


Have the last couple of weeks of trading been the start of a typical correction, or is it just a short-term pullback? Or, is what we’re seeing the start of the big, bad sell-off everyone fears? I think it’s much too early to tell for certain, but one way to monitor things objectively is to use the 50-day moving average.
The 50-day moving average is a great technical tool that can help you assess the short-term bias of the market. If we look at the chart below of the S&P 500 Index, we see that in January the index fell below its 50-day moving average (blue line) for the first time since November.
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| Fund | Allocation |
|---|---|
| abc | 25% |
| def | 25% |
| ghi | 25% |
| jkl | 25% |
| Name | Ticker | Date | Buy Price | Stop Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| number 1 | abc | 08/30/2009 | 19.74 | 17.74 |
| number 2 | def | 10/13/2009 | 19.72 | 17.72 |
| number 2 | ghi | 05/15/2009 | 19.35 | 17.35 |
| number 2 | jkl | 03/30/2009 | 20.08 | 17.08 |
| Fund | Allocation |
|---|---|
| abc | 25% |
| def | 25% |
| ghi | 25% |
| jkl | 25% |
| Name | Ticker | Date | Buy Price | Stop Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| number 1 | abc | 08/30/2009 | 19.74 | 17.74 |
| number 2 | def | 10/13/2009 | 19.72 | 17.72 |
| number 2 | ghi | 05/15/2009 | 19.35 | 17.35 |
| number 2 | jkl | 03/30/2009 | 20.08 | 17.08 |
| Name | Ticker | Date | Buy Price | Stop Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| number 1 | abc | 08/30/2009 | 19.74 | 17.74 |
| number 2 | def | 10/13/2009 | 19.72 | 17.72 |
| number 2 | ghi | 05/15/2009 | 19.35 | 17.35 |
| number 2 | jkl | 03/30/2009 | 20.08 | 17.08 |