US Open -- Men's Final

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Tennis Big Point Performance (BPP)

What does our Tennis "Big Point Performance" (BPP) say about today's finalists? Our book's tennis measure focuses on performance during big points (break points for and against). BPP has been a good predictor of the latter matches in major tennis tournaments and predicted Federer's loss in last year's final.

BPP gives a very slight edge to Djokovic in this year's US Open final. As you can see in the chart below, the semifinal match gives a tiny edge to Nadal, but using both the quarterfinals and semifinals gives the overall edge to Djokovic. Djokovic has been playing the big points consistently well.

Big Point Performance - Men's Finalists

Djokovic = + 7% and +1 in his five-set match over Federer in the Semi-Finals

Djokovic = +24% and +5 in QF match

Nadal = +13% and +2 in his semi-final match over Youzhny

Nadal = -56% and -2 in QF match

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Stock Indicators: Moderately Bearish (9/3/10; 12:30pm ET)

With the market rally, our indicators have changed to an overall slightly bearish position. Our long-term models have changed from a medium bearish signal to a moderately short position.

Our intermediate-term models have flipped from a moderate/medium long position to a moderately bearish signal.

Both signals are bearish -- but note that both are just "moderate." As a result, traders should look to the shorter-term trend for additional direction.

Investors should be cautious.