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June 30, 2010 – The Dow breaks below 10,000, second half target 8,500

The yield on the 10-Year Treasury is below 3%. Gold continues to consolidate off the June 21st
high at $1266.5. Crude is below my annual pivot at $77.05. The euro is below my quarterly
resistance at 1.2450, which was tested on June 21st. When the Dow was at 11,258 on April 26th I
re-iterated my “Dow 8,500 before 11,500” market call. Consumer confidence plunges, home
prices are stable but ripe for a 50% drop, and housing & financials take the lead lower.
US Treasury Yields – The 10-Year yield traded as low as 2.924 into Wednesday morning as the daily
chart shows MOJO that indicates that the decline in yields is overdone. This yield has tested my zone
of annual levels at 2.999 to 2.813. Investors should consider some profit-taking at these levels.
Tomorrow I will show new monthly, quarterly and semiannual levels for the 10-Year yield.

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Comex Gold – The daily chart shows MOJO drifting lower following the test of $1266.5 on June 21st,
which was a test of June’s resistance at $1265.9 where investors booked some profits. A daily close
below the 21-day simple moving average at $1236.2 indicates risk to the 50-day at $1211.1.

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Nymex Crude Oil – The daily chart shows declining MOJO with the 21-day simple moving average as
support at $75.62 with my annual pivot and 200-day at $77.05 and $77.21.

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The Euro – The daily chart shows declining MOJO after strength reached my quarterly resistance at
1.2450 on June 21st. The euro is flip-flopping around its 21-day simple moving average at 1.2211.

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Daily Dow: Weekly support is 9,483 with today’s pivot at 9,935. The Dow is below the 21-day, 50-day
and 200-day simple moving averages at 10,177, 10,475 and 10,360, and my annual pivot at 10,379.
MOJO is declining on the daily chart. My call remains that the April 26th high at 11,258 ended the bear
market rally since March 2009, and starts the second leg of the multi-year bear market. It’s still “Dow
8,500 before Dow 11,500”.

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Dow back below 10K as Consumer Confidence Plunges - The Conference Boards reading for
Consumer Confidence plunged to 52.9 in June from 62.7 in May, as consumers worry about job
security and losing their homes. Keep in mind that the neutral zone for this Consumer Confidence
measure is 90 to 120, readings in the 50’s and 60’s reflect a dire situation as measured by the thoughts
of consumers on Main Street, USA.
The S&P Case Shiller Home Price Index for April showed a 3.8% year over year gain for the 20-City
Index, not surprising give that was the last month of the home buyer tax credits for contracts signed.
S&P described the report as not yet showing any signs of a sustained recovery. Keep in mind that
home prices remain close to the levels of the April 2009 lows, and that the index is still 50% above
where it was in 1999 / 2000. With stocks below 1999 / 2000 levels the risk for home prices is to do the
same given the potential wave of foreclosures and short sales in the second half of the year.

Just before Memorial Day I wrote about a “June Swoon in Housing & Banking” in a Forbes.com article.
The PHLX Housing Sector Index (HGX) declined 16.6% in June with one day to go and from its April
high to Tuesday’s low is down 32.1%. Year to date HGX is down 11.7%, which to me supports my call
that home prices can decline another 50%.
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That’s today’s Four in Four. Have a great day.

Richard Suttmeier
Chief Market Strategist
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(800) 381-5576
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