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Kevin A. Tuttle is the CEO and Chief Strategist of the Money Management & Capital Services firm Tesseract Asset Management, LLC (TAM). TAM serves as the General Partner of Long/Short Equity & Alternative Investment Hedge Funds and operates a Capital Services division oriented toward... More
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  • TAM's Morning Cup Of Jo: February 13, 2012 0 comments
    Feb 13, 2012 7:51 AM | about stocks: SPY

    "Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small." - Donald Rumsfeld

    1,350 - well, 1,354 if you want to be exact. The number everyone's been focused on, once achieved, has brought investors the first down week of the year. But, does it mean a correction is afoot? It's been 35 days and ~12% from the December lows; yet, all without a 2% down day and any meaningful drawback. Is it time for a correction? As Dylan so eloquently says… The answer my friend is blowing in the wind. Meaning, even when something seems so certain, we still must wait for the answer. Otherwise stated; inflection point - YES, for certain. Correction certain, not one bit. {Review last week's MCoJ for further explanation - watch for short-term momentum/swing trend break}

    As much as investors are looking for immediate answers; it never ceases to amaze how soon they tend to forget just what their actually looking for. Interesting statement to say the least, wouldn't you agree? So just what is it they're looking for? Direction. Yup, that's it… Direction. But, there is one caveat; time and scale. For months now investors have desired clarity in order to better ascertain the answer to this quest; weather it comes in the form of political, geopolitical, economic, global or otherwise.

    On May 1st, 2011 - exactly 288 days ago - the market (SPX) closed at 1,361; pretty much where it is now. And yet, investors are scrutinizing what will transpire tomorrow to influence decisions which could be relevant for years. Let's take a look at a longer-term chart to supplement this banter with additional meaning.

    SPX Weekly

    It is only when stepping back to gain a larger (~longer) perspective of the markets, do we really grasp the risk associated with how we're invested; or for that matter, want to be. This chart speaks for itself as it is plain to see the converging resistance points (from the top of the '2011 Channel of Indecision' and backside of the prior Cyclical Bull Trend). Not to be a "Debby-Downer" but for as good as this 2012 has begun, it's just not that important in the broader since of the word.

    Our point today is nothing more than awareness. Stepping back far enough to make decisions based on, for lack of a better analogy, "Time Horizon," rather than short-term momentum and market hype. Since 2012 began it's all been about a "renewed' energy in the market" or "the beginning of a new bull run." Now maybe that's true, or maybe it's not. Our point is that it's way too early to tell when evaluating the greater picture. Please don't mistake our view of caution and potentially jaded opinion of absolutes when it comes to investing, with the desire to see this market have a 20-30% year.

    As Always, we hope this helps

    TAM-KAT

    Themes: SPX, 2011 Channel of Indecision Stocks: SPY
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