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YOUR WEEKLY ASTRO-TRADING PLAN
IN THIS ISSUE:
Comment
The Planet of Surprises
Cheap Drinks
Bring Out Your Subprime Dead
The Trading Triad
Tim on TV
Void-of-Course Strategies
Eclipse Report Savings
Diamond Credit
The Economic Calendar
Astrological Dynamics
Spiritual Focus for the Week
Global Equities Markets
U.S. Equity Trends
Metal Markets
Financial Cycles Model Portfolio
Market Sector Strength and Weakness
Astro-Trading Gann Plan Calendar
Stocks to Watch
COMMENT:
Stocks bounced back on Friday on extremely light volume, but
failed to prevent a losing week. Although we may see some initial
carry-over of this thin enthusiasm as the current week gets underway,
I'm anticipating a fairly strong sell-off in equities during the first
half of the week. As things wrap up on Thursday and Friday, however, the
bulls may get a brief chance to have their say.
SURPRISING ENERGY FOR
THE MARKETS
Uranus typically delivers surprises, so it wasn't too unusual to see
stock prices going up on Friday, just prior to Saturday's Uranus direct
station, coinciding with the Full Moon. But with that reaction out of
the way, I'm expecting this planet to help accelerate the downward
momentum in the equities markets.
My take on the situation is not only based on the coincidence of the
Uranus stations with the Full Moon. I also find it noteworthy that
Uranus is stationary in Pisces, exactly conjunct the Ascendant in the
Louise McWhirter inception chart for the New York Stock Exchange (7:52
a.m. EST on May 17, 1792). A strong move to the downside is thus clearly
supported, although given the nature of Uranus it wouldn't be entirely
out of character for this planet to trigger a brief sucker rally that
pulls in more capital before reversing and yanking prices down.
During the past couple of decades the Uranus direct station each year
has typically been accompanied by a brief pull-back in the S+P 500
around the time of the station, interrupting a generally positive price
trend that predominates for a few weeks prior to the station and lasts
until about 10 days past the date of the station. Within this time
frame, however, there are some additional high-probability pull-backs.
If this index performs this year in a way that's consistent with these
past patterns, we can expect to see a fairly significant downward
movement during the first half of the upcoming trading week, followed by
an even bigger move to the downside between December 6 and December 10.
Longer term research on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, reaching back
roughly 90 years, shows a tendency toward declining prices just
following a Uranus direct station. The highest-probability drop comes
about 3 or 4 days after the date of the station, so this reinforces the
notion that we are likely to see downward pressure in U.S. stocks during
the beginning and middle of the trading week.
RISING COSTS AND DECLINING
VALUES
The acceleration in the decline of the US dollar's value has been
getting a lot of media attention lately as the reports keep coming in of
the euro, the yen, and even the yuan being increasingly preferred for
payment of debts and obligations around the world. But the US isn't the
only place where the value of the currency is suffering. Britain's
newspaper The Mail on Sunday recently quoted a Zimbabwean national who
explained the staggering rate of inflation in that country by noting
that "Golfers buy their mid-game drinks at the start of the 18 holes
because the prices will have increased by the ninth hole."
STILL NOT BANKRUPT YET
The woes are far from over for mortgage investment firm Countrywide
Financial (CFC), whose massive exposure in subprime loans helped burst
the real estate bubble in the U.S. earlier this year. CFC stock plunged
to a new low of $8.21 last week, and the company was forced to deny
publicly rumors that it was about to declare bankruptcy. On top of that,
Edward Jones cut its rating on the company, citing the likelihood of
huge cash shortages if and when Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae curtail their
purchases of Countrywide's mortgages.
It's all an interesting contrast to the attention the company was
getting just a little over a month ago. In late October, Countrywide CEO
Angelo Mozilo said that he was expecting the firm's fourth quarter to be
profitable, and CFC stock shot up to trade above $17 a share the next
day. But now, in the light of mounting loan delinquencies and mortgage
foreclosures, a profitable fourth quarter for Countrywide seems highly
unlikely, to say the least. And with transiting Neptune still quincunx
the CFC First-Trade Venus, I think we can expect more smoke and
mirrors--and more public uncertainty about the stock--to come.
