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YOUR WEEKLY ASTRO-TRADING PLAN
IN THIS ISSUE
Comment
A Straw Man for the Senate
De-Listing a Leader
Am I Blue?
Astro-Trading Savings
The Week Ahead in Earnings
The Economic Calendar
Astrological Dynamics
Spiritual Focus for the Week
Global Equities Markets
U.S. Equity Trends
Financial Cycles Model Portfolio
Market Sector Strength and Weakness
Astro-Trading Gann Plan Calendar
Stocks to Watch
COMMENT: Mercury retrograde is in full swing,
with its usual share of
complications added to communications and travel. This is not a time to
start new projects, but rather to tie up loose ends and bring old tasks
to completion. So far at least, I seem to have avoided any major
computer problems, but I am traveling this week, which predictably
enough has created a slight delay in getting this newsletter out. That's
one of the advantages of astrology; because of my decades of involvement
with it, I like to think that I'm a little better at taking these bumps
in the road in stride. And of course I've always got a good astrological
excuse handy when things don't go exactly as planned!
BEN MEETS THE STATION
It was a perfect "Straw Man" set-up. During the week preceding the
Humphrey-Hawkins testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Shalom
Bernanke, a bevy of Fed bigwigs fanned across the country, hinting in
fairly heavy-handed ways that inflation was becoming a big enough
concern to guarantee that higher interest rates would be just around the
corner. And, as I mentioned in last week's letter, the stock market
responded dutifully with a noticeable case of the jitters.
That cloud of negative expectation was exactly what Ben Shalom Bernanke
need when he sat before the Senate Banking Committee last Wednesday,
less than 12 hours after Mercury had made its retrograde station.
Chairman Ben didn't really say anything new; he just reiterated the
standard Fed line about cautious optimism for the economy. Along the
way, he managed to dodge some not particularly demanding questions from
the Senators, although his performance in front of an antagonistic crowd
certainly didn't measure up to Alan Greenspan's verbal legerdemain. But
the mere fact that Bernanke didn't say anything specific about the
possibility of higher interest rates was enough to get Wall Street
salivating, and the Dow Industrials, Dow Transports, and Dow Utilities
simultaneously set new record highs--something that hasn't happened
since 1998. This Dow Theory triple play created some real consternation
for the perma-bears, but it remains to be seen what its ultimate effect
will be in luring in some fresh money from the sidelines.
CODE PINK FOR NAVISTAR
Navistar, one of the strongest positions in the current Model Portfolio,
was de-listed last week by the New York Stock Exchange, thanks to some
uncorrected delays in reporting to the SEC. The company says things
should be taken care of in the near future, but in the meantime the
stock is trading on the pink sheets under the symbol NAVZ.
WEATHER WOES OFFER OPPORTUNITY
JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ-JBLU) made headlines last week when it left
passengers stranded on its planes for as much as 10 hours while they
were sitting on the runways as snow and ice created take-off problems at
JFK Airport in New York. The chaotic situation not only made headlines
and provoked calls from liberals in Congress about the need for new laws
to prevent airline passengers from being "held hostage" on the tarmac;
it also became a public relations and management nightmare for JetBlue,
which until last week had one of the best reputations in the industry
for high levels of customer satisfaction.
To complicate matters even further, JetBlue has canceled 1,000 flights
since the challenges it faced at JFK last week. The airline has said
that the cancellations have been necessary to ensure that flight crews
received the legally-mandated amount of rest before going back on duty.
But if anything is clear in this situation, it's that we shouldn't be
writing off this airline prematurely. JetBlue Chief Executive Officer
David Neeleman has been proactive in offering apologies and in taking
corrective action with his company, and I suspect that we will see him
initiating some extra efforts to get his customers back into the fold.
The dynamics are very favorable astrologically, too. A glance at the
JBLU First-Trade chart shows transiting Jupiter applying to a
conjunction with First-Trade Pluto, and then going stationary in a
conjunction with the First-Trade South Lunar Node. On top of that,
transiting Venus will conjoin the JBLU First-Trade Sun just a few days
after Mercury resumes direct motion in early March. I'll be keeping an
eye on JetBlue; it looks like it could become a very strong buying
opportunity.
