WALL STREET, NEXT WEEK FEBRUARY 3, 2020

FINANCIAL ASTROLOGY FOR THE SUCCESSFUL INVESTOR & TRADER                                                                         

 

1. FEBRUARY MARKETS                                              

2. UP STARS/DOWN STARS

3. GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES                        

4. QUOTES

5. ON THE WEB

6. LETTERS

 

  1. 2020 ASTROLOGERS FUND FORECASTS

 

Markets are testing key support areas again with no fundamental reasons to buy on the dip today (or Monday?). Little besides select biotech & Precious Metals benefiting. While SP 3150 probably will hold short term, nothing wrong with reducing more overall market exposure 10-25%.  @tafund

 

 

28K before 30K?  Looking good! If so, the new 64K QUESTION: HOW LOW IS LOW?

As long as markets remain above SP 3150, MOMO BULLS are not worried unless/until DJIA 28K becomes a firm ceiling!

Should/when markets drop below SPX 3150 next support levels are circa 3125, 3065-3070, and 3025-3030.  

Will markets be higher in March? Perhaps. 

Will they be higher in [July to] August 2020- almost DEFINITELY NOT!

 

OUR VIEWS

Stock valuations are generally unappealing [not cheap] for most stocks.

OUR CASH POSITIONS ARE CURRENTLY MAXIMUM!

We advise fresh IRA money should be left in cash & we recommended some more selling of 2020 portfolios into next week. 

 Proper Valuations:

        US$ 97-98

        CNY < 7

        SILVER 16.80-18.25

         VIX > 16

 

IMHO “Improper” Valuations

        DJIA > 28000

        SP > 3069-3150

        NASDAQ > 8500-8800

        TIPS  > 117

        COPPER < 3.11 

        BITCOIN >2400

        GOLD > 1433 

        US 10 Year Bond  < 1.70

        Oil < 52

 

FIRST EPISODE OF YOU BETCHA YOUR LIFE (SAVINGS):

Sell SP 2954,  Sell 2945 KACHING: Both Covered 2840!

SECOND EPISODE OF YOU BETCHA YOUR LIFE (SAVINGS):

Sell SP 2888, Sell 2880 KACHING: 2812 & 2750 Buy Gold 1286, 1280 KACHING 1400, 1410  

THIRD EPISODE OF YOU BETCHA YOUR LIFE (SAVINGS)

Sell SP 2954, Sell 2964, & 3000; KACHING Closed 2940 & 2925 & 2925

Buy Copper 270, 266 & 260 KACHING  280

 

2019 POSITIONAL TRADING: 

Copper 274, 266 & [292 Copper open from H1 2019] Still open

Buy SPX 2860, 2900; KACHING SOLD 3030 & 3058

Short SPX 3057 & 3088 & 3149 Still Open

 

2020 POSITIONAL TRADING

Short SPX 3230, 3240 & 3275 

HYDE PARK SOAPBOX: history-says-a-february-stock-market-crash-is-inevitable

MARKERS       DJIA                  SPX                   NASDAQ       SILVER           GOLD           COPPER        BONDS         OIL            BITCOIN        CNY

2019 CLOSE

28508

3231

8823

17.92

1523

2.80

1.86

61.06

7229

6.96

1/31/2020

28258

3225

9150

18.03

1593

2.51

1.50

51.63

9303

6.93

PIVOTS

28500

3240

9200

18

1550

2.49

1.50

52

9000

7.00

RESISTANCE

SUPPORT

29000

28000

3300

3200/3150

9340

8800

18.37

16.88

1600

1484

2.80

2.50

1.84

1.465

58

50

9500

8000

7.03

6.82

 

    

KEY DATES:       February 3, 5

DJIA:                   28000 SUPPORT?

SPX:                    3231 PIVOT S1  3200 S2 3150

NASDAQ:            9000 SUPPORT?