A SOBERING SESSION
When my new client left my office last Wednesday, I was fairly certain
that he wasn't going to follow my advice.
He had come to me for a personal analysis of his natal horoscope, with a
particular focus on his potential for financial success. He told me that
he had lost a lot of money in the stock market this summer after
enthusiastically jumping into the market for the first time in his life
just days before US equities prices plunged in late July. He had sold at
the mid-August low.
It didn't take much conversation to learn that he was anything but an
experienced trader. Short selling was a completely foreign concept to
him, and while he thought he might have heard about stop-loss orders, he
wasn't sure how they worked or why he might want to use them. His
personal horoscope confirmed the fact that he has a tendency to take
inappropriate risks, typically with unhappy results.
Still, he told me that he wanted to get back into the stock market right
away, because he didn't want to miss out on all the money to be made.
His plan was to put all his money into a sure-fire investment, make back
all the money he had lost this summer, and then get out with even bigger
profits before Christmas. And he wanted me to tell him exactly how and
when to do that during the next two or three weeks.
I shook my head. A close examination of the transits and directions to
his natal chart revealed a rather mild opportunity for financial gain
about a year from now, and I told him so. In the meantime, however, the
likelihood of further losses was quite sobering. So I suggested that if
he really wanted to be involved in the markets, he should devote the
next eight or ten months to serious study and disciplined paper-trading.
Then, and only then, should he consider putting any more of his money at
risk.
But in spite of my best efforts, he was resistant. I hadn't given him
the answers he had expected. He didn't want to hear about capital
preservation and he certainly wasn't interested in a year of hard work.
He wanted to get rich in three weeks. That's why I suspect he won't be
following my advice.
The session didn't do much to stimulate a joyful mood for the
Thanksgiving holiday. But it did get me thinking, and I was grateful for
that. There are, I reminded myself, three key components to the Trading
Triad, the formula for success in the markets: the conditions of the
market itself, the setup of the specific trade, and the psychology of
the individual trader.
Astrology can do a lot to enhance our understanding of each of these
three components, which is what makes person-centered financial
astrology such an exciting approach to the markets. But we invite
unnecessary risk if we leave out any one of the three, and the results
of that unnecessary risk can be catastrophic if we fail to understand
ourselves as traders.
SEE COMMODITY CLASSICS
AT A NEW LOCATION
The Commodity Classics program has moved to a new internet broadcast
network, and I will be helping to celebrate the step up to a larger
audience on Monday afternoon this week. I'll be a featured guest on
Commodity Classics with program host Michael Yorba from 4:00 until 4:30
p.m. Central Standard Time (5:00 until 5:30 Eastern) on November 26; you
can catch the broadcast at www.yorba.tv
on your computer.
By the way, you can also watch at your convenience all the video clips
from my recent appearances with Michael Yorba on the Commodity Classics
program by going to my website or by taking a moment to click on this
link: http://www.timbost.com/publications/videogallery.html
.
TIME TO REVIEW VOID-OF-COURSE
STRATEGIES
We have a fairly rare event coming up on December 7--a Void-of-Course
Moon throughout an entire Wall Street trading day. In preparation for
this event, I think it's a good idea to review the impact of this lunar
phenomenon. You'll find information about it on my website at
www.TimBost.com.
NEW LOW PRICE FOR ECLIPSE
REPORT
Even though the Solar Eclipse of September 11, 2007 is now history, its
effects are still being felt in the markets. You can find full details,
along with specific dates of eclipse triggers and specific trading ideas
to take advantage of the eclipse energy, in my monograph on The Solar
Eclipse of September, 2007: Its Impact on the Markets, which is
available as a downloadable pdf file on my website at
http://www.timbost.com/publications/books.html
.
Best of all, there has now been a 90 percent reduction in the price of
this exciting 38-page report! Copies were available prior to the eclipse
at $99 each; you can get your copy right away for just $9.87 when you
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SPENDING IN STYLE
The precarious condition of the US dollar isn't due just to printing
excessive amounts of currency; it's also the result of credit gone wild.
