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Richard Suttmeier is the Chief Market Strategist at www.ValuEngine.com.

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May 4, 2010 – Justifying “Dow 8,500 before Dow 11,500”

Stocks are fundamentally overvalued. The weekly and monthly charts for the Dow Industrial
Average are overbought. Major technical levels are providing resistances. Stubbornly low US
Treasury yields are a “flight to quality”. The rally in gold tracks the weak euro as “currency of
last resort”. Weakening copper prices questions the global economic recovery.
Making a Bearish Market Call is not Very Popular
Mixing fundamental and technical analysis is like trying to mix oil and water.
I believe that stock screening of fundamental data and viewing chart patterns are equally
important in measuring the risk / reward of the stock market.
A stock becomes more fundamentally positive when the price of the stock goes down,
and less fundamentally positive as the price goes up.
When the price of a stock trends higher the technicals are improving, and when the price
is declining the technicals are deteriorating.
The Bear Market of 2007 - 2009
My first warning came prematurely on March 1, 2007 when I called for Recession in 2008 /
2009, and that stocks would be in a bear market by the end of 2007.
My reasoning was that you cannot have a bull market for stocks with a bear market in
Housing and Financials. Today I see a double-dip in housing and there are still problems
in the banking system.
In October 2007, I said that the Dow will not sustain gains above 14,000. I said, “Beware of
the Ides of October, as solid gold earnings are factored into Dow 14K”.
I Predicted that the next 2000 points would be down not up.
The ValuEngine Stock Valuation Model focuses on the following variables
A company's trailing 12-month Earnings-Per-Share
Analyst consensus estimate of the company's forecasted 12-month EPS
The 30-year Treasury yield.
These variables are combined to create a more accurate reflection of a company's Fair
Value.
Back on March 9, 2009 every sector was extremely undervalued, but at the April 26th highs all
eleven sectors were overvalued. These types of configurations helped me time the major bottom in
October 2002, the market high in October 2007, and the lows of March 2009.
Chart Courtesy of Thomson / Reuters
The monthly chart for the Dow Industrial Average showed me the bottom in March 2009.
I looked at the up trend that goes back to the low following the Crash of 1987, and that
trend was being tested.
I drew the Fibonacci Retracement Levels and it was testing the 61.8% retracement of the
entire rally from the 1987 low to the October 2007 high and that level was being tested.
The weekly chart for the Dow Industrial Average is showing me the potential market top now.
I drew the Fibonacci Retracement Levels between the October 2007 high and the March
2009 low and the 61.8% retracement was tested on April 25th.
The Dow could not sustain gains above its 200-week simple moving average at 11,134.
My annual and semiannual risky levels are 11,235 and 11,442 contained the high of 11,258.
My Market Call Has Been: Dow 8,500 Before 11,500.

Chart Courtesy of Thomson / Reuters

Low US Treasury yields reflect a “flight to quality”. Sure supply has been a concern, but when it
comes to bid time buyers are there for the safety of US Treasuries. The yield on the 10-Year traded as
high as 4.01% on April 5th, and then declined to my semiannual pivot at 3.675 with the 200-day simple
moving average a resistance at 3.586.
Chart Courtesy of Thomson / Reuters

Higher Comex Gold reflects the precious metal as “currency of last resort”. A breakout above my
semiannual pivot at $1186.5 targets monthly resistances at $1217.3 and $1270.1, as currency of last
resort as the euro flirts with a breakout below 1.32. For the euro my quarterly support lags at 1.245.

Chart Courtesy of Thomson / Reuters


Lower Comex Copper reflects concern about the sustainability of the economic recovery.
Copper is trading below its 50-day simple moving average at 343.19 with the 200-day as key support at
309.49. My annual resistance at 361.63 was tested at the April 12th high and my annual support is
283.51. Why is copper declining when the economy is projected to be this strong?

Chart Courtesy of Thomson / Reuters

That’s today’s Four in Four. Have a great day.


Richard Suttmeier
Chief Market Strategist
www.ValuEngine.com
(800) 381-5576
As Chief Market Strategist at ValuEngine Inc, my research is published regularly on the website www.ValuEngine.com. I
have daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly newsletters available that track a variety of equity and other data parameters as
well as my most up-to-date analysis of world markets. My newest products include a weekly ETF newsletter as well as the
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“I Hold No Positions in the Stocks I Cover.”

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