FinancialCyclesWeekly.com #0530 -- July 24-30, 02005 with Tim Bost


COMMENT: Was it a big break in the Great Wall of China, or was it just another Chinese puzzle? Maybe it was some sort of Chinese water torture instead.


Whatever it was, last week's move by China in revaluing the Yuan somehow managed to raise hopes, lower expectations, clarify matters and create more uncertainty all at the same time. The Yuan went up in value by 2% as China dropped its fixed peg against the dollar. Instead it will now trade against a basket of currencies, which is apparently considered a good first step but is also a move that won't have much impact on the huge trade gap the U.S. has with China.


No matter what its ultimate implication turns out to be, China's move was well thought out and precisely timed. After all, the announcement of the new policy on the Yuan came at the exact time of the Full Moon, a time which is traditionally associated with the completion of plans and the fulfillment of projects.


AID FOR ALLEN

Regardless of its economic impact, the revaluation of the Yuan did have one unexpected positive side effect last week. The inscrutability of the Chinese actions made Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan's remarks to Congress last week seem crystal-clear by comparison. There's no question that the Fed intends to continue raising interest rates, but what the next move for the Chinese currency versus the dollar will be, or when that move will take place, is anybody's guess.


ASTRO-ECHOES AROUND THE GLOBE

We mentioned a couple of weeks ago how pleased we were to see Barron's quoting our comments in the July 4 issue of their publication. We are always glad to see financial astrology getting more attention from the mainstream media, and the article's publication prompted many of our old friends and clients to renew their connections with us. We were surprised to learn, however, that our comments had also been picked up by Piotr Kuczynski, a well-known market analyst in Poland, who quoted Barron's and our words in one of his recent market reviews. Our thanks go out to FinancialCyclesWeekly reader Wojtek Suchomski, who brought Mr. Kuczynski's article to our attention.

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THE WEEK AHEAD

The flood of earnings reports won't be letting up much this week. Among the more noteworthy companies reporting will be Altera Corporation (ALTR), American Express (AXP), American Power Conversion (APCC), Ashland (ASH), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), BellSouth Corporation (BLS), Cendant Corporation (CD), Ecolab Inc. (ECL), Plum Creek Timber (PCL), Pitney Bowes (PBI), Quest Diagnostics (DGX), Texas Instruments (TXN), Xerox Corporation (XRX), 7-Eleven (SE), AFLAC (AFL), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Avery Dennison (AVY), Biogen Idec Inc. (BIIB), Black and Decker (BDK), Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI), Centex Corporation (CTX), Chubb Corporation (CB), Citrix Systems (CTXS), International Paper (IP), Linear Technology (LLTC), Lexmark (LXK), Lockheed Martin (LMT), NCR Corporation (NCR), Safeway Inc. (SWY), Sanmina-SCI Corporation (SANM), United States Steel (X), Verizon (VZ), Amerada Hess (AHC), Anheuser-Busch Companies (BUD), Hilton Hotels Corporation (HLT), International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF), Kellogg Company (K), Kerr-McGee (KMG), Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC), OfficeMax (OMX), Sprint (FON), Starbucks (SBUX) Alberto-Culver Company (ACV), ExxonMobil (XOM), Marathon Oil Corporation (MRO), Northrup Grumman (NOC), American Electric Power (AEP), Anadarko Petroleum (APC), Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), and Baker Hughes Inc. (BHI).


The economic calendar for the week features news on Consumer Confidence, Existing Home Sales, MBA Purchase Applications, Durable Goods Orders, New Home Sales, the Money Supply, Jobless Claims, the Help Wanted Index, Farm Prices, GDP, the Employment Cost Index, and Consumer Sentiment.


The astrological factors at work this week present something of a mixed bag. One of the most powerful dynamics comes late Monday night when there's a Jupiter/Uranus quincunx (a 150-degree angle) in right ascension. This planetary aspect has historically brought stock prices up about 77% of the time, so we expect it to coincide with rising prices starting on Tuesday, with or without a price pull-back at the first of the week.


