American Stock Market Trends – Dow Jones 19 to 22 January 2010 - Review

In the forecasts provided for this period it was stated as follows :

Date		Trend	Remarks
From	To
19 January	22 January	Fall	Both way movements. Market may show internal strength by way of investor confidence. But may still fall in the wake of various forces and volatility. Market holidays on 23 Jan and 24 Jan.

We give below the actual Dow figures for the period. Compare Dow closing of 22 January to the previous close of 15 January

PRICES

Date Open High Low Close Volume Adj Close* 22-Jan-10 10,389.58 10,450.04 10,133.15 10,172.98 6,208,650,000 10,172.98 21-Jan-10 10,603.91 10,651.14 10,334.18 10,389.88 6,874,289,600 10,389.88 20-Jan-10 10,719.69 10,719.69 10,492.36 10,603.15 4,810,560,000 10,603.15 19-Jan-10 10,608.37 10,763.45 10,555.47 10,725.43 4,724,830,000 10,725.43 15-Jan-10 10,706.99 10,736.54 10,529.09 10,609.65 4,758,730,000 10,609.65

* Close price adjusted for dividends and splits.

If you look at the actual movement of Dow, you will realize that there was a lot of volatility and on 19 Jan the market actually went up by about 116 points. But within this block of forecast, there was a total fall of 437 points, from 10609 to 10172.