But it can be a real mental challenge to keep the relationship of money
and credit straight, especially if you're used to whipping out a piece
of plastic to cover the cost of dinner or to pick up a new pair of
shoes. And now, thanks to a recent innovation by a South Korean bank,
the situation is even more confusing.
In an effort to provide the ultimate status symbol, the bank has begun
issuing a diamond-encrusted credit card. The card, which the bank says
it is marketing to "VVIP customers," costs about 300 times more than a
regular credit card from the bank. Even so, it has attracted a
surprising amount of interest (pun intended), and not just in South
Korea. The bank has a branch office in Kazakhstan, and some of the
high-end cards are on the way there. There are also 1,000 cards on order
for Dubai, at a cost to the bank of nearly $175,000 in materials alone.
NEWS AND UPDATES THROUGHOUT
THE WEEK
Check my website for the latest news and special offers; it's updated
several times each week. Go to www.TimBost.com
and click on "Latest
News." While you're there, be sure to see the streaming videos of my
interviews at http://www.timbost.com/publications/videogallery.html
and
check out the "Top Listed Site Astrology" button for links to other
astrological resources.
*****
THE ECONOMIC CALENDAR
This week economists and business cycle analysts will be making up for
lost time after the Thanksgiving slowdown in economic analysis and
reporting. This week we plan to keep an eye on the latest information on
Consumer Confidence, ICSC-UBS Store Sales, MBA Purchase Applications,
Durable Goods Orders, Existing Home Sales, the EIA Petroleum Status
Report, the EIA Natural Gas Report, Corporate Profits, GDP, Help Wanted
Index, New Home Sales, Personal Income and Outlays, Construction
Spending, NAPM Chicago, Farm Prices, Jobless Claims, and the Money Supply.
On Tuesday Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Plosser
will be in Rochester, New York, to talk about the U.S. economic outlook,
while Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans will be at
the Futures Industry Association expo in Chicago to give his
interpretation of the economic situation. Dallas Federal Reserve Bank
President Richard Fisher will be in Amarillo to talk about economic
matters as well. On Friday it will be St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank
President William Poole bringing the Fed's perspective to a meeting of
the Cato Institute in Washington.
ASTROLOGICAL DYNAMICS
Based on the astrological factors at work this week, I'm expected some
significant downward price pressure as the week gets underway, followed
by some relief for the bullishly inclined toward the end of the week.
Monday brings the likelihood of downside action thanks to the waning
Venus/Neptune trine and the waning Mars/Zeus square. The heliocentric
Mercury/Apollon conjunction a couple of hours after the closing bell may
help prop things up toward the end of the trading day, however.
Tuesday starts with the positive energy of a waning Venus/Uranus
biquintile, but it's likely to be overshadowed powerfully by the
Mercury/Admetos opposition that afternoon, driving prices down
significantly.
Wednesday will likely see a continuation of the downward pressure, due
mainly to the waxing Mercury/Vulcanus trine. The ingress of heliocentric
Mercury into Scorpio, however, sets the stage for some positive price
action; I think it will begin to play out on Thursday and Friday.
In fact, with a waxing Mercury/Hades quincunx and a waning Sun/Neptune
quintile at work, Thursday is quite likely to be a positive day for
stocks. Friday is likely to maintain that positive momentum as well,
thanks to the waxing Venus/Admetos quincunx and the heliocentric
Mercury/Poseidon conjunction.
Throughout this trading week I will be tracking geocentric
fifth-harmonic planetary lines (G,72,N,-2) for the Sun, Mercury, Venus,
Mars, Neptune, Chiron, and Kronos, 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.
What is the memory that love evokes? What former
selves do we invite to
return into our lives? When we experience Divine Grace right now, do we
recall our past shortcomings or do we reawaken the innocence of tender
vulnerability within our hearts? The choice is always ours, and we must
choose our dreams and memories wisely, for today's visions become the
reality of tomorrow.
