National Holidays

Today is January 21th, 2008, Martin Luther King, Jr's birthday.
U.S. Markets closed today for holiday.

Reference
2008 Federal Holidays
Federal Holidays from 1997 to 2010

WHERE IS THE BOTTOM?

THIS IS DOW JOHNES 3 YRS WEEKLY CHART. A DOWNTREND GAP.

2008 IS A YEAR OF SELL OFF.

GAS PRICE USUALLY GOES UP IN SUMMER FOR DRIVING SEASON.
PEOPLE DRIVE A LOT IN SUMMER. PEOPLE SELDOM DRIVE IN WINTER FOR SNOW AND BAD WEATHER.

1/11/2008 Some observations

Fertilizer industry maintain strong even Dow Johns fall over 250 points in the mid of today. The strong stock is SEED.

Solar stocks are pulling back for test support.

Financial/Bank industry maitains week.

From monthly Dow Johns chart in 12 years since 1996, we can see that the bull market has been over 10 years. Is the weak financial and dollars a early sign to a bear market? If so, how low will be and how long will be?

2008/1/10 New Clips

Fertilizer is the solar of 2008 from thebullteam @Yahoo Group
http://caps. fool.com/ ViewTag.aspx? ws=Fertilizer

Stock picks ShengdaTech, Inc. (SDTH) (PPS $12.82 on 1/9/2008)
The commentary of fool cap GS751 submitted on 12/31/2007 wrote
"ShengdaTech Surprisingly Cheap During 'Capacity-Catch-Up' Cycle on November 26, 2007" -- from EPS100Momentum.

It is obviously a trend here for agriculture industry because of continuous growing population on the planet.