An even more interesting combination comes during Thursday's early morning hours, with a heliocentric Venus/Jupiter conjunction and a Mars ingress into Taurus coming within 20 minutes of each other. While the Venus/Jupiter connection has been accompanied by rising prices about 55% of the time, the movement of Mars into Taurus has a unique pattern all its own, with stock prices typically rising for about a week after the ingress, and then declining fairly sharply for the next three weeks after that. We should note in this case that Mars will still be in Taurus when it goes retrograde in the fall, a factor which may skew its performance somewhat. Even so, for the short term we continue to look for higher stock prices, with the possibility of a brief correction between now and August 15, while Mercury is still retrograde.


We always like to pay attention to Void-of-Course Moon periods as a part of our trading plan, and there are two of them this week that require special attention. The one on Wednesday just lasts for a half hour, during the mid-day trading doldrums in New York. We're looking for a period of congestion in the markets during that time, with a more definite trend emerging as the Moon moves into Taurus at 13:55 that afternoon. The Void-of-Course Moon on Friday, however, lasts through the entire trading day, so we'll start our weekend early and stay away from active trading altogether that day.


Have a great week!

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SPIRITUAL FOCUS FOR THE WEEK

The greatest traders have all understood that emotional balance is the key to successful trading. Through Practical Spiritual Astrology we have an opportunity to restore inner harmony, enhance emotional balance, and make wiser choices in the markets.


We may feel like it's time to launch new projects and create new beginnings in our lives, but we have much more to gain right now if we simply relax and reflect on our past successes and mistakes. As we review our previous efforts and engagements, we have an opportunity to open up fresh resources of self-awareness, creative sympathy, and the kind of courage we need to become true spiritual giants. Our task at present is simply to absorb and expand those qualities patiently; there will soon be ample opportunities to put them to work for greater good.


"Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night.'" -- Charles M. Schulz

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GLOBAL EQUITIES MARKETS LAST WEEK

The Nikkei failed to penetrate its April highs and ended up down for the week. In other markets around the world, however, stocks continued their winning ways, in spite of some noticeable slowdowns in the price momentum. The All Ordinaries in Australia made another all-time high, and multi-year highs were set in Hong Kong and Frankfurt, with the S+P and the NASDAQ also pushing to new heights.

Dow Jones Industrial Average -- up 0.10%
Dow Jones Transportation Average -- up 3.68%
Dow Jones Utilities Average -- up 0.05%
S+P 500 -- up 0.47%
NASDAQ Composite Index -- up 1.06%
Russell 2000 -- up 2.12%
London FTSE-100 -- up 0.21%
Paris CAC-40 -- up 0.95%
Frankfurt DAX -- up 2.63%
Sydney All Ordinaries -- up 1.65%
Tokyo Nikkei Index -- down 0.54%
Hong Kong Hang Seng Index -- up 1.95%
Singapore Straits Times Index -- up 3.07%

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U.S. EQUITY TRENDS

Based on its performance last week, we have flipped our expectations for the S+P 500 to the bullish side for the intermediate-term outlook, although current conditions in and out of the markets have us feeling a bit more cautious than usual right now.

S+P 500 -- Long-Term Bearish; Intermediate-Term Bullish; Short-Term Bullish

NASDAQ -- Long-Term Bearish; Intermediate-Term Bullish; Short-Term Bullish

RUSSELL 2000 -- Long-Term Bullish; Intermediate-Term Bullish; Short-Term Bullish

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FINANCIAL CYCLES MODEL PORTFOLIO


POSITIONS CLOSED DURING THE PREVIOUS WEEK: BBA, CRK, GI, TCB, KTC, MDP.

We closed six Model Portfolio positions during the past week, with three winners and three losers producing a net profit of $2,046.00.

On July 18 we sold 1,000 shares of Bombay Company (BBA) at 4.47, taking a loss of $430.00 (an 8.78% loss in 5 trading days).

On July 18 we sold 400 shares of Comstock Resources (CRK) at 25.88, taking a loss of $208.00 (a 1.99% loss in 9 trading days).

On July 18 we sold 400 shares of Giant Industries, Inc. (GI) at 36.91, taking a profit of $2,788.00 (a 23.3% gain in 28 trading days).

On July 18 we sold 400 shares of TCF Financial Corporation (TCB) at 87.45, taking a profit of $64.00 (a 0.61% gain in 7 trading days).

On July 19 we bought to cover 500 shares of KT Corporation (KTC) at 21.14, taking a loss of $220.00 (a 2.13% loss in 6 trading days).

