Some good potential breakouts on Incredible Charts screen #48888:
- China Taisan (F2X)
- Hong Leong Asia (H22)
- Amtek (M1P)
- Singapore Exchange (S68)
- Cosco (F83)
- Neptune Orient (N03)
Singapore SGX: Top Momentum stocks
Yoma (Z59) breakout above 0.50 would signal another advance. Both Twiggs Money Flow and Momentum are bullish.
I also like the look of Sky Holdings, Interra Resources and Ezion Holdings:
Although Ezion faces some profit-taking at 1.00 that could slow a further advance.
Canada TSX: Potential breakouts
Most interesting of the stocks on my Potential Breakouts screen (Incredible Charts #48895):
Canada TSX: Top Momentum stocks
Interesting new stocks on my Top Momentum stock screen (Incredible Charts #48894):
Northern Graphite (daily chart)
Atna Resources (weekly chart)
Connacher Oil & Gas (weekly)
Imperial Metals (weekly)
Canada: TSX 60 breakout
The TSX 60 broke through resistance at 720, signaling a primary up-trend. Recovery of 63-day Twiggs Momentum above zero strengthens the signal. Expect retracement to test the new support level, but target for the advance is 790*.
* Target calculation: 720 + ( 720 – 650 ) = 790
India & Singapore retrace
India’s Sensex index retraced to test support at 18000 on the daily chart. Bearish divergence on 21-day Twiggs Money Flow indicates medium-term selling pressure; respect of the zero line would suggest a strong primary up-trend. Respect of 17,000 on the index chart would also be a bullish sign.
* Target calculation: 18000 + ( 18000 – 15000 ) = 21000
Singapore’s Straits Times Index (weekly chart) also shows retracement. Expect a test of support at 2900. Respect of the zero line by 63-day Twiggs Momentum would confirm a strong up-trend, with an initial target of 3200*.
* Target calculation: 2900 + ( 2900 – 2600 ) = 3200
Nasdaq approaches 2650 target, S&P500 finds resistance
Nasdaq 100 index is approaching its target of 2650*. Expect retracement to test the new support level at 2400. Respect would confirm a strong up-trend despite the lower high (bearish divergence) on 13-week Twiggs Money Flow.
* Target calculation: 2400 + ( 2400 – 2150 ) = 2650
The S&P 500 encountered short-term resistance at 1370, indicated by declining 21-day Twiggs Money Flow, but the primary up-trend appears healthy. Retracement that respects support at 1300 would signal trend strength — even better if we have a narrow consolidation below the resistance level.
* Target calculation: 1300 + ( 1300 – 1150 ) = 1450
Treating China as an enemy – Telegraph Blogs
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: China remains poor, with a per capita income of just $7,000. It faces the classic “middle income trap” in a few years time when the low-hanging fruit of catch-up growth is exhausted. The country will soon have to make the switch from copying technology to cutting-edge invention, the challenge that has defeated so many economies over the years and made a mockery of so many extrapolation curves.
As the World Bank warns in its latest report (out Monday), China risks coming down to earth with a thud unless it breaks the state stranglehold on investment.
My own guess is that China will go through a nasty little hangover as it purges toxins from the great credit boom of the last five years, before settling down to more pedestrian growth rates. It will be a big economic power, but not so vast it upturns the whole global system. It risks becoming old before it is rich.
via Treating China as an enemy – Telegraph Blogs.
Comment:~ The main threat from China is not military but economic. It has the potential to destabilize the global economy through its aggressive currency/trade policies. If the major players are able to resolve this, we are likely to see a scale-back of current tensions.
Yen’s Fall May Benefit Japan Firms – WSJ.com
TOKYO—As the yen finally buckles versus the dollar, Japan’s exporting manufacturers are sitting on potential operating-profit gains that could be worth billions of dollars on paper, likely triggering some higher earnings forecasts if current trends persist.
….Like many of Japan’s biggest companies, the big three auto makers—Toyota Motor Co., Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co.—are heavily exposed to exchange-rate fluctuations. Estimates by the three show that every ¥1 variation in the dollar exchange rate has an impact of ¥67 billion on their combined operating profit. That means the dollar’s gains since the central bank’s easing could notionally assist the three auto makers’ annual operating profit to the tune of ¥165 billion, or more than $2 billion at recent exchange rates.
Canada’s Household Debt Is Rising – WSJ.com
OTTAWA—Increased household debt in Canada, underpinned by rising house prices and low interest rates, poses a key domestic risk to financial stability, the Bank of Canada said on Thursday.
The finding, contained in the central bank’s quarterly economic review, was the latest in a series of warnings from economists and Canadian officials that high consumer borrowing has emerged as one of the economy’s biggest risks. Household debt stood at over 150% of personal disposable income as of the third quarter of last year, the report noted.