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Watching for Upside in JCI, WBC & ROK

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Johnson Controls Inc. (JCI) has strong potential for significant upside as well as an excellent story of strong fiscal management and innovation. From a technical side there are two competitors of JCI’s that I also think have excellent chart setups:  WABCO Holdings Inc. (WBC) and Rockwell Automation Inc. (ROK).

It is very interesting that while WBC and ROK are competitors in two different core areas of JCI’s business — auto parts vs. building automation, respectively — the two competitors have remarkably similar charts to each other, and also to that of JCI. All three have strong setups off the October 2014 lows for immediate upside, in addition to longer term bullishness.

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Are You Buying The Dip? (Avi Gilburt)

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On Wednesday night I noted:  “The bounce this morning is most likely a corrective bounce in an a-wave, which still needs a c-wave higher to complete the red (b) wave.  So, unless I see something different into tomorrow, I am expecting the market to resolve this pattern lower over the next week.  Hopefully, it can also break the cited support to make it more clear that the larger degree correction is upon us.” (more…)