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GLOBAL EQUITY MARKETS – January 27, 2018

REVIEW


This was another strong week for the Global Equity Markets. The iShares MSCI All Country World Index ETF, a benchmark for global equity markets performance, continued to resume its strong uptrend above the 21 month-long upward trend. The uptrend has taken a parabolic shape. Parabolic price action is not sustainable. Short-term pullback and reversion to the mean is a possibility. At this point there is no clear chart pattern that would suggest a trend reversal.

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UAE, RUSSIA, TURKEY, POLAND

Wishing everyone a healthy and prosperous new year. I would like to finalize the blog posts in 2016 with some of the good chart set-ups in the Emerging Markets that are likely to resolve into trends in 2017. A detailed update on Developed Markets will follow in the first week of the new year.

ISHARES MSCI EMERGING MARKETS ETF (EEM)

ISHARES EMERGING MARKETS ETF listed in the NYSE is trying to rebound from 34 levels with a positive divergence on the MACD. The big question is will this prove to be a double bottom and put a medium-term low for the emerging markets. If yes, the implication is positive at least for the first half of 2017. For now we can say that EEM is forming a range between 34 and 36.5.

ISHARES EM - DAILY SCALE

ISHARES EM – DAILY SCALE

 

DUBAI FINANCIAL MARKET GENERAL INDEX (.DFMGI)

DUBAI FINANCIAL MARKET GENERAL INDEX is forming a 9 month-long rectangle. The boundaries stand at 3,200 and 3,620. 3,620 was tested for 3 times over the past 9 months. Rectangle is usually considered to be a continuation chart pattern. This implies a possible breakout on the upside. Breakout above 3,620 levels can result in an upward momentum for the UAE equities in 2017.

DFMGI – WEEKLY SCALE

METHAQ (METH.AD)

METHAQ is an insurance company listed in the UAE exchanges. A similar chart pattern is developing on the stock price. A well-defined 9 month-long rectangle has boundaries between 0.965 and 0.75. Breakout above 0.965 will suggest higher prices with a chart pattern initial price target of 1.20. Inefficiencies in some of the emerging markets usually result in uninterrupted trend periods. Breakouts from these type of well-defined trading ranges can be very rewarding.

METHAQ – WEEKLY

BANK VTB PAO (VTBR.MM)

Bank VTB PAO is a Russia-based company, which is engaged in commercial banking sector. Price chart of the stock is forming a 19 month-long symmetrical triangle. While the stock trades in decimal units, the width of the symmetrical triangle has now reduced to 12% range. Breakout from the lengthy consolidation can result in a strong trend period. Emerging market funds and traders/investors who are active in Russia should benefit from a possible upward breakout.

BANK VTB - WEEKLY SCALE

BANK VTB – WEEKLY SCALE

ADIRA FINANCE (ADMF.JK)

Adira Finance is a conventional consumer financing company listed in Indonesia. Stock price is recovering from its losses in 2015 and the uptrend that started in 2016 can still have legs. Over the past 4 months price formed a rectangle continuation. Strong breakout from the 4 month-long sideways consolidation can result in a positive first quarter for the stock. Rectangle price target is at 7,600 levels.

ADIRA FINANCE - WEEKLY SCALE

ADIRA FINANCE – WEEKLY SCALE

PEKAO BANK (PKO.WA)

BANK POLSKI SA is a Poland-based commercial bank. It is listed in Warsaw Stock Exchange with USD 8.3 billion market cap. Stock price is forming a year-long base formation. The chart pattern can be identified as a complex H&S bottom. A daily close above 28.60 will confirm the breakout from the year-long bottom reversal.

PEKAO BANK - WEEKLY SCALE

PEKAO BANK – WEEKLY SCALE

AKBANK (AKBNK.IS)

AKBANK is a commercial bank listed in Istanbul Stock Exchange. Several financial companies including the benchmark equity index in Turkey has similar chart pattern development. AKBANK is forming a 3 year-long symmetrical triangle which is now very close to a possible breakout. 8.5 level is the upper boundary of the long-term consolidation range. A positive development is taking place worth mentioning on the daily scale charts. 2 month-long H&S bottom is possibly forming with the neckline standing at 8.0 levels. Both the daily and the weekly scale charts have positive implications for the new year.

AKBANK - WEEKLY SCALE

AKBANK – WEEKLY SCALE

AKBANK - DAILY SCALE

AKBANK – DAILY SCALE

SK TELECOM (017670.KS)

SK TELECOM CO. LTD. provides wireless telecommunications in Korea. developing chart pattern on this stock has two interpretations. The bullish interpretation is that the stock is forming a year-long ascending triangle with the horizontal boundary standing at 233K. Ascending triangles are usually bullish chart patterns that resolve with a breakout above the horizontal boundary. Such price action will result in a massive H&S top failure and should be considered positive for SK TELECOM in 2017. The bearish interpretation is that the stock is forming a multi-year H&S top with the neckline standing at 195K. In this case the year-long ascending triangle will break on the downside resulting in a sharp sell-off towards the 195K levels. A decisive breakout from the year-long ascending triangle will take place in the following weeks.

SK TELECOM - WEEKLY SCALE

SK TELECOM – WEEKLY SCALE

 

CENTRAL EUROPE, RUSSIA & TURKEY

CENTRAL EUROPE, RUSSIA & TURKEY (CEE)

CEE is a closed-end fund listed in the NYSE. The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation through investment primarily in equity or equity linked securities of issuers domiciled in Central Europe, Russia and Turkey. A new chart pattern breakout signal is triggered with a strong weekly close on CEE. Price chart of CEE completed a year-long H&S bottom by clearing the strong horizontal resistance at 19.55 levels. From a charting perspective there are several positive interpretations of the latest price action. While the larger scale chart pattern can be identified as a H&S bottom, the right shoulder of the base formation took the form of a bullish ascending triangle. Both chart patterns were completed this week with a decisive breakout above the horizontal boundaries. Ascending triangle price target stands at 21.75 levels. Year-long H&S bottom price target stands at 24.35 levels. A long trade is entered at the close of the week with stop-loss at 19.1. The CEE fund is managed by Deutsche Bank and latest publicly available holdings and the composition of the fund is shown on their website. For more information you can visit Deutsche Asset Management page.

CEE - WEEKLY SCALE

CEE – WEEKLY SCALE

CEE - DAILY SCALE

CEE – DAILY SCALE

RUSSIA MICEX INDEX

RUSSIA MICEX INDEX

One would think after sanctions and geopolitical tension Russian equities would experience sharp corrections or at least minor pullback. Chart suggests the opposite. Russian equities are gaining strength and MICEX index is now challenging year-long resistance at 1,530 levels. MICEX Index is cap-weighted composite index calculated based on prices of the 50 most liquid Russian stocks of the largest and dynamically developing Russian issuers presented on the Moscow Exchange. MICEX Index was launched on September 22, 1997 at base value 100. The MICEX Index is calculated in real-time and denominated by Moscow Exchange in Russian rubles. Breakout above 1,530 levels will clear the trend channel and horizontal resistance. Such price action will be positive in the medium/long-term.

NOVATEK

And NOVATEK – an energy company with $27 billion market cap is trying to breakout from a 3 year-long sideways consolidation to all-time high levels… Both charts are extremely constructive.