The U.S. Senate has unanimously challenged the Chinese government at a critical time for trade talks. In a boost for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protestors, the Senate has passed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act.
Clearly the senators have the guts to show that for them it is not all about money. However, for the momo (momentum) crowd in the stock market, it is all about money, and they dislike the senators’ decision. Let’s explore this issue more with the help of a chart.
Please click here for an annotated chart of Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF DIA, which tracks the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA.
Note the following:
• As shown on the chart, sentiment is very positive but not yet at the extreme. At the extreme, sentiment is a contrary indicator. In plain English, when sentiment becomes extremely positive, stocks tend to fall. The reason is that at extreme sentiment, everybody who is going to buy stocks has already bought them.
• Apple AAPL is a key stock for this market. Sentiment in Apple stock is already approaching extremely positive.
• As shown on the chart, the trend line has not yet been violated but the slightest bad news on trade could make the stock market break the trend line.
• The chart shows the first sign of waning momentum in the relative strength index (RSI).
• The chart shows that volume remains low. Traditionally this indicates lack of conviction and is a negative. Paradoxically, due to the approaching year-end performance chasing, low volume can be a huge positive. The reason is that lagging money managers have not yet fully thrown caution to the wind and started buying.
• China is very sensitive to the Hong Kong issue. Sometimes investors forget that China is still a communist country. The biggest risk the communist party faces is that if Hong Kong protests are not quelled, democratic reforms may spread to mainland China.
• Here is the key question: How will China respond? Let’s look at history. China has made threats but did not do anything substantial against the U.S. on sanctions over human rights in the autonomous region of Xinjiang. In Xinjiang, apparently over one million Muslims are in internment camps, according to some reports.
• The Senate’s action poses a quandary for President Trump. Will Trump stand up for American values or turn a blind eye to spreading American values in the interest of selling more soybeans and pork to China?…Read more at MarketWatch.
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