The DJIA (-0.88% to 12422.8), S&P 500 (-0.88% to 1341) and Nasdaq Composite (--0.71%) to 2324 all lost ground.

After the bell, Oracle reported strong results but missed revenue guidance. ORCL plunged -8.0% to 19.26. On the deals front, Ford Motor (F) announced the sale of Jaguar and Land Rover luxury brands to Tata Motors (TTM) for $2.3 billion.

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Comments & Outlook

Not surprisingly, in the final months of the Bush Administration, Treasury Secretary Paulson is attempting to hijack control of the People's Treasury and SEC securities regulation of investment banks in favor of the Wall Street-controlled Federal Reserve Bank under Bernanke. Five Fed Heads will be doing a dog and pony show today that will be well covered in the media.

I believe Washington will square off, demanding answers as to what's happening in the boardrooms of Paulson, Bernanke and Friends. Senator Charles Grassley (R), on Bloomberg last evening, showed just how clueless Washington is to the nation's financial system. Could somebody please post a link to that video. Thank you.

I'm not feeling too well today having dental freezing late in the afternoon yesterday, so I will not continue this report.

Have a good day.

Oh yes, yesterday I think I commented about being surprised at the projected growth rates of Google (GOOG), which were notably much slower than I believe most traders perceive them to be. Caution here. The slowdown of the economy is upon us.

Addendum: The Buy/Sell Alert table below includes Lehman Bros (LEH). That's a mistake. Apparently my right hand doesn't know what the left one is up to. I cut LEH from the Cara 100 when Bear Stearns went under water, fearing that weak banks like Lehman might possibly not recover in this cycle. Not being totally comfortable with Lehman, I rejected it from the Cara 100.

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Links & Charts

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International Economics Review

US Economic Calendar.

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Knobias Cara100 Tables

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Cara 100 Daily RSI-7 Charts

At least one RSI value >70:

Ticker	Last	RSI-7M	RSI-7W	RSI-7D	Zone
GG	40.64	77.21	58.68	48.75
ECA	75.60	76.92	67.73	54.36	Sell alert (trig. 7 days ago [on 2008-03-17 at $76.34, -0.97% chg], after a 2 day DZ)
WMT	52.90	75.74	74.86	67.59	Sell alert (trig. 2 days ago [on 2008-03-25 at $53.05, -0.28% chg], after a 2 day DZ)
SLW	17.07	73.65	55.84	49.74	Sell alert (trig. 7 days ago [on 2008-03-17 at $18.17, -6.05% chg], after a 2 day DZ)
KO	61.15	72.54	62.43	69.46
TT	45.80	71.66	69.30	54.49	Sell alert (trig. 8 days ago [on 2008-03-14 at $45.46, +0.75% chg], after a 1 day DZ)
RIMM	118.15	69.29	67.89	73.01
COST	66.62	67.06	57.10	74.06
DNA	82.01	61.46	71.00	69.12
GE	37.13	54.76	67.24	71.00
ADBE	37.20	43.21	55.26	74.76	Buy alert (trig. 6 days ago [on 2008-03-18 at $31.88, +16.69% chg], after a 1 day AZ)

At least one RSI value <30:

Ticker	Last	RSI-7M	RSI-7W	RSI-7D	Zone
SBUX	17.66	14.17	33.58	47.90
BC	16.89	15.12	46.69	53.62
UBS	29.16	15.19	20.54	49.15	Buy alert (trig. 6 days ago [on 2008-03-18 at $28.85, +1.07% chg], after a 2 day AZ)
SNDK	21.17	21.56	16.71	40.59
BMY	21.20	22.10	18.24	42.39	Buy alert (trig. 6 days ago [on 2008-03-18 at $21.35, -0.70% chg], after a 2 day AZ)
LEH	42.49	23.27	26.45	44.52	Buy alert (trig. 6 days ago [on 2008-03-18 at $46.49, -8.60% chg], after a 2 day AZ)
KSS	45.17	25.72	49.74	56.74	Buy alert (trig. 6 days ago [on 2008-03-18 at $42.53, +6.21% chg], after a 1 day AZ)
DELL	20.16	25.86	37.24	53.77
BDK	67.30	26.58	43.16	51.71
JCP	41.68	28.05	41.42	48.16
GSK	41.97	28.08	31.95	46.57	Buy alert (trig. 7 days ago [on 2008-03-17 at $41.03, +2.29% chg], after a 1 day AZ)
GOL	15.99	28.11	23.88	46.18	Buy alert (trig. 6 days ago [on 2008-03-18 at $16.45, -2.80% chg], after a 8 day AZ)
KB	56.36	28.63	36.17	53.02	Buy alert (trig. 3 days ago [on 2008-03-24 at $56.40, -0.07% chg], after a 5 day AZ)
WFMI	33.00	29.94	29.65	49.14
AET	43.96	35.58	27.73	43.18
OXPS	21.24	36.30	25.45	49.80
IBN	40.69	37.05	27.13	47.06
GOOG	458.19	37.27	29.26	58.41
PTR	124.09	40.97	26.78	39.38
VIP	28.85	51.95	29.62	33.08
MBT	75.35	54.06	29.43	39.77

