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Written by Arjun Rudra, on 19-11-2008 09:30  

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The following is excerpted from a conference call transcript that was held on November 12, 2008 by Portfolio Manager Gerry Coleman of Harbour Advisors. Gerry Coleman, who has managed money for institutions and mutual funds for over 35 years, along with his partner, Stephen Jenkins manage more than $14 billion in assets at CI Investments Inc.




"Market Comment

• Panic selling stage appears over, market now focusing on earnings.

• There are three key criteria to end a panic and we have seen the first two: government initiatives to stimulate the economy, and central bank intervention. It takes time for these to have an effect.

• The third criterion is for buyers to come back into the markets and this may be starting.

• We feel that stock prices are close to their lows, though the markets may trade sideways for a while.

• Valuations are within 15% of their lowest levels of the past 50 years.

• Now seeing a global recession that will probably last into 2009. But recessions are a normal part of the investment landscape.

• Also need to remember that there are now six emerging economies with GDP over $1 trillion and they continue to grow, though at a slower pace.

• Remember that the stock market is a forward-looking indicator and typically bottoms while the economy is still in recession.

• We believe there is too much pessimism; confidence will start to recover soon.

• Interest rate cuts and other stimulative measures will have an impact, and the global deleveraging process is well underway.

Harbour Funds

• Have been adding to oil and gas holdings (EnCana, Suncor, Talisman and Petro-Canada); we believe price of oil is close to a low.

• Technology: have boosted holdings in leaders like Cisco, Microsoft and Intel.

• Materials: have boosted holdings in BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Cameco, Goldcorp and Barrick.

• Also have increased holdings in Tim Hortons, GE, Canadian National Railway.

• Financials: Have added to Sun Life, CIBC and Discover, but not in a rush to do much buying here. Financials may be close to a low, but there may be more shoes to drop.

• Commodities: Unlike technology companies during the tech bubble, these companies have been big money-makers and though they have declined recently, their valuations were not excessive. We expect oil and gas has a bright future in the longer term and demand will rebound with the economy. We believe the secular upward trend in commodity prices will continue, driven by demand from China, India and so on."

Source: CI Investments Inc.

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[David Elliott , mentorcenter] FLICKERING LIGHTS IN THE TUNNEL

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Written by David Elliott, on 19-11-2008 06:25  

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David Elliott's MARKET COMMENTARY

Yesterday, Tuesday, November 18th, Market comment.

Monday saw continued selling it the morning and a turn positive in the afternoon … we should have closed the markets right then because in the last 45 minutes we took it all back to close down 233 points.
The Key Reversal has failed to follow thru on the key day 2. Prospects for a large rally here have melted.
DJ support 7965 is our target support today while our EPPV technical indicator is giving signals of more market bounces this morning with a potential positive close .
Should the DJ-30 break out low support then we see the 2002 lows as our immediate target.
QQQQ needs to take out 29.23 to reverse any current down move.

SP-500 needs to take out 880 to reverse the downward slide today.
SMH needs to take out 17.37 to reverse the downward slide today.

Remember to have a plan and trade the plan. If you do not have any exit plan do not initiate a opening order.



Wednesday, November 18, 2008.
Tuesday gave us our up market for all the indexes via our EPPV technical indicator.
Again large moves were in the last hour of the day where the final day's direction seem to get its important trend move.
Stocks, in our email yesterday, like RIMM, did 11% and CCRT 10%. While the Advance / Decline for the NYSE was just barely positive with at plus 845.
Only one of the three banking indexes were positive yesterday, another sign of a weak rally.
The DJ-30 itself was unable to move over the 30 minute 50 SMA ( 30/50), closing right there.
Today, rejection of the 30/50 SMA is not a healthy sign for an up move today,
Look for the markets to be weak in the morning, again.
Rallies later today still face the 30/50 at 8432, and the hourly 50 SMA S(60/50) at 8536 both serious resistance levels. The bear trend is still with us.

Markets are in indecision with the continued indecision of funding the big three auto manufactures. Public sentiment is to let them go into bankruptcy. However, I don't think the markets will hold here in that event, but immediately take out the 2002 lows.
Bankruptcy may be delayed while congress continues to feed them good money after bad. Bad management got caught in the financial collapse, where customer sales are difficult to finance to even the best creditors.


GOVERNMENT REPORT


Nov 18 8:30 AM Core
PPI Oct - 0.0% 0.1% 0.4% -
Nov 18 8:30 AM
PPI Oct - -2.0% -1.8% -0.4% -
Nov 18 9:00 AM Net Foreign Purchases Sep - NA $17.5B $14.0B -
Nov 19 8:30 AM
Building Permits Oct - 760K 772K 786K -
Nov 19 8:30 AM Core
CPI Oct - 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% -
Nov 19 8:30 AM
CPI Oct - -0.7% -0.8% 0.0% -
Nov 19 8:30 AM
Housing Starts Oct - 780K 780K 817K -
Nov 19 2:00 PM FOMC Minutes Oct 29 - - - - -
Nov 20 8:30 AM
Initial Claims 11/15 - 505K 503K 516K -
Nov 20 10:00 AM
Leading Indicators Oct - -0.7% -0.6% 0.3% -
Nov 20 10:00 AM Philadelphia Fed Nov - -30.0 -35.0 -37.5

 

 



GOLD
Gold $699 support, snap down yesterday , follow thru today unless the financial Indexes reverse to the upside . Upside Resistance $750.00

US DOLLAR
Support was in the 86.00's , with 87.50 now a resistance area.
86.00 is a bounce area.

Natural Gas

Natural Gas, XNG index has resistance up at 449.
UNG target is $28.67
Monday's 11/4, post: Failed new lows are in for NGAS, CHK, CNQ, and DGAS.
XNG--X is the index.
CNQ
CHK
NGAS

MOBO BREAKOUTS TO THE UPSIDE

CECO
VRX
DMND
ABT
BRKL
XOM,
GDP



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JMBA
ROIAK
FRE




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DE
ROK

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EJT
RMIX
CTR
CVI
CSGS



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MVIS up 70% off lows , Our special Watch stock with new product development.
Pullback target $1.30, was hit and good bounce. Stop is just below $1.30 now.


SNAP BACK UP

VOLC
NFS



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ERY
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