Upside Momentum Continues
1:00pm (EST)
Futures were pointing towards a strong open this morning on hopes France and Germany could come together and agree on a new fiscal pact that would helpstem Europe’s debt crisis. We mentioned last night that French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel would be meeting today and they seem to have outlined the basic principles of another “plan” to increase budget discipline.
The proposal will be presented in detail on Friday when the European leaders meet and will involve amending or rewriting the treaties that govern the European Union. This should go smoothly, right?
There was also some “good” news out of Italy as they unveiled new spending cuts to help lower the country’s budget deficit. The austerity measures are equivalent to roughly 2% of Italy’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and will be voted on later today.
Here at home, economic news was less than stellar as U.S. non-manufacturing activity fell to 52 in November from 52.9 in October. The print above 50 was still bullish though. The other bit of news we got was also slightly negative as U.S Factory Goods declined 0.4%.
As far as the market, the good has outweighed the bad with the bulls pushing our first set of resistance levels for the week
The Dow is up 154 points to 12,173 while the S&P is higher by 22 points to 1,266. The Nasdaq is showing a 47 point pop and is at 2,674.
We’ve had some nice pin action on our current trades today so we are going to lock-in half profits on some of them. We still think the market is headed higher but just like we bought call options on weakness, we now have to sell a few of them into strength to lock-in profits. Subscribers, check the Members Area for the updates and we will be back in the morning with our next report.










