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1905 is the 200d simple moving average, which is apparently why he mentions 1900-1905 in the piece. But there's no rationale given for anything he's quoted as saying, so it's anyone's guess.
A blowthrough of the 200d (especially one that's sustained for a couple of days) could trigger significant additional selling.
@MFO Board Member: Now it appears that Art Cashin has become relevant, at least in the eyes of John Wayne (Aka. John Chisum). As many of you know, a while back I linked his daily commentaries on a regular bases. I stopped doing so because I got tired of the negative comments directed ar Art. Here is the video of this thoughts on resistance at 1925 on the S&P 500. Regards, Ted http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000318836&play=1
Art's comments have no relevance to my style of investing and, in my opinion, his research methods are dated. That having been said, I enjoy hearing his take from time to time.
One post does not relevance make. Neither does hundreds of posts of Chuck Jaffe. He is not relevant either with his vanilla buy buy buy mantra. Mark Hulbert has no relevance either with his drivel masked by hawking his newsletter.
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Art is a technical guru and a good one. For the day traders his info might be good. For most of us here it probably doesn't matter anyway.
A blowthrough of the 200d (especially one that's sustained for a couple of days) could trigger significant additional selling.
This is a triple-bottom.
Obviously, it appears at the BOTTOM of a price range,
not at the top.
http://stockcharts.com/school/doku.php?st=triple+bottom&id=chart_school:chart_analysis:chart_patterns:triple_bottom_reversal
Regards,
Ted
http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000318836&play=1
Thanks for posting Art's take.
Old_Skeet
Edited to add: Bio http://www.businessinsider.com/art-cashin-biography-2012-7?op=1
To clarify my position, I would rely on Art Cashin much more than any of the cheerleaders and squawkers CNBC has.
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