Monday, November 17, 2008

S&P 'Armageddon' if Lows Don't Hold: Chartist

This is becoming a series.
Nov. 11: "S&P 500 threatens to violate major support"
Nov. 12: "Investing: "Throwing Out the Rule Book" (The best Performing Investment Letter is by an Astrologer)"
Nov. 14: "The Bounce at DJIA 8000"
Today, from CNBC:
The S&P 500 has retested its lows seen in October, but a further decline from here would signal the bear market has much further to run, Robin Griffiths, technical strategist at Cazenove Capital, told CNBC.

"It absolutely may not go lower than it was on Thursday or the entire potential base pattern is broken and we've got to go through it all over again," Griffiths said.

The S&P 500 fell to an intraday low under 820 points on Thursday, which is weaker than the base seen in October. But the Thursday low still acts as a retest despite being weaker, Griffiths said.

(Watch the full interview with Robin Griffiths).

Fresh closing lows below October's base would "signal this bear market is much much worse than the armageddon one that we've already discounted in share prices," he added....MORE