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Thursday, October 04, 2007

S&P Watch, Day 2

Once again, it's S&P watch. The market lost some momentum yesterday, and we may see prices remain flat for a few more days.

To our eyes, the S&P looks a lot like Microsoft (MSFT) a year ago September. Keep in mind that double tops are very rare in the market, so it is advisable to bet against them. September 2006, MSFT was faced with a double top. Momentum waned mid month. Then late in the month it powered higher and didn't look back for several months following.

Of course we can't know if the S&P will do the same here, but these types of patterns oftentimes repeat in the market so this idea serves as a bit of a road map to watch for.

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