CapitaMalls Asia: Plagued by downtrend.

It is quite obvious that CapitaMalls Asia is still in a downtrend. Macquarie just upgraded it to Outperform from Neutral and raised its target price to $2.24 from $2.19. Will this give this counter the much needed push to break out of its downtrend?

Technically, the counter's price formed a higher low on 4 Jan. This is somewhat encouraging as it has not done so since starting its current decline on 6 Oct 10. Since forming a white candle on 5 Jan, its price has been hovering at $1.88, resisted by the 20dMA.

MFI is now at 50% which could act as a support. RSI is now at its trendline support. Will the supports hold? The MACD, although above the signal line, is still in negative territory. This counter is currently at a crossroad.

Closing above $1.90 would signal a breakout from the downtrend while breaking below $1.88 would signal the collapse of immediate support and price could retest the $1.83 lows. Good luck to fellow shareholders.

Macquarie upgrades CapitaMalls Asia to Outperform. The house reckons “the current weakness is a buying opportunity in a retail powerhouse in Asia.” Notes, CMA invested or committed more than $1.65 billion in four projects in 2H10, ahead of its internal targets; mall developer and owner offers exposure to more than 90 retail malls across five countries in Asia. 
Wednesday, 12 January 2011

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AIMS AMP Capital Industrial REIT: 22c support.

Unlike China Hongxing I blogged about just now, AIMS AMP Capital Industrial REIT is something I am heavily vested in. The investment decision was made based on the REIT's sound fundamentals and relatively high yield. I also like what the technicals are telling me now.

Today, I received an email from a reader asking if the high volume is a sign of some big boys slugging it out. I don't know, of course. However, if we check the trade summary, there are about 4.1m units bought up and 4.1m units sold down throughout the day. Of course, almost 5m units changed hands before the market opened at 8.35am. Price? All at 22c. I shan't bother trying to guess what is happening behind the scenes as that would probably just give me a headache and more white hair. Totally unproductive.

However, technically, the charts show that the trendline resistance, which is at 22.5c, remains unbroken. Support remains at 22c. That the support is still holding up despite a much higher volume on a black candle day, with obvious ongoing distribution which is easily seen in a plunging OBV, is very encouraging. Support is strong.

The MFI plunged but is still above its trendline support. The MACD, which broke out of its downtrend some sessions back, is still in positive territory and above the signal line. We want to see the MFI bouncing off its support and the MACD turning up once more. If these happen, resistance at 22.5c would, more likely than not, break in time and we could see the high of 23.5c tested eventually.

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Back in Singapore and China Hongxing.

I am back from a short holiday. Feeling somewhat exhausted. Probably got much more sun and walking than I am used to in Singapore but I guess it is not a bad thing. If you are wondering where did I go, I went on a cruise with my parents on the Star Virgo. Very enjoyable, as usual, but the internet connection sucks.

The internet connection on the ship is via satellite and it took 5 minutes to load a page! The service was charged at 23c per minute. So, imagine how costly it would be if I were to log on for an hour and, of course, would get to see about 12 pages only! Anyway, I am back at home now and thankful for my ADSL modem.

I am blogging about China Hongxing simply because I received two comments on this counter while I was away. I am not vested.

The wickless white candle formed on 7 Jan was very bullish but there was no follow through and on 10 Jan (Monday), a doji was formed on the back of high volume, signalling indecision. However, the fact that price did not fall below the immediate support provided by the 100dMA at 17.5c  was encouraging. The bears did not win the battle.

In the following two sessions, dragonfly dojis were formed on low volume. Both bulls and bears are being cautious. So, good time to go long? Well, the higher lows on the MACD, MFI and RSI are obvious. There is positive momentum. RSI is overbought but that could stay overbought for a while more especially as we do not see the MFI in overbought territory. Look at the OBV and we do not see any distribution.

In case price breaks immediate support at 17.5c, a longer term and stronger support is at 15.5c. This is where the rising 200dMA is approximating and it is also where the trendline support is found. 15.5c could provide a much nicer entry level for long only traders. Of course, a further strengthening in price could still see 20c tested.

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