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*****
THE WEEK AHEAD IN EARNINGS
This week we will be looking for earnings announcements from Alltel
Corporation (AT), FirstEnergy (FE), Genuine Parts (GPC), Hewlett-Packard
(HPQ), Home Depot Inc. (HD), Medtronic Inc. (MDT), Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
(WMT), Analog Devices Inc. (ADI), Medco Health Solutions (MHS), The TJX
Companies Inc. (TJX), Whole Foods Market (WFMI), Chesapeake Energy
Corporation (CHK), CMS Energy Corp. (CMS), ENSCO International (ESV),
H+R Block, Inc. (HRB), Health Management Associates, Inc. (HMA), Intuit
(INTU), JCPenney (JCP), KeySpan (KSE), Newmont Mining Corporation (NEM),
OfficeMax (OMX), Patterson Dental (PDCO), PG+E Corporation (PCG),
Safeway Inc. (SWY), Sempra Energy (SRE), Williams Companies Inc. (WMB),
Clear Channel Communications (CCU), Lowe's Companies (LOW), and Nicor
Inc. (GAS).
THE ECONOMIC CALENDAR
The economic reports this week will include the State Street Investor
Confidence Index, MBA Purchase Applications, ICSC-UBS Store Sales, the
Consumer Price Index, the Conference Board's Leading Indicators, the
Help Wanted Index, the EIA Petroleum Status Report, the EIA Natural Gas
Report, Jobless Claims, and the Money Supply.
On Wednesday the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee will be releasing
the minutes of its January meeting. Also this week, Federal Reserve
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies will be speaking at Duke University in
Durham, North Carolina on Tuesday, San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank
President Janet Yellen will be making two public appearances, in Santa
Clara, California on Wednesday and in Sacramento, California on Friday.
ASTROLOGICAL DYNAMICS
The week begins with the markets closed for the Presidents Day holiday
in the U.S., a day that brings a waning Venus/Pluto square. This aspect
has a good track record for bringing stock prices up, so I'm expecting
an overall positive tone for prices this week, especially since there's
some reinforcement on Monday from a heliocentric Venus/Neptune
opposition, which adds an additional positive bias to the week.
On Tuesday, as trading gets underway for the week, the main astrological
factors at work in the markets are a heliocentric Mercury/Saturn
conjunction and a heliocentric Mercury/Neptune opposition. Both aspects
have a positive bias, but both are also typically connected with some
market congestion and choppy trading patterns.
There's a very different story on Wednesday, however. The geocentric
ingress of Venus into Aries adds a slight positive bias for 4 or 5
trading days, but it gets a huge boost from the heliocentric Mars/Kronos
opposition, which has historically (about 2 out of 3 times) been
accompanied by strong positive trends in blue chip stocks, with the
surge lasting about a week. On top of that the day features two eclipse
activations, so Wednesday could be an extremely important day in market
trends. I'll be cautious in the market that day, though, since there's
an intraday void-of-course Moon that will impact the trading environment
that afternoon.
The positive trend is likely to continue for the remainder of the
trading week, with the astrological configurations essentially in
neutral. Thursday brings two more eclipse activations and the
Mars/Mercury conjunction late in the evening (another positive bias),
and Friday features a void-of-course Moon that will close out the
trading day, so my plan is to wrap up trading activity early that
afternoon.
The most noteworthy astrological event over the coming weekend will be
Sunday's Mars ingress into Aquarius. This should contribute to a price
pullback in stocks for the final trading days in February, followed by
the likelihood of a further advance for equities prices as March gets
underway.
Throughout this week I will be tracking heliocentric second-harmonic
planetary lines (H,180,N,-2) for Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Neptune,
Kronos, and Poseidon, using the Fibonacci/Galactic Trader software from
P.A.S. to follow the active planetary support and resistance in real time.
Have a great week!
*****
SPIRITUAL FOCUS FOR THE WEEK
Many of history's most successful traders have clearly understood that
emotional equilibrium is the key to effective trading. Through Practical
Spiritual Astrology we have an opportunity to restore inner harmony,
enhance emotional balance, and make wiser choices in the markets.
