Monday, December 21, 2009

Monday Update, 21/12/09

Apart from the fact that today the XAO suffered a big reversal - up by nearly forty points early in the day to finish down -12.4 or -0.3%, there's not a lot to say for today.

The market remains in the sideways to down consolidation where its been for about two months. Until we get a convincing break one way or the other, we're just getting "noise".

I don't mind waiting - for the longer we wait, the bigger the next move.

Materials and Financials are continuing to play tag - if one if up the other is down. No real direction there in the big movers.

The 50 Leaders and the Small Ordinaries are doing something similar. In a bull market, Small Ordinaries lead. In a bearish market, 50 Leaders do relatively better. But at the moment, there is no real direction coming from those two sub-sectors.

Two defensives were up - two were down. Telecoms were hit hard again today continuing the battering of Telstra.

The Advance/Decline Ratio was up a little. The UpVol/DownVol Ratio was down a little. Again - nothing to go by.

So, for now - it's wait and see time.

I wish I had something more positive to say - but patience is required.

No comments:

Post a Comment