scaled the 1500 level at par value with a single dollar. Today, it remains in serious trouble below the 80-level, with a hyperinflationary downside price target of 41, which is another 50% haircut from current levels. Since inception and as historically proven with all other fiat currencies, the $USD was born at full value into a preordained secular bear market leading to its inevitable collapse and ultimate replacement. This current world reserve currency unit is the benchmark from which most assets are valued, trade deals negotiated and future business plans considered. It has become increasingly obvious that most major market values react (inversely) to changes in the value of this waning reserve currency, meaning that further devalued dollars will raise the underlying value of whatever types of assets that are priced in such units of measure. In kind, a stronger currency unit will reveal the true weakness in such asset values, or at least adjust their true values against their worth in stronger “dollars”. Currency devaluation (inflation) is one of the most egregious and illusionary taxes a government or central bank can impose upon its people.
DOW JONES INDUSTRIALS
The long-term secular uptrend in the DOW has fractured severely. From this perspective, the cyclical trend remains down, as does the intermediate trend. The near-term and shorter-term trends are up but meaningfully extended. Just above current levels, resides seven years worth of price congestion resistance. The area below the key 7500 support level contains a very thin 3000-pt range lacking any record of congestive support above the 4000 level. Whereas the 80-level marks a tightrope for the $USD, the 7500 level marks a critical battle line for the Dow.
GOLD
From the previous inflationary highs of 875 printed back in the late 1970’s, Gold continues to insist upon establishing a trading floor above those previously recorded highs some 30-years ago. Upon its first endeavor north of 875 and beyond 1000, it fell back hard through a thin zone of no support until it reached the 700-handle. Testing the upper end of this congestive band of support near 700, Gold retraced the 200-pt thin zone and has held steady above its former price ceiling of 875, which is precisely where we place the first battle line for Gold.
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