When we let the revitalizing power of love work its amazing magic in our
lives, we can begin to experience more and more amazing dimensions of
abundance. In short, we can connect wholeheartedly with true prosperity
in our material affairs, in our creative ideas, in our relationships,
and in our underlying ability to experience complete ecstasy in all our
circumstances and activities.
"I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to
have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself
now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than
ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before
me." - Sir Isaac Newton
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*****
GLOBAL EQUITIES MARKETS
With the exception of Hong Kong, stock markets around the world followed
the US lead and moved higher last week. Tokyo turned in the strongest
performance.
Dow Jones Industrial Average -- up 1.48%
Dow Jones Transportation Average -- up 3.79%
Dow Jones Utilities Average -- up 0.29%
S+P 500 -- up 1.22%
NASDAQ Composite Index -- up 1.48%
Russell 2000 -- up 1.37%
London FTSE-100 -- up 0.57%
Paris CAC-40 -- up 0.37%
Frankfurt DAX -- up 0.67%
Sydney All Ordinaries -- up 0.61%
Tokyo Nikkei Index -- up 2.12%
Hong Kong Hang Seng Index -- down 0.53%
Singapore Straits Times Index -- up 0.50%
*****
U.S. EQUITY TRENDS
The action last week in U.S. stocks more than erased the losses of the
previous week, with the rebound bringing extra joy to the Dow Theory
enthusiasts. All of our trend indicators remain on the positive side,
with our market bias bullish for all time frames.
In the S+P 500 we have August 18 buy signals in place for the short term
and the intermediate term, conforming to our long-term trend
assumptions. A close for the S+P below 1168 will signal a long-term
bearish trend, with a close below 1219 turning our intermediate-term
indicator bearish, and a close below 1375 generating a sell signal for
the short term.
The NASDAQ Composite is on a September 1 short-term buy signal, an
October 13 intermediate-term buy signal, and an October 13 long-term buy
signal. A daily close below 2394 will flip our short-term indicator back
to the sell side, with a daily close below 2048 needed to bring the
intermediate indicator back to the sell side and a daily close below
2027 required for a reversal of the long-term buy signal.
The Russell 2000 is on a November 14 buy signal. A daily close below 746
will reverse our short-term indicator, while a close below 668 will flip
our intermediate-term buy signal and a close below 614 will move our
long-term indicator for the Russell to the sell side.
S+P 500 -- Long-Term Bullish; Intermediate-Term Bullish; Short-Term Bullish
NASDAQ -- Long-Term Bullish; Intermediate-Term Bullish; Short-Term Bullish
RUSSELL 2000 -- Long-Term Bullish; Intermediate-Term Bullish; Short-Term
Bullish
*****
FINANCIAL CYCLES MODEL PORTFOLIO
POSITIONS CLOSED DURING THE PREVIOUS WEEK: RIO, SFI,
BCR, UNFI.
We closed four positions during the previous week, with four losers
bringing us a net loss of $1,024.00.
We sold 300 shares of Companhia Vale Do Rio Doce (RIO) at 32.90 on
02/12/07, taking a loss of $180.00 (a 1.79% loss in 6 trading days).
We sold 200 shares of iStar Financial Inc. (SFI) at 49.25 on 02/12/07,
taking a loss of $430.00 (a 4.18% loss in 5 trading days).
We sold 100 shares of C.R. Bard Inc. (BCR) at 81.14 on 02/13/07, taking
a loss of $210.00 (a 2.52% loss in 16 trading days).
We bought to cover 300 shares of United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) at
33.75 on 02/13/07, taking a loss of $204.00 (a 2.06% loss in 7 trading
days).
*****
POSITIONS ADDED TO THE PORTFOLIO DURING THE PREVIOUS
WEEK: DDS, VIVO, DAVE.
We added two long positions and one short position to the Model
Portfolio last week.
We sold short 300 shares of Dillard's Inc. (DDS) at 35.10 on 02/12/07,
with an initial buy stop at 37.00.
We bought 300 shares of Meridian Bioscience Inc. (VIVO) at 28.94 on
02/12/07, with an initial stop set at 26.45.
