Richard Russell - Gold Basing & A Key World Market In Trouble
The
bellwether yield on the 10-year Treasury is starting to surge. Below we
see the yield climbing to a new high of 2.90%. Will this halt the
stock market's climb? It hasn't yet, but it will be murder on the
housing industry.
On the heels of continued volatility in key global markets,
the Godfather of newsletter writers, Richard Russell, covered
everything from stocks and bonds, to the gold market. Russell also
included 7 fantastic charts -- one of those was a key 14-year chart that
showed a major breakdown in one of the most important markets in the
world.
Richard Russell: My
key indicator is seen below. Here we see the Dow holding persistently
and bullishly above its 200-day moving average. How long will this
constructive situation last? Ah, if we only knew (I think it will be
quite a while).
According
to this week's Barron's, the majority of leading advisors are bullish
on the stock market. But I don't operate on the basis of what the
majority of analysts believe. I always put the price action in the
market first on my list of what to believe.
And
below, we have an interesting situation. The D-J Transportation Average
is in a head-and-shoulders pattern which has broken down.
Below,
we see that the Dow is not confirming the weakness in the Transports.
With the Dow refusing to break down and refusing to confirm the weakness
in the Transports, the market should be ready to rally.
An
interesting part of the picture is the P&F chart for the Dow. The
Dow formed a consolidation formation with a low at the 15,350 box.
Next, we saw a little three-box advance, and then a downside reversal
which broke below 15,350. The Dow has now surpassed its downside price
target and appears to have halted at the 14,800 box.
This
is well above the rising blue trendline. The decline has been extreme
in that it has traveled past its downside target. My guess is that the
next move of the Dow will be to retrace part or all of its most recent
decline. Overall conclusion -- the main trend remains bullish.
The
long maturity end of the Treasury market is running into trouble. This
is the part of the bond market that the Fed does not control. On its
most recent decline, the long bond broke below its rising trendline.
Long interest rates are therefore rising, and thus impacting housing. KWN note: See the 14-year chart breaking down below.