On July 22 we sold 200 shares of Meredith Corporation (MDP) at 49.30, taking a profit of $52.00 (a 0.53% gain in 12 trading days).

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POSITIONS ADDED TO THE PORTFOLIO DURING THE PREVIOUS WEEK: LLTC, ARE, WLSN.

We added three long positions to the Model Portfolio during the previous week.

We bought 200 shares of Linear Technology Corporation (LLTC) at 41.12 on 07/19/05, setting our initial stop at 36.33.

We bought 100 shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. (ARE) at 79.67 on 07/21/05, setting our initial stop at 73.00.

We bought 1,000 shares of Wilson's Leather Experts Inc. (WLSN) at 6.94 on 07/21/05, setting our initial stop at 5.97.

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YEAR-IN-REVIEW MODEL PORTFOLIO ACTIVITY

So far this year we have had a total of 116 completed trades, with 43 winners and 73 losers bringing us a total net profit of $6,189.00. The largest profit for a single trade has been $2,875.00, with our winners averaging $609.53; the largest single-trade loss has been $956.00, with our losers averaging $302.10. The overall average profit per trade has been $53.35, and the mean duration of our trades has been 10.2 trading days.

During 2004 we had a total of 213 completed trades, with 104 winners and 109 losers bringing us a total net profit of $48,913.50. The largest profit for a single trade was $5,645.00; the largest single-trade loss was $750.00; the average profit per trade was $229.64. The mean duration of our trades was 10.3 trading days.

During 2003 we had a total of 176 completed trades, with 99 winners and 77 losers bringing us a total net profit of $51,717.00. The largest profit for a single trade was $9,240.00; the largest single-trade loss was $1,170.00; the average profit per trade was $293.85. The mean duration of our trades was 10.1 trading days.

During 2002 we had a total of 195 completed trades, with 119 winners, 74 losers, and 2 break-even trades bringing us a total net profit of $50,956.00. The largest profit for a single trade was $5,100.00; the largest single-trade loss was $1,055.00; the average profit per trade was $261.31. The mean duration of our trades was 12.7 trading days.

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CURRENT POSITIONS IN THE MODEL PORTFOLIO

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. (ARE) -- bought 100 shares at 79.67 on 07/21/05; currently 80.00. Raise stop to 77.80.

China Yuchai International Ltd. (CYD) -- bought 800 shares at 12.00 on 06/28/05; currently 14.22. Raise stop to 12.90.

Compuware Corporation (CPWR) -- bought 1,500 shares at 6.72 on 06/27/05; currently 8.03. Raise stop to 7.65.

Emerson Electric Company (EMR) -- bought 200 shares at 63.99 on 07/11/05; currently 65.61. Raise stop to 64.25.

Hyperion Solutions (HYSL) -- sold short 200 shares at 43.58 on 07/15/05; currently 45.27. Lower buy stop to 45.31.

King Pharmaceuticals Inc. (KG) -- bought 900 shares at 10.85 on 07/11/05; currently 10.90. Raise stop to 10.57.

Linear Technology Corporation (LLTC) -- bought 200 shares at 41.12 on 07/19/05; currently 41.06. Raise stop to 39.95.

Parker Hannifin Corporation (PH) -- bought 200 shares at 61.17 on 07/06/05; currently 67.16. Raise stop to 64.50.

Planar Systems Inc. (PLNR) -- bought 1,200 shares at 7.46 on 06/27/05; currently 8.05. Raise stop to 7.87.

Pulte Homes Inc. (PHM) -- bought 100 shares at 83.52 on 06/20/05; currently 93.49. Raise stop to 91.15.

Tenaris S.A. (TS) -- bought 200 shares at 75.33 on 06/20/05; currently 84.75. Raise stop to 83.65.

Toro Company (TTC) -- bought 200 shares at 38.56 on 07/11/05; currently 39.70. Raise stop to 38.67.

Wilson's Leather Experts Inc. (WLSN) -- bought 1,000 shares at 6.94 on 07/21/05; currently 7.00. Raise stop to 6.73.

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STRONGEST MARKET SECTORS LAST WEEK

Metal Fabrication; Oil and Gas Equipment and Services; Manufactured Housing; Staffing and Outsourcing Services; Steel and Iron.

