{"id":1027,"date":"2009-02-18T06:00:41","date_gmt":"2009-02-18T10:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/club.ino.com:80\/trading\/?p=1027"},"modified":"2009-02-18T10:23:07","modified_gmt":"2009-02-18T14:23:07","slug":"why-bears-are-finding-such-a-good-meal-with-the-dow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwtest.ino.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/why-bears-are-finding-such-a-good-meal-with-the-dow\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Bears Are Finding Such A Good Meal With The Dow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the Dow looking for new lows, I've asked Finance Fanatic of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crashmarketstocks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Crash Market Stocks<\/a> to give us his take on the upcoming market. So read on and see why although future conditions may not be pleasant, the bears may make it out just fine.<\/p>\n<p>===================================================================<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">During the last couple of months, it seems as though the entire NYSE has become one giant day-trader\u2019s gathering that we use to only see exist in the penny stock markets.\u00a0 The new volatile Dow coupled with the addition of 2x, 3x, and even 4x leveraged ETFs, has helped gambling day-traders find a new place to hang out during the day.\u00a0 A year ago, most would not consider companies like General Electric (GE), Bank of America (BAC), and Wells Fargo (WFC) as \u201cday-trading\u201d material.\u00a0 However, today alone, they had a combined trading volume of 532.26 M.\u00a0 Well, these are the times we are in today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Although, currently, many people feel that it is pointless to try to value stocks \u201cfundamentally\u201d, I beg to differ.\u00a0 As I look at the fundamentals, I see the market following them quite closely\u2026Downward (See Below).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: text-bottom;\" src=\"\/\/club.ino.com\/trading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cm-picture.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Sure, daily movements are volatile with the help of government intervention, but our down-trending correlation is right in line with the technicals of the market I have been looking at.\u00a0 Here are just a few of the reasons I see a feast of bears for the coming months:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>1) Housing market is still in the Pits<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">We should not be confident that anything is getting better as long as our housing market struggles. People underestimate just how important that number is. Housing values are the number one driver of consumer sentiment, because in most cases it is people's biggest investment. All across the county, most people's biggest \"investment\" (Their house) has lost anywhere from 20-60%, depending on the market. That takes a lot out of people\u2019s expectations. Also, as we continue to be very sluggish in new home sales, we continue diluting the housing market with a mass surplus of available inventory.\u00a0 At this rate, we could match the demand for housing without adding a single house for the next 10 years.\u00a0 As long as our housing market remains in the gutter (which our most recent numbers have confirmed), I believe we are not done hurting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>2) Many retailers plan to go bankrupt this year<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Think of hundreds of mini GM scenarios going across the country. Even though many of these retailers will not have the giant influences that the big 3 autos do, they still will do their damage. They have people that rely on their pension and laborers across the country. Also, it is easy to tell from recent months, without lending, many businesses in a capitalist market cannot survive.\u00a0 For so long, most US retailers have been paying for their inventory with expensive debt, relying on strong and fast sales to pay off the inventory.\u00a0 Well, with sales slowing the most we\u2019ve seen in years (even with liquidating sales!), this debt piles up and retailers go under, like Mervyn\u2019s. With the continuing loss of small and large businesses, I still see a significant downside risk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>3) Commercial real estate foreclosures<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">This could be one of the biggest factors. Look what the initial subprime crisis did to the market from 2007 to 2008. Well, commercial real estate is running about a year behind them. We have just begun to see foreclosures in the commercial market. These are going to pile up in 2009. The amount of debt that will be handed back to banks is unreal. Much of the commercial real estate that was purchased between 2003-2005, was done on 5-10 year, CMBS\/Conduit loans that are very highly leveraged, with very low interest rates.\u00a0 As these properties come up for refinance the next 3-4 years, I expect to see some serious foreclosures. In my opinion, it will be World War III when it happens, which makes me feel we're not at the bottom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>4) Government's Out of Bullets<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">After President Obama signed off on the latest stimulus, he fired off one of his last, long anticipated bullets that people hoped to have made a significant impact.\u00a0 Unfortunately, the praise has not lasted as long as most had hoped.\u00a0 With treasuries already oversold, the discount rate a 0%, two huge stimulus plans already passed, and a new \u201chope bearing\u201d president now in office, I would like to think we\u2019re almost out of ways to artificially ignite this market.\u00a0 Sure, we may see some more \u201cprograms\u201d announced, but I don\u2019t see many silver bullets left.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">With these and several other elements, I continue to be on my toes and very bearish in this market.\u00a0 I have been finding much success in the inverse ETFs as well as put options on certain retailers and other companies.\u00a0 Inflation is our next beast to tackle in my opinion.\u00a0 Being in a bear market does not mean we are without hope of making money, we just have to be making the right moves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">-FINANCE FANATIC<\/span><\/p>\n<p>===================================================================<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crashmarketstocks.com\/\">Crashmarketstocks.com<\/a> is a site that focuses on macro-economic news and discusses new tips and strategies to help make money during a recession. Most entails different equity vehicles that are performing well in a bear market, but can feature any profitable vehicle.\u00a0 Finance Fanatic is a specialist in the Real Estate market and has been engaged in equity markets for about 8 years now.\u00a0 His degree is in Finance and Capital markets.<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the Dow looking for new lows, I've asked Finance Fanatic of Crash Market Stocks to give us his take on the upcoming market. 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