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Oversold bounce or bottoming process? That's what everyone's debating right now. Or maybe it's a longer-term trade. This morning Lowry's noted noted that the rally in March lasted two months, while the rally from the bottom in January lasted only a matter of days.
True, we did see a nice bounce yesterday in drugs, financials, industrials, and retailers--all the beaten up groups. Believe it or not, traders are suspicious of a rally that is led by financials, because they have been so burned before by these head fake financial rallies.
That's why sentiment remains so bearish. Some three weeks ago, I said I haven't seen the Street so bearish since just after 9/11. This morning Investors Intelligence reported that their Bull/Bear survey of financial newsletter writers fell to 27.4 percent bullish, the lowest reading since July 1994. Bears rose to 47.3 percent, the highest since 1995.
Elsewhere:
1) Alcoa [AA
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]trading up on a solid earnings report. The good news was right up in the first paragraph: "Higher input costs impacting the entire aluminum industry were offset by higher volume and stronger pricing." As FBR Capital noted when they upgraded the stock this morning, since June 1 aluminum prices have increased 7 percent while Alcoa's stock has decreased 18 percent. Up 4 percent pre-open.
2) Morgan Stanley cut price targets for JC Penney,[JCP
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] Coach[COH
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], Nordstrom,[JWN
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] Abercrombie,[ANF
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] Staples[SPLS
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] and other retailers, as well as restaurants, while reiterating that Wal-Mart [WMT
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]remains their favorite stock. They say it's still too early to move heavily into the more discretionary sectors of retail. My favorite line from the report: "Last year's clothes and TV may have to do."
3) When you come to the fork in the road, take it: A regional bank upgrade? Yes indeed. Wachovia[WB
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] upgraded at Merrill Lynch, which titles their report, "WB is now at a fork in the road." The to through a long list of negatives, noting the possibility the company will not be sold, and that they still face considerable issues, but concludes that "credit headwinds appear priced in."
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