"We do not have to improve ourselves, we just have to let go of what
blocks our heart." - Jack Kornfield
For more astrologically-based spiritual insights
and a free subscription
to our monthly e-zine, be sure to visit
www.PracticalSpiritualAstrology.com.
*****
GLOBAL EQUITIES MARKETS
Sellers took charge in the stock markets around the world last week,
with the biggest losses in Latin America and the Pacific Rim. The
decline in European issues continued to be a little less frantic, but in
the U.S. what should have been a positive week turned into feeding time
for the bears.
Dow Jones Industrial Average -- down 1.49%
Dow Jones Transportation Average -- down 2.47%
Dow Jones Utilities Average -- up 0.64%
S+P 500 -- down 1.24%
NASDAQ Composite Index -- down 1.54%
Russell 2000 -- down 1.88%
London FTSE-100 -- down 0.46%
Amsterdam Index -- down 1.52%
Paris CAC-40 -- down 0.04%
Frankfurt DAX -- down 0.04%
Mexico Index -- down 3.51%
Sao Paulo BOVESPA -- down 5.24%
Sydney All Ordinaries -- down 2.05%
Bombay SENSEX -- down 4.29%
Tokyo Nikkei Index -- down 1.75%
Shanghai Composite Index -- down 5.34%
Hong Kong Hang Seng Index -- down 3.89%
Singapore Straits Times Index -- down 3.34%
*****
U.S. EQUITY TRENDS
All the action in U.S. stocks continues to confirm a solid move to the
downside, with trading falling below key EMA levels and trend indicators
getting fresh challenges. I'm expecting increasing selling pressure in
the weeks ahead. Nevertheless, by mid-December it's entirely possible
that we will see a rebound rally getting underway, with Wall Street
getting a very generous visit from Santa Claus just prior to the end of
the year.
The Russell 2000 came breathtakingly close to hitting a long-term sell
signal last week, with Wednesday's intraday low at 736.05 and a close
for that session at 740.30. For the time being, however, the Russell
remains on a November 14, 2006 buy signal, with a daily close below 736
needed to move our long-term indicator for the Russell to the sell side.
This index is now on a November 9 short-term sell signal, with a daily
close above 830 needed to reactivate short-term bullishness. Our August
3 intermediate-term sell signal for the Russell 2000 also remains firmly
in place at this point, with a daily close above 851 currently required
to flip this intermediate-term indicator back to the buy side.
The S+P 500 is currently on a November 9 short-term sell signal, with a
daily close above 1552 required to trigger a reverse short-term
indicator back to the buy side. We still have an August 18, 2006 S+P buy
signal in place for the intermediate term, conforming to our long-term
trend assumptions. A daily close for the S+P below 1364 will signal a
long-term bearish trend, with a close below 1410 turning our
intermediate-term indicator bearish.
The NASDAQ Composite dipped below its 200-day exponential moving average
on Wednesday, but managed to get its head back above water with light
trading volume on Friday. The NASDAQ Composite is now on a November 8
short-term sell signal, with a daily close above 2861 needed to reverse
our technical trend assumptions back to the buy side. We also currently
remain on an October 13, 2006 intermediate-term buy signal and an
October 13, 2006 long-term buy signal. A daily close below 2451 will
flip our intermediate-term indicator back to the sell side, with a daily
close below 2331 required for a reversal of the long-term buy signal.
S+P 500 -- Long-Term Bullish; Intermediate-Term Bullish; Short-Term Bearish
NASDAQ -- Long-Term Bullish; Intermediate-Term Bullish; Short-Term Bearish
RUSSELL 2000 -- Long-Term Bullish; Intermediate-Term Bearish; Short-Term
Bearish
*****
METAL MARKETS
GOLD -- After a surprisingly strong showing last week, it looks like
Gold may be ready for another short-term pullback at this point. I think
it's likely to go on for a week or two, but heliocentric Mercury moves
into Sagittarius on December 8 and we can expect another leg up after
that. The longer-term picture for Gold remains extremely bullish.
