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Tug of War… Short-term support -vs.- Long term resistance

Posted by Chris Kimble on 06/15/2011 at 10:11 am; This entry is filed under S&P 500.

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Several short-term support lines could have had much to do with the rally yesterday.  Very few bulls might have as well!(sentiment chart)

From a longer-term perspective, support from the 2009 lows has been broken and resistance from lines dating back to 1987 and 2000 remain in place!

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1. Chris G June 15th, 2011 at 11:04 am

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2. Chris Kimble June 15th, 2011 at 11:17 am

   Chris….Very kind of you to say that. A Genius- questionable…Divinely inspired, for sure. Even though I have been doing this for 31 years, I have never enjoyed my passion more than now! With the tools at hand, solutions are available and the opportunities have never been greater!

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