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The bigger trend is down and we are expecting and intermediate term decline to take the SPX down to near the 1140 range. For near term we where looking for SPY to bounce to the gap level near the 144.2 range and that bounce is nearing our target now. Over the last couple of weeks the SPY tested the “Selling Climax Day” low several times and closed above it on lighter volume which is a short term bullish signal. If market cannot take out the previous low with volume, it will reverse and try to take out the previous resistance. The previous resistance lies at the gap level near the 144.20 range, which equates to 1442 on the SPX. So far the volume is much lighter then the gap down day of 2/27 and is doubtful the market will create enough volume to get through the gap level at the 144.20 range. Therefore most likely the gap will be tested on lighter volume and becomes resistance. If the gap level is tested on lighter volume then that would be a good place to add to short positions. We are short the SPX at 1381.95.
Nasdaq 100 market:
Below is the daily Nasdaq 100, (QQQQ). The Nasdaq 100 appears to be drawing a “Double Head and Shoulders Top”. The “Right Shoulder” may be forming now. We did get the expected rally back to test the gap level near the 44.5 range which is where the “Right Shoulder” is expect to start forming. A “Sign of Weakness” and a “Break away Gap” form on 2/27 and that are a very bearish combination on the bigger time frames. We do not expect the market to rally past the gap level at the 44.50 range in that volume on the gap day came in at 318 million shares. To get through the gap, volume would need to be at least 318 million shares and judging today’s volume that is unlikely to occur. We are expecting the gap level to be tested on lighter volume which in turn will form resistance and start forming the “Right Shoulder”. Most “Head and Shoulders” are symmetric in time. The “Left Shoulder” took three weeks to form and therefore, the “Right Shoulder” also may take three weeks to complete. To keep with the bearish outlook, volume should be lighter back up to the gap level near 44.50 then the decline down from the gap level and this is the case on the current pattern. Volume so far is lighter on the way back up to the gap and that creates confidence that the gap will hold and that a “Right Shoulder” is forming and the market is making an intermediate term top. We hold an average short position on the Nasdaq at 2378.59. Our downside target on the Nasdaq is near the 1900 level.

For the week, the Dow gained 3.1% and the S&P500 3.5%, pushing both averages back into the black for the year. The Transports surged 4.0%, increasing y-t-d gains to 9.1%, and the Morgan Stanley Cyclical index 3.2%, increasing 2007 gains to 8.0%. The Utilities rose 4.0% (up 8.2% y-t-d) and the Morgan Stanley Consumer index 3.3% (up 1.8% y-t-d). The broader market also rallied sharply. The small cap Russell 2000 and S&P400 Mid-Cap indices both gained 3.9%. The NASDAQ100 advanced 3.0%, and the Morgan Stanley High Tech index added 1.4%. The Semiconductors gained 1.5%. The Street.com Internet Index jumped 3.2%, and the NASDAQ Telecommunications index rose 1.3%. The Biotechs rallied 5.8%. The Broker/Dealers surged 6.4%, and the Banks jumped 3.6%. With Bullion up $4.00, the HUI Gold index rallied 4.2%.
Two-year government yields added one basis point to 4.60%. Five-year yields increased 4 bps to 4.51%, and 10-year Treasury yields jumped 7 bps to 4.61%. Long-bond yields surged 11 bps to 4.80%. The curve flattened this week, with the 2yr/10yr spread now positively sloped one basis point. The implied yield on 3-month December ’07 Eurodollars rose 2.5bps to 4.885%. Benchmark Fannie Mae MBS yields rose 3 bps to 5.71%, this week reversing recent underperformance to Treasuries. The spread on Fannie’s 5 1/4% 2016 note dropped 4 to 35, and the spread on Freddie’s 5 1/2% 2016 note dropped about 4 to 35. The 10-year dollar swap spread declined 0.8 bps to 53.0. Corporate bond spreads generally were little changed, although junk spreads widened a couple basis points.
Investment grade issuers included Merrill Lynch $4.1 billion, Hospira $1.425bn, Bank of New York $750 million, CBS $700 million, Willis North America $600 million, American Honda $600 million, IBM $500 million, PNC $500 million, Southern Co. $400 million, Sovereign Bancorp $300 million, Conn Light & Power $300 million, Bunge $250 million, and UDR $150 million.
