business newsMinyanville's T3 Daily Recap: Market Stems Tide After Early Selling
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T3Live.com Nov 15, 2012 5:05 pm
Apple and Facebook remain in the news.
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The market followed through on yesterday's sell-off in the morning, but was able to stop the bleeding in the afternoon to contain the day's losses. The Nasdaq was the biggest loser, falling 0.34%, while the S&P dropped 0.18%. The fiscal cliff continues to weigh on the market, but the newer issue for the market is the escalating conflict in the Middle East. Israel has stepped up its assault on strategic targets in the Gaza strip, while Palestinian militants are peppering southern Israel with rockets.
We talked yesterday about how Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) showed a slight positive divergence to the market by holding above its recent pivot low, but today it broke below that lower range. Today's sell-off is not surprising based on the recent price action in AAPL, which has been markedly heavy. AAPL also today closed below the major support level of $528.66, which opens the door to an even bigger correction. There is some small support in the $515 area, but the next major support area is the breakout level from late last year around $420. We are not saying it will pull back that far, but when a stock breaks its 200-day moving average and major upper support level, you have to take notice.
Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) finished down 0.85% on the day, but held up reasonably well considering the strength of yesterday's move. After yesterday's IPO lock-up expiration, 800 million new shares became eligible for sale into the open market, but so far those IPO investors do not appear keen to sell. It will be interesting to see how FB responds over the next couple weeks.
One stock we focused on today was homebuilder stock Lennar (NYSE:LEN). There has been relative strength shown this year by the homebuilders, and although they have pulled in as well, this afternoon they got a nice bounce. LEN pulled in close to its 100-day moving average and bounced hard back into positive territory.
Tomorrow is options expiration so there could be some irregular action as stocks become pinned to different strike prices. Factor in the fact that Thanksgiving is next week, and it could be a throw-away type day for traders. Don't get too aggressive on a day like tomorrow and throw away hard-earned profits.
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The market followed through on yesterday's sell-off in the morning, but was able to stop the bleeding in the afternoon to contain the day's losses. The Nasdaq was the biggest loser, falling 0.34%, while the S&P dropped 0.18%. The fiscal cliff continues to weigh on the market, but the newer issue for the market is the escalating conflict in the Middle East. Israel has stepped up its assault on strategic targets in the Gaza strip, while Palestinian militants are peppering southern Israel with rockets.
We talked yesterday about how Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) showed a slight positive divergence to the market by holding above its recent pivot low, but today it broke below that lower range. Today's sell-off is not surprising based on the recent price action in AAPL, which has been markedly heavy. AAPL also today closed below the major support level of $528.66, which opens the door to an even bigger correction. There is some small support in the $515 area, but the next major support area is the breakout level from late last year around $420. We are not saying it will pull back that far, but when a stock breaks its 200-day moving average and major upper support level, you have to take notice.
Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) finished down 0.85% on the day, but held up reasonably well considering the strength of yesterday's move. After yesterday's IPO lock-up expiration, 800 million new shares became eligible for sale into the open market, but so far those IPO investors do not appear keen to sell. It will be interesting to see how FB responds over the next couple weeks.
One stock we focused on today was homebuilder stock Lennar (NYSE:LEN). There has been relative strength shown this year by the homebuilders, and although they have pulled in as well, this afternoon they got a nice bounce. LEN pulled in close to its 100-day moving average and bounced hard back into positive territory.
Tomorrow is options expiration so there could be some irregular action as stocks become pinned to different strike prices. Factor in the fact that Thanksgiving is next week, and it could be a throw-away type day for traders. Don't get too aggressive on a day like tomorrow and throw away hard-earned profits.
Check out T3Live.com's Virtual Trading Floor to follow these traders and their live portfolios on real-time throughout the day! Take a free trial.
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