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Aug.06
9:09 PM ET
Wednesday, 6 Aug 2008
What The Charts Are Saying About Stocks

With most of the season's earnings reports and the Fed decision behind us, traders are turning to the charts for guidance on what direction the markets may go in.

Fast Money welcomed Katie Stockton, Chief Market Technician for MKM Partners on to the show to see what the charts are saying.

Stockton believes from a technical perspective, The Russell 2000 [.RUT  Loading...      ()   ] looks better than and should outperform the S&P 500 [.SPX  Loading...      ()   ] and the rest of the broader markets.

The charts are also indicating that energy and consumer staple stocks look strong technically showing positive trends.
















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On Aug 6, 2008, the following stocks and commodities mentioned or intended to be mentioned on CNBC’s Fast Money were owned by the Fast Money traders; Macke Owns (MSFT) (IMAX) (COST) (WMT), Macke Is Short (TM), Finerman's Firm Is Short (IYR) (IJR) (SPY) (MDY) (IWM),Finerman's Firm Owns (ANF) Call Spread, Finerman's Firm And Finerman Own (C) Leap (FLS), Finerman Owns (GS), Finerman's Firm Owns (MSFT) (SUN) (TSO) (VLO), Finerman's Firm Is Short (XLF) (BBT) (COF), Adami Owns (AGU) (C) (BTU) (GS) (INTC) (MSFT) (NUE), Terranova Owns (YHOO) (CME) (SA) (VLO) (KOL) (RIMM) (IYT) (GOOG) (SU) (FCX) (INTC) (XLF) (BNI), Terranova Is Chief Alternatives Strategist Of Phoenix Investment Partners, Ltd., Terranova Is Co-Portfolio Manager Of The Phoenix Diversifier PHOLIO Phoenix Investment Partners Owns More Than 1% Of (ABD) (ARE) (BRE) (CNTY) (CLB) (OFC) (DLR) (ESS) (EXR) (FL) (IAT) (IGE) (LNET) (MAC) (OIIM) (PSPT) (DBC) (DBV) (SLB) (SKT) (BLV), Phoenix Diversifier PHOLIO Owns (IGE) (DBC) (DBV), WIDGET EXTRA: Terranova's Firm Owns (X), Brad Hintz Owns (MS) (CME) (ETFC) (RJ) (AMTD), Accounts Over Which Bernstein And/Or Affiliates Exercise Investment Discretion Own More Than 1% Of (GS), (LEH), (MER), (MS) (GS), (LEH), (MER), (MS) Are Or In Past 12 Months Were Non-Investment Banking Clients (Securities Related Services) Of Bernstein, Which Received Compensation, An Affiliate Of Bernstein Received Compensation For Non-Investment Banking-Securities Related Services From (GS), (LEH), (MER), (MS)

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