There is a current thread running on Dr Doom predicting we are moving into
a bear market….
https://www.aussiestockforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=189929#post189929
Here are my thoughts...
I made the analysis at the start of this year that the market will run up
in 2007 and into Quarterly tops before the market got hit and probably
move down before the next up move in 2008.
I don’t think we are going into a bear market, I think in 2008 we will
back around the highs or even making new highs….
Crash patterns and bear markets are two totally different things, and at
the moment it’s neither. It’s a pullback after a run up, we have just run
up further than normal so the pullback looks more server.
A ‘crash’ pattern is if the SPI hits 4860-4900 (2007 50%) which is a
perfect time to start moving back into equities, and my opinion the
market will back to where we are now or higher in 2008.
I’m not suggesting the market will even go that low, but I know my
timing of re-entering stock positions on margin and it will be this year.
Bear markets need to move in a multi monthly sideways pattern in
1 year and then break lower the following year.
So if the rest of 2007 moves sideways and consolidates around the
current range (without reaching 4890) and is stuck in a channel for a
number months coming into 2008 then I’d be concerned if the market
takes out the 2008 yearly 50% levels.
If that’s the case then look for 2 years down.
I’m looking to buy back in when the market is aligned with my methodology
and model with the expectation markets will back around the highs again.
I won’t be looking to BUY if the market is in a bear market, and we
are certainly not in one now or the forseeable future regardless of all
the bad news floating around.
1st January 2007
Years ending in 7 are notorious for experiencing some of the heaviest selling because of some outside influence that has spooked the markets. I’ve never been a ‘market-bear’ and never will be a ‘bear’ because I think any selling in the markets is just an opportunity to buy at cheaper prices, but in 2007 I think that once we move up into the higher quarterly extensions in either Jan-March 2007, or July-October 2007 then I’ll be looking for any hint of sustained weakness with confirming change of 3-period cycles. Most of any selling comes around the same cyclical patterns in the trading year. From past experiences and if we subscribe to the markets often repeating themselves then those patterns are around extended highs in the first or the 3rd Quarter of the year.
Any weakness in 2007 will probably be just be a minor hiccup within the decade bull trend, just like May 2006 when markets tumbled before heading higher into the end of the year.
If there is a hiccup in 2007 then there will be a scapegoat or something to blame, but just as I’m painting a bearish picture for this year, it also allows us the potential too enter the market at cheaper prices. It seems a contradiction, but falling markets helps to increase our wealth because it gives us to opportunity to buy at cheaper prices
Regards,
Frank Dilernia
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