SILVER -- The recent Full Moon and other astrological factors suggest
rising Silver prices until the lunar apogee on December 6, but some of
my technical studies don't rule out the possibility of a slight price
decline between now and then. Overall, I think the astrological dynamics
will overshadow other factors and we will see Silver move up at this point.
*****
FINANCIAL CYCLES MODEL PORTFOLIO
TRADES CLOSED DURING THE
PREVIOUS WEEK: OSK.
We closed one trade during the previous week, with one loser bringing us
a net loss of $280.00.
We sold 1 January 2008 $65 Oshkosh Truck Corporation (OSK) call at 0.15
on 11/23/07, taking a loss of $280.00 (a 94.9% loss in 24 trading days).
*****
POSITIONS ADDED TO THE
PORTFOLIO DURING
THE PREVIOUS WEEK: MTD, NXY, CRS.
We added two long positions and one short position to the Model
Portfolio last week.
We sold short 100 shares of Mettler Toledo International Inc. (MTD) at
115.00 on 11/19/07, with an initial buy stop set at 119.50.
We bought 300 shares of Nexen Inc. (NXY) at 29.50 on 11/19/07, with an
initial stop set at 28.70.
We bought 200 shares of Carpenter Technology Corporation (CRS) at 66.00
on 11/21/07, with an initial stop set at 64.50.
****
REVIEW OF PREVIOUS MODEL
PORTFOLIO ACTIVITY
So far this year we have had a total of 140 completed trades, with 61
winners and 79 losers bringing us a total net profit of $4,609.00. The
largest profit for a single trade has been $2,775.00, with our winners
averaging $469.08; the largest single-trade loss has been $1,224.00,
with our losers averaging $307.33. The overall average profit per trade
has been $32.92, and the mean duration of our trades has been 11.1
trading days.
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 2002-2004 inclusive we had a total of 584 completed trades, with
322 winners, 260 losers, and 2 break-even trades bringing us an average
annual net profit of $50,528.83. 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 $259.57. The mean duration of our trades during
those three years was 11.0 trading days.
*****
CURRENT POSITIONS IN THE
MODEL PORTFOLIO
Atwood Oceanics Inc. (ATW) -- bought 200 shares at 76.25 on 11/12/07;
currently 79.60. Raise stop to 76.80.
Banco Santander-Chile ADR (SAN) -- sold short 200 shares at 50.94 on
11/02/07; currently 45.08. Lower buy stop to 46.15.
Carpenter Technology Corporation (CRS) -- bought 200 shares at 66.00 on
11/21/07; currently 68.53. Raise stop to 65.75.
Chicago Bridge and Iron Company NV (CBI) -- sold short 200 shares at
54.50 on 11/02/07; currently 50.79. Lower buy stop to 52.10.
Mettler Toledo International Inc. (MTD) -- sold short 100 shares at
115.00 on 11/19/07; currently 113.10. Lower buy stop to 114.75.
Monarch Casino and Resort (MCRI) -- sold short 400 shares at 28.25 on
11/13/07; currently 27.64. Lower buy stop to 28.15.
Nexen Inc. (NXY) -- bought 300 shares at 29.50 on 11/19/07; currently
29.38. Raise stop to 29.05.
Oshkosh Truck Corporation (OSK) -- bought 2 January 2008 $65 calls at
2.95 on 10/12/07; currently 0.15. Hold.
Randgold Resources Ltd. ADS (GOLD) -- bought 400 shares at 23.59 on
08/14/07; currently 38.56. Stop set at 37.00 on a two-close-only basis.
*****
MARKET SECTOR STRENGTH
AND WEAKNESS
STRONGEST MARKET SECTORS LAST WEEK:
Shipping; Internet Information Providers; Oil and Gas Drilling and
Exploration; Gold; Diversified Communications Services.
WEAKEST MARKET SECTORS LAST WEEK:
Mortgage Investment; Residential Construction; Trucking; Surety and
Title Insurance; Semiconductor Memory Chips.
*****
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 for longer-term trades 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
this 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. Note
that in order to save space this calendar excludes most lunar aspects,
which can also be important in moving markets as well.