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International Equity Markets Review

Europe

Here is the latest session data for the bourses of Europe.

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Here is the latest session data for the London stock exchange FTSE.

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Here is the latest session data for the German DAX.

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Here is the latest session data for the French CAC 40.

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Here is the latest session data for the Milan Italy stock exchange MIBTEL.

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Here is the latest session data for the Swiss market index.

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Asia-Pacific

Here is the latest session data for the Asia-Pacific stock exchanges.

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Here is the latest chart for the Japanese Nikkei 225 index.

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Here is the latest chart for the Singapore index .

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Here is the latest chart for the Shanghai Composite index .

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Here is the latest chart for the Hong Kong Hang Seng index .

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Here is the latest chart for the India BSE 30 index .

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Here is the latest chart for the Australian All Ordinaries index .

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US Equity Markets Review

DJIA (interactive) chart

NASDAQ Composite (interactive) chart

Table 14: Dow 30 List

Sorted by 1-Week Price Performance

Symbol	Close	1Day Change	1Day %Change	1W %Change	2W %Change	4W %Change	YTD %Change	3M %Change	6M %Change	12M %Change
C	22.05	-1.37	-5.85%	6.47%	2.61%	-11.62%	-23.76%	-27.59%	-52.63%	-57.22%
AXP	45.36	-2.15	-4.53%	3.77%	3.49%	-0.98%	-11.13%	-14.25%	-23.13%	-20.70%
WMT	52.90	-0.15	-0.28%	3.77%	5.27%	2.92%	12.79%	9.34%	22.17%	10.58%
HD	28.16	-0.60	-2.09%	3.57%	7.48%	-2.32%	7.85%	4.33%	-14.64%	-25.72%
MRK	44.70	0.03	0.07%	3.50%	5.62%	-3.64%	-22.08%	-24.77%	-15.02%	1.43%
JPM	44.11	-1.95	-4.23%	3.40%	13.57%	0.89%	4.60%	-1.85%	-4.38%	-9.43%
KO	61.15	-0.26	-0.42%	2.93%	2.82%	2.74%	0.10%	-2.95%	6.63%	27.00%
GE	37.13	-0.11	-0.30%	2.74%	11.17%	9.40%	1.01%	-1.12%	-10.03%	3.14%
T	37.76	-0.24	-0.63%	2.69%	4.63%	6.16%	-7.90%	-10.73%	-11.84%	-3.94%
VZ	36.14	-0.76	-2.06%	2.41%	2.64%	-1.82%	-16.36%	-19.87%	-18.75%	-4.06%
BAC	39.84	-1.13	-2.76%	2.34%	5.62%	-6.74%	-1.78%	-5.82%	-20.97%	-22.73%
PG	69.64	0.10	0.14%	1.55%	4.47%	2.90%	-3.69%	-5.94%	-1.23%	8.98%
MCD	55.60	-0.60	-1.07%	1.37%	2.49%	-1.51%	-4.30%	-7.15%	1.46%	23.23%
PFE	20.69	-0.09	-0.43%	1.32%	-4.74%	-9.37%	-9.69%	-10.82%	-15.83%	-19.40%
AIG	44.06	-1.75	-3.82%	0.89%	0.14%	-14.31%	-21.74%	-25.97%	-34.75%	-35.16%
CAT	77.36	0.72	0.94%	0.64%	6.54%	5.54%	9.53%	4.98%	0.91%	15.74%
UTX	69.61	-0.55	-0.78%	0.59%	1.81%	-5.02%	-7.45%	-10.55%	-13.20%	4.82%
INTC	21.86	-0.41	-1.84%	0.51%	3.11%	5.65%	-13.77%	-20.36%	-15.63%	13.32%
GM	19.48	-0.87	-4.28%	0.36%	-10.52%	-20.75%	-20.20%	-26.55%	-48.25%	-39.60%
DIS	31.76	-0.32	-1.00%	0.13%	1.83%	-3.44%	-0.25%	-3.23%	-8.00%	-9.82%
JNJ	64.70	0.15	0.23%	-0.28%	3.62%	1.54%	-1.84%	-4.23%	-1.06%	7.39%
BA	76.30	0.40	0.53%	-0.30%	3.95%	-9.78%	-11.91%	-15.22%	-26.95%	-16.00%
HPQ	47.34	-0.92	-1.91%	-1.23%	-1.21%	-3.78%	-4.96%	-10.29%	-6.48%	17.06%
IBM	116.91	-1.06	-0.90%	-1.27%	0.36%	2.21%	11.67%	4.80%	-0.33%	23.06%
CVX	84.96	0.53	0.63%	-1.35%	-3.63%	-3.59%	-9.09%	-10.42%	-8.16%	14.19%
DD	46.83	-0.47	-0.99%	-1.35%	0.56%	-0.99%	7.06%	3.91%	-6.08%	-8.82%
XOM	86.26	1.06	1.24%	-2.35%	-0.48%	-4.04%	-7.75%	-9.02%	-6.61%	14.30%
MMM	78.66	-0.32	-0.41%	-2.83%	0.91%	-3.24%	-4.90%	-8.61%	-15.00%	1.65%
MSFT	28.56	-0.58	-1.99%	-2.92%	-2.46%	0.63%	-18.91%	-21.99%	-3.19%	1.20%
AA	36.03	0.29	0.81%	-6.66%	-4.58%	-6.42%	-0.28%	-3.69%	-6.34%	5.44%

