Bull Bear Investor Newsletter 9-11-2023

Stock and Options Analysis

Thank you for being a reader of the Bull Bear Investor Newsletter. This is where I put together an analysis on the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ. This week I'll be giving you SPY and QQQ suggestions along with three stocks. Also this week I'll give a Bitcoin Analysis once again. Finally I'll discuss PayPal as the stock I'm dollar cost averaging into based on its fundamentals as well.

S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 Analysis

S&P 500 - SPY is still showing bullish sentiment based on the simple moving averages (SMA) and technical analysis. Several months ago the SPY got above 20% off of its bear market lows officially putting it in a bull market. As of now I’m still not a bull but more like a cautious bull. Taking a look at the 15 minute, 30, minute, and hourly chart of the SPY, they all seem to be going sideways. SPY got back above its 50 SMA a few weeks ago avoiding the head and shoulders pattern I mentioned then. The regional banking crisis that I've been talking about for the past few months is still playing out in the background and we still don't know what to expect next. I’m hearing a few more banks are in trouble and with rates going up it doesn’t help them at all. I'm still taking my trades with caution because I don't believe this banking crisis is over. It has been very quiet but I do believe we will see more banks having trouble later this year. We do have major economic reports coming this week that I believe will have a major impact on the market this week. On Monday and Tuesday no reports are scheduled. On Wednesday we get the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Core CPI. On Thursday we get the Producer Price Index (PPI), Core PPI, US Retail Sales, and Business Inventories. Finally on Friday we get Industrial Production and Consumer sentiment.

Putting the Bull Bear Momentum System parameters over the SPY we get a cross of the 5 SMA above the 20 SMA about seven trading days ago. As stated in the rules 5 SMA crossing the 20 SMA is our first warning sign. Notice how the 5 SMA, 20 SMA, and price are above the 200 SMA. Probabilities say that price will continue in an uptrend. However this is our first cross back above. The cross we got along with the price action is slightly bullish. RSI is currently below 50 and if we open positive I’m looking to but call options.

Looking at the NASDAQ 100 - QQQ had the 5 SMA cross above the 20 SMA about seven trading days ago. RSI is currently below 50, and I’m going to see if it can open positive and I’ll consider buying call options.

Bull Bear Momentum System (BBMS) Trades

When markets are in a bullish or bearish trend we look for stocks following either trend and we adjust our charts with the BBMS parameters. See my top three below: AAPL, ADBE, and CRM.

Note: In the future I’ll be posting setups with a high probability for profit with price patterns. I’ll add an ebook and video to show I analyze these trades. For now I’ll keep giving the BBMS picks until it is complete.

AAPL - (Bullish) Apple had the 5 SMA cross above the 20 SMA seven trading days ago. RSI is below 50 and I’m considering buying call options if we get a positive open on Monday.

ADBE (Bullish) Adobe has strong momentum to the upside. The 5 SMA crossed above the 20 SMA seven trading days ago. RSI is above 70 and if it can get back to 50. I'll be considering call options.

CRM (Bullish) Salesforce had its 5 SMA crossing above the 20 SMA seven trading days ago. RSI is currently above 70 and I’m looking to buy call options when the RSI hits 50.

If you haven't read the book The Bull Bear Momentum System please take the time to do so and watch the videos for better understanding. The link is at the bottom of the email.

Bitcoin

Bitcoin’s price stayed around $25.7k this week with not much happening. While I do believe the Bitcoin bear market is over I’m still anticipating MKR, AAVE, and COMP will be listed in the future on the new exchange because these are like the blue chip DEFI coins. As I stated previously I'm looking to buy the pullbacks on Bitcoin to the 20 SMA and the 50 SMA. Currently Bitcoin is dropped below its 200 SMA making for a good opportunity to add. The block halving for Bitcoin is one year away and adding to a position now you will be early in the trend. As I have stated in the previous weeks less supply will be mined in the markets once the halving occurs. Combined with inflation we could see a Bitcoin price that could 20x off of its bottom price of $15,500. It seems impossible but we are talking $310k Bitcoin price. Here in the not so distant future I’ll show you how I leverage trade Bitcoin but for now just keep dollar cost averaging.

Fundamental Analysis Stock Pick

This week PayPal (PYPL) stayed below our (MOS) price of $72.44 this week due to Wall Street not in favor of their earnings three weeks ago. There was some small news that came out after earnings a few weeks ago but it did not reflect in the price but I believe it will pay off in the future. PayPal has created a stable coin on their platform so user can use it in the crypto markets. With this latest earning sell off I do believe institutions will begin buying more because of their strong balance sheet. If they can fix the operating margin issue before the year is over I do believe we will get back above our MOS price. I've been stating in the previous newsletters I would write an article on how I get these numbers. The article is Buying Stocks with a Margin of Safety. Give it a read when you get a moment.

Thank you for reading

Brian - The Bull Bear Investor