GOLD:                1550 PIVOT S1 1540 S2 1500  S3 1480  R1 1568 R2 1608 R3  1650

SILVER:              SUPPORT 16.50-16.80 RESISTANCE 18.20-18.80

OIL:                     52 PIVOT

COPPER:            2.50 SUPPORT/PIVOT  

US 10 year          WATCH

BITCOIN:             9000 PIVOT

 

2019 CLOSE:          DJIA 28508 SPX  3231 & NASDAQ 8823  

2018 CLOSE:          DJIA 23327 SPX  2506 & NASDAQ 6635

2017 CLOSE:          DJIA 24719 SPX  2673 & NASDA 6903

2016 CLOSE:          DJIA 19762 SPX  2238 & NASDAQ 5383

AFUND Fair Value: GOLD $1433

Reduce risk and Focus on Capital Preservation:

THINK TRADITIONAL SWISS AND PRESERVE CAPITAL: HEDGE AND PROTECT AGAINST DOWNSIDE RISK.

2.    2. We continue to largely stand aside with an inclination to reduce market exposure except for attractive special situations such as obviously the companies we invited that are presenting at our XXVIII Triple Gold Conference at the Princeton Club. If they have appropriate portfolio allocation characteristics, worth spending time on due diligence and perhaps buying.

 

AFUND SHORT WATCH:

Netflix (NFLX) $335+, Tesla (TSLA) $644-680, Bitcoin (BTC)

 

AFUND BUY WATCH: After a real correction Prices TBD

Chewy (CHWY), Disney (DIS), Microsoft (MSFT),

 

With the exception of special situations, we would rather REDUCE market exposure or at least continue to rotate some stocks into value.

Favorite 2020 Sectors:

Entertainment,  Mining, Selective Health Care (lower cost/better outcome) & TECHNOLOGY (Undervalued & Highly Scalable)

Stock selection is important. When possible, we prefer to recommend stocks sporting strong cash flows, sound balance sheets & growing dividends.

Active well managed portfolios should outperform index funds in 2020. 

 

3. Copper remains highly undervalued. It was a pawn of the US/China trade spat. Now it seems that Chinese coronavirus is hugely hurting sentiment. Short term has been bearish, but longer term this remains a “deep pockets” BIG win.

 

We note gold is generally under favorable astrological influences in Q1 2020.

Gold bugs are happy now that more generalist investors are beginning to join the party: However, we still see it as somewhat expensive just now, albeit short term “justified” due to Astro, seasonal strength & Middle East.

We believe gold valuations will largely sport at or above Fair Value in this Year of the White Metal Rat (2020).

Just as it was undervalued for a long time, it CAN and is likely to be overvalued for a LONG time.  While fundamentally gold is currently overvalued, in much of the Fall, the astro is positive for gold.

We advise precious metal investors to pay attention to stock selection and only selectively add Q1 2020.

 

Gold FV $1433 = Commodity FV: 1388 + Currency FV: 1400 + Inflation Metal FV: 1388 + Crisis FV: 1556.

INVESTORS: We plan to stay LONG in 2020 (recommending a precious metal sector buy/hold rating and occasional hedging, selling or profit taking).

However as traders we may periodically short gold above $1555. For silver our current selling numbers remain $18.25 - $20.

We will be happy to reBUY Gold cheaper ideally < 1450 & Silver < 16.80 in Q2 2020.

 

4. “Elevated policy uncertainty usually leads to lower equity valuations and higher implied volatility in the months ahead of Election Day. The wide range of the various candidates’ policy views and the narrow range of polling and prediction market data indicate a particularly uncertain environment this year.”

Ben Snider, equity strategist, Goldman Sachs

HW: Uncertainty is THE hallmark of 2020 markets.

 

“The outbreak of the coronavirus could drive large swings in Mainland China and emerging Asia growth in the first half but a much smaller impact on full-year growth, if the SARS episode is any guide.”

Bruce Kasman, economist, JP Morgan

HW: We should know how much by the Ides of February.

 

"We spent most of this week still with this kind of euphoric optimism about the U.S. market, and today [1/31/2020] that finally began to fade... people are finally starting to get concerned."

Michael O Rourke, chief market strategist, JonesTrading

HW: Better late than never.

 

5. Oil stocks are the new tobacco, in ‘death knell phase,’

 

Healer or sin stock? ESG funds split on whether cannabis companies should be let in

 

The world of retail is being disrupted, and investors should watch their own changing habits to find potential winners

 

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