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WEAKEST MARKET SECTORS LAST WEEK

Education and Training Services; Processing Systems and Products; Health Care Plans; Generic Drugs; Medical Practitioners.

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ASTRO-TRADING GANN PLAN:
ASTROLOGICAL EVENTS DURING THE COMING WEEK

July 24
Moon conjunct Uranus 00:35 EDT
Sun square Poseidon in right ascension 00:55 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Jupiter 01:10 EDT
Sun semisextile Venus 01:11 EDT
Moon quintile Admetos 03:02 EDT
Mercury quintile Poseidon in right ascension 03:13 EDT
Moon quincunx Jupiter 03:59 EDT
Heliocentric Venus biquintile Heliocentric Mars 04:39 EDT
Moon semisquare Mars 04:42 EDT
Saturn quintile Admetos in right ascension 05:42 EDT
Venus sesquiquadrate True Lunar Node 06:02 EDT
Moon parallel Apollon 06:03 EDT
Moon parallel Uranus 07:53 EDT
Moon semisquare Chiron 09:09 EDT
Moon contraparallel Mars 09:10 EDT
Moon sesquiquadrate Saturn 10:09 EDT
Moon semisextile Neptune 11:05 EDT
Moon semisextile True Lunar Node 11:08 EDT
Moon sesquiquadrate Sun 11:26 EDT
Heliocentric Venus biquintile Heliocentric Admetos 11:27 EDT
Moon biquintile Apollon 12:01 EDT
Heliocentric Earth quincunx Heliocentric Kronos 13:00 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Apollon 14:48 EDT
Moon contraparallel True Lunar Node 14:53 EDT
Mars semisquare Uranus in right ascension 15:52 EDT
Heliocentric Mars square Heliocentric Cupido 17:06 EDT
Moon quincunx Mercury 17:13 EDT
Moon sesquiquadrate Poseidon 18:13 EDT
Venus sextile Kronos 19:22 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Poseidon 20:15 EDT
Moon square Pluto 20:20 EDT
Void-of-Course Moon begins 20:20 EDT
Moon quincunx Apollon 21:57 EDT
Heliocentric Mars quintile Heliocentric Admetos 21:57 EDT
Moon trine Vulcanus 22:23 EDT
Moon sextile Admetos 22:48 EDT

July 25
Sun semisextile Kronos 00:10 EDT
Moon parallel Jupiter 00:42 EDT
Moon square Hades 00:49 EDT
Moon in 24th harmonic to Uranus 01:14 EDT
Mercury sextile Apollon in right ascension 02:06 EDT
Moon parallel Zeus 02:47 EDT
Moon biquintile Mercury 03:07 EDT
Moon semisextile Mars 06:37 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Admetos 07:21 EDT
Moon biquintile Poseidon 09:18 EDT
Void-of-Course Moon ends 09:23 EDT
Moon enters Aries 09:23 EDT
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 09:23 EDT
Moon sextile Chiron 10:02 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Uranus 10:52 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th Harmonic to Heliocentric Pluto 11:19 EDT
Moon trine Saturn 11:23 EDT
Moon semisquare Neptune 12:04 EDT
Moon in 24th harmonic to True Lunar Node 12:06 EDT
Moon square Kronos 13:21 EDT
Moon trine Sun 14:17 EDT
Mercury square Admetos in right ascension 14:43 EDT
Moon quincunx Venus 15:00 EDT
Mars quintile Neptune 15:14 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Zeus 15:22 EDT
Moon sesquiquadrate Mercury 18:07 EDT
Moon quincunx Poseidon 19:30 EDT
Jupiter quincunx Uranus in right ascension 20:11 EDT
Mars square 11/23/2003 Solar Eclipse Antiscion 22:56 EDT
Moon opposition Zeus 23:05 EDT

