Archived IMT (2010.05.28)

And so the Spain downgrade is the fundamental catalyst for the high profile failure by US indices to regain their much-scrutinized 200-day moving averages. Such was also the catalyst that prevented EURUSD from regaining the key $1.2440s trend line resistance. On Thursday, the Dow-30 had its worst May performance since the 1960s. A day a later, it was the worst May since 1940s. But stocks have yet to close below the May 6 lows, an occurrence which could trigger the next level of the sell-off in AUD and EUR below 0.80 and 1.21.