MARKET COMMENT
October 12, 2006

DOH!!!
You may not be old enough to remember the original “DOH” guy
(James Finlayson) from many Laurel and Hardy movies and skits, but he was a
favorite character back then. His pic is here since it represents typical reaction to another
day when market action defied poor economic news. The Fed’s review of economic conditions
revealed “…a distinct slowdown in housing with the majority of Fed’s 12 regions
reporting lower asking prices for homes, a softening in sales and rising
inventories of unsold homes.”
Bearish? Not on your life!



Today showed evidence of a further short-squeeze. One “tell” in that department is the out-performance
“today” of QQQQ vs. PWO with the latter having a higher beta and more upside
potential during rallies.








The stock market rally is “finally” spreading to other
sectors previously ignored.



Overseas markets are behaving well.








Based on emails we receive there’s lot of ticked-off bears
who’ve got their “DOH!” faces on. Many
believe markets are being grossly manipulated by the Fed and Treasury to ramp
prices higher before the election. While
the government may be, through various open market operations, adding much
liquidity to prop markets, it’s not profitable to fight the tape.
Disclaimer: The ETF
Digest maintains positions in: IYR, SPY, PWO, GDX, TLT, PZJ, PZI, PHO, EEM,
IEV, ILF, FXI, EWW, EWP, EWM and IFN.