Which Way the Market?

These are the primary factors we consider bullish and/or bearish - some are both! The market knows these but how it weighs them from time to time is the mystical element which draws us back day in and day out.
Good luck!

7/22	BULLISH FACTORS	BEARISH FACTORS
1	New crop acreage down	Chinese management of prices
2	Weak dollar	Yarn prices remain weak
3	Unwillingness of trade to sell futures	Recession fears/Credit crunch
4	Strong prices in competing crops	Man-made fiber prices
5	Chinese textile export rebate	Overall Chinese demand
6	Northern Hemisphere crop reductions, especially India	CFTC probe
7	----	Mill prices below market
8	----	Index funds gone

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