July 26
Moon semisquare Admetos 00:15 EDT
Moon contraparallel Zeus 01:37 EDT
Moon trine Cupido 01:57 EDT
Moon biquintile Venus 02:16 EDT
Moon semisextile Uranus 02:42 EDT
Moon contraparallel Jupiter 03:59 EDT
Venus semisquare Apollon in right ascension 05:02 EDT
Mars contraparallel Uranus 05:20 EDT
Venus quintile Hades in right ascension 06:21 EDT
Moon quintile Chiron 06:30 EDT
Moon opposition Jupiter 06:54 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Cupido 07:27 EDT
Moon quintile Hades 07:33 EDT
Sun biquintile Uranus in right ascension 09:02 EDT
Moon in 24th harmonic to Mars 09:29 EDT
Venus biquintile Chiron in right ascension 13:47 EDT
Moon sextile Neptune 13:55 EDT
Moon conjunct True Lunar Node 13:58 EDT
Moon parallel True Lunar Node 14:00 EDT
True Lunar Node direct station 14:45 EDT
Saturn square Poseidon in right ascension 17:10 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Mars 18:11 EDT
Moon sesquiquadrate Venus 19:31 EDT
Moon trine Mercury 19:43 EDT
Moon quintile Kronos 20:37 EDT
Sun biquintile Uranus 20:42 EDT
Mercury in 24th harmonic to Venus 21:21 EDT
Moon contraparallel Uranus 21:41 EDT
Moon parallel Mars 22:12 EDT
Moon contraparallel Apollon 23:37 EDT
Moon trine Pluto 23:51 EDT

July 27
Venus semisextile Zeus in right ascension 00:39 EDT
Moon opposition Apollon 01:40 EDT
Moon square Vulcanus 02:10 EDT
Moon semisextile Admetos 02:35 EDT
Sun square 04/24/2005 Lunar Eclipse Point 02:35 EDT
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 03:07 EDT
Moon sesquiquadrate Cupido 04:19 EDT
Moon sextile Hades 04:47 EDT
Moon semisquare Uranus 05:03 EDT
Moon parallel Mercury 06:56 EDT
Moon parallel Venus 07:09 EDT
Heliocentric Venus in 24th Harmonic to Heliocentric Poseidon 09:16 EDT
Sun in 24th harmonic to Mercury 10:16 EDT
Mercury parallel Venus 10:20 EDT
Moon quintile Neptune 11:15 EDT
Moon conjunct Mars 13:24 EDT
Void-of-Course Moon 13:24-13:55 EDT
Moon enters Taurus 13:55 EDT
Moon square Chiron 14:22 EDT
Moon contraparallel Chiron 14:49 EDT
Moon square Saturn 16:34 EDT
Moon in 24th harmonic to True Lunar Node 16:47 EDT
Venus square Cupido in right ascension 17:29 EDT
Mars conjunct 04/19/2004 Solar Eclipse Point 17:41 EDT
Moon contraparallel Poseidon 17:53 EDT
Moon sextile Kronos 18:12 EDT
Venus sextile Poseidon 19:50 EDT
Moon biquintile Cupido 20:36 EDT
Sun opposition 05/16/2003 Lunar Eclipse Antiscion 22:15 EDT
True Lunar Node retrograde station 22:31 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th Harmonic to Heliocentric Chiron 22:42 EDT
Moon square Sun 23:20 EDT

July 28
Moon opposition Poseidon 00:47 EDT
Moon contraparallel Pluto 00:48 EDT
Heliocentric Venus conjunct Heliocentric Jupiter 00:53 EDT
Mars enters Taurus 01:12 EDT
Moon trine Venus 01:17 EDT
Venus biquintile Chiron 01:17 EDT
Moon sesquiquadrate Pluto 02:59 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Neptune 03:04 EDT
Moon quincunx Zeus 04:37 EDT
Heliocentric Venus quincunx Heliocentric Admetos 04:54 EDT
Moon contraparallel Neptune 05:00 EDT
Moon in 24th harmonic to Admetos 05:51 EDT
Moon quincunx Cupido 07:38 EDT
Moon semisquare Hades 08:10 EDT
Moon sextile Uranus 08:21 EDT
Mars square Chiron 09:37 EDT
Heliocentric Venus square Heliocentric Vulcanus 10:30 EDT
Moon quintile Vulcanus 11:01 EDT
Heliocentric Venus sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Uranus 11:31 EDT
Heliocentric Venus sextile Heliocentric Pluto 12:06 EDT
Sun quintile Admetos 13:15 EDT
Moon quincunx Jupiter 13:33 EDT
Sun trine Cupido in right ascension 15:10 EDT
Moon biquintile Zeus 15:47 EDT
Venus quintile Hades 16:07 EDT
Mars contraparallel Apollon 17:47 EDT
Moon parallel Admetos 17:55 EDT
Moon in 24th harmonic to Mars 18:20 EDT
Moon parallel Sun 18:20 EDT
Heliocentric Venus in 24th Harmonic to Heliocentric Zeus 19:09 EDT
Sun square Poseidon 19:15 EDT
Moon biquintile Pluto 19:42 EDT
Moon square Neptune 20:21 EDT
Heliocentric Venus conjunct Heliocentric Apollon 20:25 EDT
Moon semisextile True Lunar Node 20:31 EDT
Moon semisquare Kronos 22:02 EDT
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 23:12 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Poseidon 23:29 EDT
Heliocentric Venus trine Heliocentric Hades 23:39 EDT