November 25
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 01:52 EST
Venus biquintile Admetos 03:18 EST
Mercury opposition 08/01/08 Solar Eclipse antiscion 05:06 EST
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Neptune 12:42 EST
Mercury biquintile Hades 13:45 EST
Heliocentric Earth in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Mars 14:16 EST
Heliocentric Venus biquintile Heliocentric Pluto 14:32 EST
Mercury parallel Pluto 14:45 EST
Heliocentric Venus biquintile Heliocentric Jupiter 17:33 EST
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Poseidon 23:32 EST
Heliocentric Earth semisextile Heliocentric Kronos 23:35 EST
November 26
Saturn sextile Poseidon 00:40 EST
Void-of-Course Moon 02:37-06:07 EST
Venus trine Neptune 04:54 EST
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Uranus 04:56 EST
Sun square 08/28/07 Lunar Eclipse point 04:59 EST
Heliocentric Mars in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Kronos 08:46 EST
Mars square Zeus 09:56 EST
Sun quincunx Kronos 10:03 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Admetos 10:32 EST
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Vulcanus 12:33 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 15:23 EST
Heliocentric Venus quintile Heliocentric Admetos 16:12 EST
Heliocentric Mercury conjunct Heliocentric Apollon 18:45 EST
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Zeus 21:09 EST
Mercury in 24th harmonic to Poseidon 21:12 EST
November 27
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Hades 02:50 EST
Jupiter quincunx Vulcanus 07:00 EST
Sun contraparallel Vulcanus 07:58 EST
Venus biquintile Uranus 09:08 EST
Heliocentric Venus square Heliocentric Poseidon 13:41 EST
Mercury opposition Admetos 14:17 EST
Mercury square 08/16/08 Lunar Eclipse point 16:46 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Pluto 17:41 EST
Sun biquintile Mars 18:03 EST
Mars quincunx Chiron 18:54 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Jupiter 20:23 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Cupido 21:22 EST
Void-of-Course Moon begins 23:22 EST
November 28
Heliocentric Earth biquintile Heliocentric Mercury 01:14 EST
Heliocentric Mercury enters Scorpio 04:03 EST
Mercury trine Vulcanus 05:23 EST
True Lunar Node opposition 02/21/08 Lunar Eclipse point 05:44 EST
Mars square 09/11/07 Solar Eclipse antiscion 07:16 EST
Sun square 10/17/05 Lunar Eclipse antiscion 07:28 EST
Void-of-Course Moon ends 08:23 EST
Mercury semisextile Jupiter 09:11 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 09:24 EST
Venus parallel Uranus 15:58 EST
Heliocentric Venus in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Vulcanus 16:46 EST
Mercury semisextile Apollon 17:48 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Saturn 19:29 EST
Mercury sesquiquadrate Mars 19:50 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Uranus 23:20 EST
November 29
Mercury semisquare Zeus 02:56 EST
Mercury contraparallel Admetos 03:38 EST
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Kronos 06:39 EST
Mercury quincunx Hades 08:54 EST
Venus in 24th harmonic to Poseidon 09:45 EST
Heliocentric Mars quintile Heliocentric Saturn 10:04 EST
Heliocentric Venus sextile Heliocentric Zeus 10:17 EST
Venus semisquare Saturn 11:47 EST
Heliocentric Jupiter in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Cupido 13:42 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Mars 20:08 EST
Sun quintile Neptune 21:33 EST
Heliocentric Venus biquintile Heliocentric Uranus 21:46 EST
Heliocentric Venus semisquare Heliocentric Hades 21:51 EST
Mercury biquintile Kronos 23:35 EST
November 30
Mercury semisextile Pluto 00:24 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 02:27 EST
Sun parallel Cupido 04:15 EST
Heliocentric Earth quincunx Heliocentric Poseidon 04:31 EST
Venus opposition 10/17/05 Lunar Eclipse point 06:50 EST
Venus quincunx Admetos 07:39 EST
Sun semisextile Poseidon 12:25 EST
Void-of-Course Moon 12:25-14:44 EST
Sun square Saturn 15:22 EST
Heliocentric Mercury conjunct Heliocentric Poseidon 15:24 EST
Mercury in 24th harmonic to Cupido 15:31 EST
Heliocentric Earth quincunx Heliocentric Mercury 20:48 EST
Mercury quintile Chiron 22:54 EST
December 1
Jupiter sextile Apollon 00:54 EST