We bought 500 shares of Famous Dave's of America (DAVE) at 18.48 on
02/13/07, with an initial stop at 16.00.
****
REVIEW OF PREVIOUS MODEL PORTFOLIO ACTIVITY
During 2006 we had a total of 177 completed trades, with 74 winners and
103 losers bringing us a total net profit of $9,881.00. The largest
profit for a single trade was $2,595.00, with our winners averaging
$473.04; the largest single-trade loss was $949.00, with our losers
averaging $247.31. The overall average profit per trade was $55.82. The
mean duration of our trades was 9.0 trading days.
During 2005 we had a total of 200 completed trades, with 79 winners and
121 losers bringing us a total net profit of $14,993.00. The largest
profit for a single trade was $4,884.00, with our winners averaging
$630.55; the largest single-trade loss was $956.00, with our losers
averaging $304.42. The overall average profit per trade was $74.97. The
mean duration of our trades was 10.4 trading days.
During 2004 we had a total of 213 completed trades, with 104 winners and
109 losers bringing us a total net profit of $48,913.50. The largest
profit for a single trade was $5,645.00; the largest single-trade loss
was $750.00; the average profit per trade was $229.64. The mean duration
of our trades was 10.3 trading days.
During 2003 we had a total of 176 completed trades, with 99 winners and
77 losers bringing us a total net profit of $51,717.00. The largest
profit for a single trade was $9,240.00; the largest single-trade loss
was $1,170.00; the average profit per trade was $293.85. The mean
duration of our trades was 10.1 trading days.
During 2002 we had a total of 195 completed trades, with 119 winners, 74
losers, and 2 break-even trades bringing us a total net profit of
$50,956.00. The largest profit for a single trade was $5,100.00; the
largest single-trade loss was $1,055.00; the average profit per trade
was $261.31. The mean duration of our trades was 12.7 trading days.
*****
CURRENT POSITIONS IN THE MODEL PORTFOLIO
Central Parking Corporation (CPC) -- bought 400 shares at 18.80 on
12/26/06; currently 20.36. Raise stop to 19.98.
Dillard's Inc. (DDS) -- sold short 300 shares at 35.10 on 02/12/07;
currently 35.37. Lower buy stop to 35.80.
Famous Dave's of America (DAVE) -- bought 500 shares at 18.48 on
02/13/07; currently 18.50. Raise stop to 17.90.
Hasbro, Inc. (HAS) -- bought 300 shares at 28.79 on 02/07/07; currently
29.60. Raise stop to 28.85.
Imation Corporation (IMN) -- sold short 300 shares at 42.61 on 01/29/07;
currently 43.56. Lower buy stop to 43.90 on a close-only basis.
Marriott International Inc. Class A (MAR) -- bought 200 shares at 49.10
on 02/05/07; currently 49.34. Raise stop to 48.65.
Meridian Bioscience Inc. (VIVO) -- bought 300 shares at 28.94 on
02/12/07; currently 28.72. Raise stop to 27.48.
Navistar International Corporation (NAVZ) -- bought 300 shares as NAV at
35.30 on 01/05/07; currently 46.15. Raise stop to 45.75.
*****
MARKET SECTOR STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS
STRONGEST MARKET SECTORS LAST WEEK:
Farm and Construction Machinery; Toy and Hobby Stores; Textile
Manufacturing; Medical Practitioners; Aluminum.
WEAKEST MARKET SECTORS LAST WEEK:
Diagnostic Substances; General Entertainment; Residential REITs; Office
Supplies; Marketing Services.
*****
ASTRO-TRADING GANN PLAN:
ASTROLOGICAL EVENTS DURING THE COMING WEEK
"I know in each moment I am free to decide."
Whether you are day-trading or just looking for optimum entry and exit
points during the course of a particular trading day, an awareness of
the intraday astrological aspects at work can alert you to significant
opportunities and potential pitfalls. The events on our weekly calendar
are calculated for New York time, but are listed around the clock and
throughout the week so you can apply them to Forex, to global markets or
to events outside of your trading day as well.
