The Banks again.

capped financials

Rather than take an individual bank, I have used the TSX capped financial index in this Yahoo chart. I am not entirely happy with the count but , at the very least it is plausible. If correct most of the Canadian banks (and other financials) should, barring any idiosyncratic anomalies, follow this basic pattern as they are, after all, joined at the hip and listen to the same drummer.

BNS nov 25 2011  BNS, Scotiabank, follows the pattern to a t . The whole thing could be compressed to make a triangle out of all the up and down action over the past 4 months and the conclusion would be about the same. A 5th wave is still required and seems to be targeting a level of about $46 (which is still high relative to the “logical” level of $41 (as explained in previous blogs).

ry nov 25 2011

We missed the $5 up and down trade by being too flatfooted and indecisive. But now there is so much more clarity. The stock could trade towards $40 after which there should be about a $10 rebound. Essentially you can buy the stock even now and still make a good return!

slf nov 25 2011

SunLife, has been a little annoying. Like the energizer bunny it just keeps going and going. It is now down an unusual eight dollars in one go. But on the positive side the RSI is as low as ever and a turn should occur soon. Even Manulife has stopped going down the last few days.

mfc nov 25 2011

SLF and MFC

slf nov 19 2011 mfc nov 19 2011

One I think might be a buy, whereas the other is a model case of not how to do it. The difference is perhaps not all that apparent, but Manu has been going south for much longer than SunLife. More importantly the exposure by Manu to the equity markets is, I believe, much larger, but I do not have specific info to this effect. From a pure EW point of view Sun appears to have completed a clean 5 wave sequence down. Manu on the other hand needs to go down a bit further which could potentially create a new low below that of 2009 at around $8.50 or so. Keep in mind that the Sun buy is only for a trade of about $6 and not a hold under any circumstances.

SLF again and MFC

slf nov 15 2 2011

Here it is in a little more detail. Today’s low registered at $ 20.96  If there was a triangle wave 5 already has the required 5 wave subdivisions even if they are hard to recognize. If there never was a triangle, a wave 4 and 5 is still required to finish the job.  A move to, say $23 followed by a drop to a new low would do the trick. The 5th wave is already almost equal to wave 1 and time wise we are pretty close to the apex (if that applies). The best you can hope for is about $20.25 and it should happen within two weeks. Little point in waiting!

Unless you look at Manulife which is either making a very complex and incomplete wave 4, or simple just another 4 and 5;

mfc nov 15 2011

If it does that it will likely get to the all time low of $9