The FTSE, Tuesday 13th June 2006
Monday's results:
Close: 5619, down 35pts [0.63%]
Range: 5666 - 5612.
Last 5 TD: down 0.84%.
OTM: -1.77%.
DOW:
10792, down 99pts [0.91%].
Last 5 TD: down 2.34%.
OTM: -3.39%
S&P 500
1236.4, down 15.90pts [1.27%].
Last 5 TD: down 2.30%.
OTM: -2.65%.
News items of note:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government posted a larger-than-expected $42.83 billion federal budget deficit in May, a Treasury Department report showed on Monday.
Charts, and nothing but the charts: Mondays stated an initial rise for the day [which, for one, I didn't follow]. Tuesday a drop.
The PoM System: +2, interpretation: a weak possibility of a rise.
The PoM system is a mathematical formula that determines the markets direction. A plus or minus indicates the likelihood and strength of the market going up or down.
Companies reporting:
RBS.
Economic Data:
09:30 UK CPI
Areas to watch: Miners, they're trying hard to claw back last weeks heavy loses.
The FTSE tomorrow based on present news and data: the US markets took another heavy tumble today and their southerly direction will be passed on to all the other world markets; one SB company has already marked the FTSE down 77pts @ 5579. Ouch! Charts predict a fall, but the PoM, which has been a 100% accurate so far this month, favours a weak rise; CR and ED are tame. In all, a day where the FTSE will move very little until the US markets show a clean direction.
Early gut feeling: early fall, late rise.
Will I bet? Depending on where the market opens, an SB Long and, if the odds favour it, an 'up on the day' Binary.
If you are betting: make your own decision, watch the markets open and do read the news for clues as to which way the FTSE may go.
Yours
UK