Heliocentric Venus quintile Heliocentric Apollon 01:43 EST
Heliocentric Venus sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Pluto 03:58 EST
Venus square Vulcanus 04:19 EST
Venus conjunct 08/28/07 Lunar Eclipse antiscion 06:01 EST
Mercury crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 07:20 EST
Mercury enters Sagittarius 07:20 EST
Heliocentric Venus trine Heliocentric Cupido 11:13 EST
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Apollon 12:31 EST
Heliocentric Venus sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Jupiter 13:30 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Zeus 15:10 EST
Heliocentric Earth in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Admetos 17:16 EST
Heliocentric Mars trine Heliocentric Neptune 19:28 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Hades 21:25 EST
Heliocentric Venus opposition Heliocentric Chiron 21:54 EST
Venus conjunct Apollon 22:22 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 23:39 EST
Heliocentric Earth semisquare Heliocentric Vulcanus 23:58 EST
December 2
Venus sextile Jupiter 03:13 EST
Venus in 24th harmonic to Zeus 10:41 EST
Mercury square True Lunar Node 10:54 EST
Mercury square 02/21/08 Lunar Eclipse point 12:10 EST
Sun sesquiquadrate Vulcanus 12:19 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Pluto 13:45 EST
Sun quincunx Mars 15:25 EST
Venus trine Hades 16:50 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Cupido 17:41 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Saturn 18:21 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Jupiter 19:44 EST
Heliocentric Earth sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Apollon 20:12 EST
Void-of-Course Moon begins 21:12
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Chiron 23:38 EST
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STOCKS TO WATCH: ABAX, TLK, TROW, VIP.
Abaxis, Inc. (ABAX)
NASDAQ; optionable
First Trade Date: 01/23/1992; 10:00 a.m.
Abaxis, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets portable blood analysis
systems for human and veterinary medicine. Transiting Pluto recently
crossed the ABAX First-Trade Midheaven, and transiting Jupiter will be
following suite on December 1. With the added power of transiting Saturn
applying to a quincunx with First-Trade Saturn, this looks like a set-up
for a short sale. Our plan is to sell this stock short near the end of
the trading week; we will set an initial buy stop at 34.75.
Perusahaan Perseroan Perseropt PT Telekomunikasi
Indonesia ADR (TLK)
NYSE; optionable
First Trade Date: 11/14/1995; 09:30 a.m.
We didn't get the rally in this stock that we anticipated last week, but
there's still the possibility that an upward move will give us an
opportunity to sell TLK short more profitably. If we get a price above
46.00 this week we will add a short position as soon as possible. Our
initial buy stop will be placed at 48.00, or at about $2.00 above our
entry price.
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (TROW)
NASDAQ; optionable
First Trade Date: 04/02/1986; 09:30 a.m.
Transiting Jupiter is hitting First-Trade Uranus on its way toward
following transiting Pluto in a conjunction with the TROW First-Trade
Descendant. At the same time, transiting Uranus is trine First-Trade
Cupido. This looks like a good possibility for a long position; we will
add one to the Model Portfolio early in the trading week. Our initial
stop will be set at 53.25.
Vimpel-Communications (VIP)
NYSE; optionable
First Trade Date: 11/15/1996; 09:30 a.m.
Vimpel-Communications provides wireless telecommunications services in
Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. As of December
31, 2006, the company had approximately 55.1 million subscribers.
Transiting Saturn is currently conjoining First-Trade Mars, creating the
kind of solid foundation we like for a long position. Transiting Jupiter
and Pluto, meanwhile, are conjoining the VIP First-Trade Ascendant, with
transiting Apollon adding a positive conjunction with First-Trade
Chiron. Our plan is to add a long position in this stock around the
middle of the trading week; our initial stop will be set at 28.50.
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