You can do this table yourself by entering the following string into the Summaries window at www.billcara2.com and then clicking on the link for Performance.

AA AIG AXP BA C CAT DD DIS GE GM HD HON HPQ IBM INTC JNJ JPM KO MCD MMM MO MRK MSFT PFE PG T UTX VZ WMT XOM

Here are the links to interactive Dow charts from Billcara2.com that I broke into groups of ten, which you can add technical indicators for as well. (list one) (list two) (list three)

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The Americas

Here is the latest session data for the exchanges of the Americas.

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Here is the latest chart for the Brazilian Bovespa stock exchange in Sao Paulo.

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Here is the latest session data for the Toronto Stock Exchange composite index.

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Sector ETF Summary for the US equity market

The tables I show in this section are for ten (GICS) Sector Index Funds (ETF's) only, but they cover the full spectrum of the US equity market.

Table 1: Cara ETF List

Sorted by 1-Week Price Performance

Symbol	Close	1Day Change	1Day %Change	1W %Change	2W %Change	4W %Change	YTD %Change	3M %Change	6M %Change	12M %Change
XLP	27.91	-0.09	-0.32%	2.23%	1.49%	0.11%	-1.69%	-4.42%	0.43%	4.92%
XLY	31.47	-0.56	-1.75%	2.14%	2.78%	-4.55%	-2.27%	-5.78%	-14.55%	-18.20%
IYZ	23.38	-0.28	-1.18%	2.01%	0.86%	-4.88%	-19.85%	-23.32%	-31.42%	-24.65%
IYH	63.28	-0.25	-0.39%	0.78%	1.38%	-6.32%	-9.73%	-12.48%	-10.84%	-6.00%
XLF	25.56	-1.02	-3.84%	0.55%	1.27%	-6.85%	-9.87%	-13.68%	-24.96%	-29.04%
XLK	22.79	-0.41	-1.77%	-0.18%	1.06%	-0.22%	-12.75%	-16.61%	-15.87%	-3.43%
SPY	133.20	-1.65	-1.22%	-0.32%	0.38%	-3.73%<