Questions and CheckList for placing an order — 4

To determine if the market is a bull or bear one, these are the points to check:

1. NewLonKong index ( > 40) 
2. Economies and economic policies (like interest rates etc.) of major countries like the US, Europe (esp. Germany), China, Japan, etc.
3. Oil price and other commodity prices (esp. copper and Aluminium prices)
4. BDI index (this shows the world trading activities)
5. Individual sector performance ( Sector Index > 40) , for example, Nasdaq for technology companies, iBB for bio and healthcare companies, etc.

Is the market a

• bull market

or

• bear market

?