We saw two rallies on Friday (6th March).
(1) Indian market rallied strongly towards the afternoon. I thought this could just be some cautious shortcovering before next week which has two holidays.
(2) US Markets crashed Friday but made a U turn and recovered in the last half an hour. The recovery was very strong and "singleminded".
These two rallies make me feel that we have perhaps seen a temporary bottom last Friday. We are of course still in a bear market and the principal trend is down. But banks and other financial institutions, having been hammered in the last two-three weeks, could see a recovery on Monday. I am bullish about PSU Banks, especially Bank of India (least NPAs), Indian Overseas Bank (FII selling and shorting last week) and perhaps Allahabad Bank. One private sector bank I am bullish about is Federal Bank which was itching to jump and run away all last week but was kept down because of the general bearishness in banks.
My conclusions:
(a) There will be a rally on Monday. It may not be gap up but it may start slowly and may bring the banking sector up.
(b) The rally (if strong) may fizzle out by afternoon due to holidays on tue and wed.
(c) In case the market crashes on Monday (less likely) there will be a strong rally towards afternoon (again due to holidays.)
I am planning to take my positions accordingly tomorrow, and will wait till about 11 am before making a move.
I shall appreciate if the forum members would crticically examine my views so we could all benefit and be ready for whatever action by Monday.
Uppai Mappla
(1) Indian market rallied strongly towards the afternoon. I thought this could just be some cautious shortcovering before next week which has two holidays.
(2) US Markets crashed Friday but made a U turn and recovered in the last half an hour. The recovery was very strong and "singleminded".
These two rallies make me feel that we have perhaps seen a temporary bottom last Friday. We are of course still in a bear market and the principal trend is down. But banks and other financial institutions, having been hammered in the last two-three weeks, could see a recovery on Monday. I am bullish about PSU Banks, especially Bank of India (least NPAs), Indian Overseas Bank (FII selling and shorting last week) and perhaps Allahabad Bank. One private sector bank I am bullish about is Federal Bank which was itching to jump and run away all last week but was kept down because of the general bearishness in banks.
My conclusions:
(a) There will be a rally on Monday. It may not be gap up but it may start slowly and may bring the banking sector up.
(b) The rally (if strong) may fizzle out by afternoon due to holidays on tue and wed.
(c) In case the market crashes on Monday (less likely) there will be a strong rally towards afternoon (again due to holidays.)
I am planning to take my positions accordingly tomorrow, and will wait till about 11 am before making a move.
I shall appreciate if the forum members would crticically examine my views so we could all benefit and be ready for whatever action by Monday.
Uppai Mappla