Junk issuers included Citizens Utility $750 million, Pinnacle Foods $575 million, Highwoods $400 million, Aventine Renewable Resources $300 million, Cleveland Electric $250 million, Sun Healthcare $200 million, and MSX International $205 million.
Convert issues included Vornado Realty Trust $1.4 billion, Prologis $1.1bn, Nortel Networks $1.0 billion, SL Green Realty $750 million, Host Hotels $600 million, SBS Communications $350 million, Extra Space Storage $250 million, Viropharma $225 million, Amerigroup $240 million, Komag $220 million, Diversa $100 million, and Pioneer $100 million.
International issuers included Panama $1.81bn, Shell $1.25bn, BBVA $600 million, Cerveceria Nacional $360 million, and GOL $225 million.
Japanese 10-year "JGB" yields rose 3 bps this week to 1.605%. The Nikkei 225 jumped 3.7% (up 1.5% y-t-d). German 10-year bund yields surged 10 bps to 4.00%. Emerging debt and equities markets were strong. Brazil’s benchmark dollar bond yields dropped 13 bps this week to a record low 5.69%. Brazil’s Bovespa equities index surged 6.6% (up 2.4% y-t-d). The Mexican Bolsa rose 5.2% (up 6.9% y-t-d). Mexico’s 10-year $ yields dipped one basis point to 5.47%. Russia’s 10-year Eurodollar yields declined one basis point to 6.67%. India’s Sensex equities index rallied 6.9% for the week (down 3.6% y-t-d). China’s Shanghai Composite index jumped 4.9% to a record high, increasing 2007 gains to 14.9%.
Freddie Mac posted 30-year fixed mortgage rates added 2 bps last week to 6.16% (down 16 bps y-o-y). Fifteen-year fixed rates increased 2 bps to 5.90% (down 9 bps y-o-y). And one-year adjustable rates declined 2 bps to 5.40% (up 8 bps y-o-y), the lowest level in almost a year. The Mortgage Bankers Association Purchase Applications Index dipped 0.9% this week. Purchase Applications were up 4.2% from one year ago, with dollar volume up 8.9%. Refi applications declined 4.5%. The average new Purchase mortgage declined to $241,000 (up 4.5% y-o-y), and the average ARM slipped to $405,200 (up 18.5% y-o-y).
Bank Credit data were impacted by the conversion of bank to a thrift institution, so I will exclude data this week.
M2 (narrow) "money" increased $24.4bn to a record $7.155 TN (week of 3/12). Narrow "money" has expanded $112bn y-t-d, or 7.5% annualized, and $409bn, or 6.1%, over the past year. For the week, Currency dipped $0.5 billion, and Demand & Checkable Deposits fell $8.9bn. Savings Deposits jumped $17.1bn, while Small Denominated Deposits added $1.3bn. Retail Money Fund assets increased $15.5bn.
Total Money Market Fund Assets (from Invest. Co Inst) jumped $23.3 billion last week to a record $2.431 TN. Money Fund Assets have increased $166 billion over the past 20 weeks (19.0% annualized) and $376 billion over 52 weeks, or 18.3%.
Total Commercial Paper added $1.9 billion last week to $1.997 TN, with a y-t-d gain of $22.8 billion (5% annualized). CP has increased $97 billion (13.3% annualized) over 20 weeks and $287 billion, or 16.8%, over the past 52 weeks.
Asset-backed Securities (ABS) issuance increased to $(12) billion. Year-to-date total ABS issuance of $153 billion (tallied by JPMorgan) is running behind the $169 billion from comparable 2006.
At $77 billion, Home Equity ABS issuance 35% behind last years pace. Yet year-to-date US CDO issuance of $83 billion is running 38% ahead of comparable 2006. Fed Foreign Holdings of Treasury, Agency Debt jumped $16.1bn last week (ended 3/21) to a record $1.876 TN, with a y-t-d gain of $124bn (30.6% annualized). "Custody" holdings have expanded at a 28% rate over 20 weeks and 18.2% y-o-y ($289bn). Federal Reserve Credit last week dipped $468 million to $851bn (down $1.1bn y-t-d). Fed Credit was up $30.3bn y-o-y, or 3.7%.
International reserve assets (excluding gold) - as accumulated by Bloomberg’s Alex Tanzi – were up $833 billion y-o-y (19.7%) to a record $5.053 TN.
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