July 29
Moon biquintile Jupiter 00:56 EDT
Moon square Mercury 00:59 EDT
Void-of-Course Moon 00:59-22:02 EDT
Moon parallel Saturn 01:13 EDT
Moon quintile Saturn 02:18 EDT
Sun parallel Admetos 02:23 EDT
Moon contraparallel Cupido 05:58 EDT
Moon quintile Uranus 06:48 EDT
Moon quincunx Pluto 07:00 EDT
Moon parallel Vulcanus 08:38 EDT
Moon sesquiquadrate Zeus 08:45 EDT
Moon quincunx Apollon 09:02 EDT
Moon sextile Vulcanus 09:37 EDT
Moon conjunct Admetos 10:01 EDT
Moon quintile Sun 11:43 EDT
Moon semisextile Hades 12:26 EDT
Heliocentric Earth square Heliocentric Poseidon 12:44 EDT
Venus semisextile Zeus 13:55 EDT
Moon parallel Hades 14:20 EDT
Venus semisquare Vulcanus in right ascension 16:28 EDT
Venus semisquare Apollon 16:48 EDT
Moon sesquiquadrate Jupiter 18:13 EDT
Moon biquintile Apollon 20:30 EDT
Moon parallel Kronos 21:25 EDT
Moon enters Gemini 22:02 EDT
Moon trine Chiron 22:16 EDT
Venus semisquare Vulcanus 23:03 EDT
Sun quintile Apollon in right ascension 23:18 EDT
Heliocentric Venus semisquare Heliocentric Cupido 23:56 EDT

July 30
Moon semisextile Mars 00:14 EDT
Sun sesquiquadrate Pluto 00:33 EDT
Moon semisquare True Lunar Node 01:00 EDT
Mars enters Taurus in right ascension 01:17 EDT
Moon sextile Saturn 01:27 EDT
Sun semisquare Hades in right ascension 02:10 EDT
Moon semisextile Kronos 02:40 EDT
Heliocentric Earth in 24th Harmonic to Heliocentric Mercury 04:28 EDT
Venus opposition 10/14/2004 Solar Eclipse Antiscion 06:48 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Jupiter 09:12 EDT
Moon quincunx Poseidon 09:33 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Admetos 09:57 EDT
Moon quintile Mercury 10:02 EDT
Moon sextile Sun 12:45 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury opposition Heliocentric Vulcanus 12:55 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Uranus 13:36 EDT
Moon trine Zeus 13:39 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Pluto 13:50 EDT
Moon sesquiquadrate Apollon 13:55 EDT
Venus parallel Mars 14:09 EDT
Moon semisquare Vulcanus 14:32 EDT
Moon in 24th harmonic to Admetos 14:56 EDT
Mars in 24th harmonic to True Lunar Node 14:57 EDT
Venus square 05/31/2003 Solar Eclipse Point 15:28 EDT
Moon square Venus 16:11 EDT
Moon opposition Cupido 16:43 EDT
Moon square Uranus 17:22 EDT
Moon in 24th harmonic to Hades 17:24 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Apollon 18:07 EDT
Mercury opposition Neptune in right ascension 19:26 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Hades 19:50 EDT
Heliocentric Earth biquintile Heliocentric Kronos 19:58 EDT
Moon biquintile Poseidon 21:14 EDT
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 21:19 EDT
Venus square Cupido 21:43 EDT
Moon trine Jupiter 23:39 EDT