February 18
Mars square 10/17/05 Lunar Eclipse point 01:32 EST
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Uranus 01:45 EST
Mercury sesquiquadrate Vulcanus 02:03 EST
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Vulcanus 04:37 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Zeus 08:48 EST
Venus semisquare Chiron 08:53 EST
Mars parallel Jupiter 09:35 EST
Heliocentric Mercury opposition Heliocentric Chiron 09:42 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Hades 11:29 EST
Sun biquintile Vulcanus 14:34 EST
True Lunar Node direct station 16:13 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Pluto 16:23 EST
Venus biquintile Saturn 16:41 EST
Sun enters Pisces 20:09 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Apollon 21:04
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Cupido 21:14 EST
Mars quincunx Hades 22:53 EST
February 19
U.S. Markets Closed for Presidents Day Holiday
Mercury trine Poseidon 01:45 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Uranus 03:52 EST
Heliocentric Venus quincunx Heliocentric Jupiter 06:59 EST
Heliocentric Earth in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Mercury 08:07 EST
Void-of-Course Moon 11:43-14:06 EST
Mars square 08/28/07 Lunar Eclipse antiscion 13:05 EST
Mercury parallel True Lunar Node 13:32 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 14:06 EST
Venus conjunct 03/19/07 Solar Eclipse point 14:22 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Mars 14:45 EST
Heliocentric Venus biquintile Heliocentric Cupido 14:49 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Kronos 19:16 EST
Sun parallel Chiron 19:39 EST
Heliocentric Venus opposition Heliocentric Poseidon 20:33 EST
Venus square Pluto 22:56 EST
Sun in 24th Harmonic to True Lunar Node 23:33 EST
February 20
Mars square Apollon 02:08 EST
Heliocentric Mercury opposition Heliocentric Neptune 02:26 EST
Venus in 24th Harmonic to Uranus 06:31 EST
Heliocentric Mercury conjunct Heliocentric Saturn 13:27 EST
Venus opposition 09/22/06 Solar Eclipse point 14:02 EST
Heliocentric Mars quintile Heliocentric Uranus 14:09 EST
Heliocentric Venus in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Admetos 18:39 EST
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Admetos 22:14 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Vulcanus 23:42 EST
February 21
Sun trine Kronos 01:26 EST
Venus crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 03:21 EST
Venus enters Aries 03:21 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Apollon 03:23 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Zeus 04:17 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 05:09 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Poseidon 05:21 EST
Mercury crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 06:51 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Hades 07:12 EST
Heliocentric Mars opposition Heliocentric Kronos 08:39 EST
Mercury opposition 10/17/05 Lunar Eclipse antiscion 09:31 EST
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Pluto 12:29 EST
Void-of-Course Moon 12:41-15:03 EST
Heliocentric Venus quincunx Heliocentric Zeus 14:09 EST
Mars in 24th Harmonic to Chiron 16:05 EST
Venus conjunct 09/22/06 Solar Eclipse antiscion 16:40 EST
Heliocentric Venus square Heliocentric Chiron 18:00 EST
Mars parallel Cupido 18:19 EST
Heliocentric Earth sextile Heliocentric Kronos 19:24 EST
Heliocentric Venus semisquare Heliocentric Hades 23:31 EST
February 22
Venus in 24th Harmonic to True Lunar Node 02:30 EST
Heliocentric Mercury enters Virgo 03:15 EST
Mercury in 24th Harmonic to Neptune 05:11 EST
Heliocentric Earth trine Heliocentric Mars 09:47 EST
Mercury conjunct 08/28/07 Lunar Eclipse point 10:54 EST
Mercury biquintile Zeus 10:55 EST
Venus opposition 03/19/07 Solar Eclipse antiscion 16:22 EST
Heliocentric Venus sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Pluto 16:28 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Kronos 17:53 EST
Venus biquintile Poseidon 18:47 EST
Heliocentric Venus quintile Heliocentric Vulcanus 20:22 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 21:11 EST
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Mars 22:22 EST
Venus square Kronos 22:47 EST
Sun conjunct Mercury 23:43 EST
Heliocentric Earth conjunct Heliocentric Mercury 23:47 EST
February 23
Sun parallel Apollon 03:55 EST
Heliocentric Venus quincunx Heliocentric Cupido 08:59 EST
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Jupiter 13:02 EST
