AUSTRALIAN XJO AUS200 INDEX - RIPE FOR SHORTING

The Australian AUS200 or XJO index (ASX S&P 200 index) is fully valued at its 100% DCF value using 3.5% growth, 8.2% discount rate. The earnings for this index are less than at the top of 2007. Its P/E ratio is overvalued at 18. Australia's construction industry is in rapid decline and also its housing markets. Short term interest rates are in decline as evidence of the decline in business conditions. The index is coming up against a channel line and may turn south soon. The RSI, ROC and MACD are looking like turning down, another sign of a local top. With the US markets looking high, any change in US markets will affect AUS200 index. Look to sell short on any break downwards from here.