This week Bruce proposes taking up a defensive strategy in a market that has undergone a technical deterioration in the past couple of weeks. Such long-term indicators as the NYSE bullish percentage on Wednesday indicate a reverse down. Today's breakout of the soft US dollar negatively affect non-US holdings. His run-down on strong ETF stocks include: (AMEX: EWZ), (AMEX: EWC), (NYSE: JKH) and (AMEX: IDU).