Sun biquintile Zeus 13:20 EST
Sun conjunct 08/28/07 Lunar Eclipse point 13:38 EST
Void-of-Course Moon 14:47-17:42 EST
Mars contraparallel Vulcanus 15:08 EST
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Saturn 15:25 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Poseidon 16:59 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Hades 19:02 EST
Mercury semisextile Venus 19:22 EST
Chiron crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 20:14 EST
Sun in 24th Harmonic to Neptune 21:08 EST
February 24
Mercury parallel Uranus 00:06 EST
Mars semisextile Pluto 00:48 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Vulcanus 01:09 EST
True Lunar Node retrograde station 02:57 EST
Heliocentric Mars semisquare Heliocentric Neptune 03:21 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Apollon 05:13 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Zeus 06:14 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Chiron 07:44 EST
Heliocentric Venus sextile Heliocentric Uranus 08:11 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 14:38 EST
Sun opposition 10/17/05 Lunar Eclipse antiscion 16:16 EST
Mars semisquare Uranus 18:42 EST
Mercury trine Kronos 18:46 EST
Sun crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 19:04 EST
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Cupido 21:14 EST
February 25
Mars semisquare Cupido 02:07 EST
Heliocentric Mercury opposition Heliocentric Uranus 05:28 EST
Venus semisquare Neptune 07:28 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Kronos 07:36 EST
Heliocentric Venus biquintile Heliocentric Zeus 08:10 EST
Venus sesquiquadrate Saturn 13:36 EST
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Chiron 15:42 EST
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Venus 17:22 EST
Mercury in 24th Harmonic to True Lunar Node 17:48 EST
Venus conjunct 03/14/06 Lunar Eclipse antiscion 17:53 EST
Heliocentric Earth square Heliocentric Jupiter 19:16 EST
Void-of-Course Moon 20:21-22:48 EST
Mars enters Aquarius 20:32 EST
Heliocentric Earth in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Saturn 23:33 EST
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STOCKS TO WATCH: ETN, GRMN, KDN, VARI.
Eaton Corporation (ETN)
NYSE; optionable
First Trade Date: 07/24/1923; 10:00 a.m.
With transiting Saturn moving toward a conjunction with the ETN
First-Trade Moon and then the First-Trade IC, when it will also form a
sesquiquadrate with First-Trade Mercury, we see little reason not to
take an immediate long position in this stock. Our initial stop will be
set at 75.15.
Garmin Ltd. (GRMN)
NASDAQ; optionable
First Trade Date: 12/08/2000; 09:30 a.m.
This instrument maker has strong fundamentals, has just seen a strong
positive technical breakout, and has even become more visible in the
world of sports sponsorships. From an astrological perspective, GRMN has
transiting Jupiter about to conjoin its First-Trade Sun. That's enough
to suggest the wisdom of a long position in this stock; we will add one
at the end of the trading week, with an initial stop set at 51.80.
Kaydon Corporation (KDN)
NYSE; optionable
First Trade Date: 06/22/1994; 09:30 a.m.
Transiting Jupiter is getting ready to conjoin the KDN First-Trade Moon
and transiting Neptune has just crossed the First-Trade Descendant, but
transiting Saturn is about to back up over the First-Trade Ascendant and
transiting Admetos is in a tight conjunction with the First-Trade South
Lunar Node. This suggests that the recent run-up in this stock's price
is likely to reverse, so we will sell KDN short by the middle of the
trading week. Our initial buy stop will be set at 44.40.
Varian Inc. (VARI)
NASDAQ; optionable
First Trade Date: 03/24/1999; 09:30 a.m.
Transiting Saturn has just pulled away from the VARI First-Trade IC and
the First-Trade True Lunar Node, clearing the way for transiting Jupiter
to do its thing as it conjoins the First-Trade Descendant. With
transiting Neptune forming a sesquiquadrate to the First-Trade Moon in
early March, this looks like a good time for a long position. We will
add one immediately, with our initial stop set at 53.70.
*****
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business and investment astrology; to enhance the development and
dissemination of financial literacy and prosperity consciousness; and to
explore the use of technical analysis and financial astrology in
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