July 31
Sun sextile Zeus 00:25 EDT
Moon sesquiquadrate Chiron 03:17 EDT
Mars square Chiron in right ascension 03:52 EDT
Venus opposition Uranus 04:08 EDT
Moon trine Neptune 06:00 EDT
Moon sextile True Lunar Node 06:00 EDT
Neptune sextile True Lunar Node 06:25 EDT
Moon semisquare Mars 06:52 EDT
Moon semisquare Saturn 06:59 EDT
Moon in 24th harmonic to Kronos 07:57 EDT
Venus contraparallel Apollon 08:01 EDT
Moon sextile Mercury 08:23 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Cupido 08:33 EDT
Heliocentric Earth semisextile Heliocentric Uranus 09:38 EDT
Mars square Saturn 09:58 EDT
Heliocentric Earth semisquare Heliocentric Pluto 10:18 EDT
Sun in 24th harmonic to Vulcanus 12:01 EDT
Venus biquintile True Lunar Node 12:42 EDT
Moon sesquiquadrate Poseidon 14:56 EDT
Heliocentric Jupiter quincunx Heliocentric Admetos 15:56 EDT
Mercury semisquare Kronos 16:29 EDT
Moon opposition Pluto 17:10 EDT
Void-of-Course Moon begins 17:10 EDT
Mars quintile Neptune in right ascension 17:27 EDT
Venus semisextile Jupiter in right ascension 18:47 EDT
Moon trine Apollon 19:23 EDT
Moon semisextile Vulcanus 20:02 EDT
Moon semisextile Admetos 20:25 EDT
Moon semisquare Sun 20:43 EDT
Moon biquintile Chiron 20:58 EDT
Heliocentric Earth trine Heliocentric Zeus 21:52 EDT
Moon conjunct Hades 22:58 EDT
Chiron enters Capricorn 23:45 EDT

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STOCKS TO WATCH: ACAS, ANSR, GLW, LZ.

American Capital Strategies (ACAS)
NASDAQ; optionable
First Trade Date: 08/29/1997; 09:30 a.m.
Trading Strategy: Here's a strong company trading at a 52-week high, with a good prospect of going even higher. We especially like the current transit of Jupiter, which is closing in on the ACAS First-Trade Ascendant and which will be conjoining First-Trade Venus in short order after that. Saturn has just gotten out of the way of the ACAS First-Trade Moon, so there's plenty of reason to be bullish on this stock. Our plan is to enter a long position before the middle of the week; our initial stop will be set at 35.55.


Answerthink Inc. (ANSR)
NASDAQ
First Trade Date: 05/28/1998; 09:30 a.m.
Trading Strategy: ANSR is not much to look at fundamentally, but the astrological picture has gotten us interested. Transiting Saturn is currently crossing the ANSR First-Trade Ascendant, which is probably why ANSR has been hitting some resistance in its recent efforts to advance. Saturn is getting out the way, however, and transiting Mars is conjoining First-Trade Venus. In addition, transiting Jupiter will soon be crossing the ANSR First-Trade IC on its way to a conjunction with First-Trade Apollon. This all adds up to some very positive potential, so we plan to prepare ourselves for a long position in ANSR by placing a limit order at 3.84. With a stock that's trading at such a low price we don't want to overpay; if the order gets filled we will set our initial stop at 3.60.


Corning Inc. (GLW)
NYSE; optionable
First Trade Date: 05/21/1945; 10:00 a.m.
Trading Strategy: This venerable company has a situation that closely parallels ANSR, with Saturn crossing the First-Trade Ascendant and Jupiter moving towards the First-Trade IC. To add some extra strength, transiting Venus will soon be conjoining First-Trade Apollon, First-Trade Cupido, and First-Trade Jupiter. Our plan is to add a long position to the Model Portfolio early in the week; we will set our initial stop at 16.00.


Lubrizol Inc. (LZ)
NYSE; optionable
First Trade Date: 08/22/1966; 10:00 a.m.
Trading Strategy: LZ is a straight Jupiter play, with the greater benefic crossing its First Trade Ascendant this week. There are a couple of other positive factors at work here as well, like transiting Vulcanus conjoining First-Trade Jupiter and transiting Venus closing in on First-Trade Zeus. We plan to add a long position in LZ to the Model Portfolio as the trading week gets started, with an initial stop set at 40.90.

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posted by Tim Bost @ 7/24/2005 05:28:00 AM