Yeah I feel really sorry for anyone who bought this stock below it's 50 and 200 MA back in Q2 or Q3 2002
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=VLO&...;q=l&p=m50,m200&a=&c=
Or this one in Jan 2003:
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=SBUX...q=l&p=m200,m50&a=&c=
Or this one in Q303
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=BMHC...;q=l&p=m50,m200&a=&c=
Or this one in Q403 or Aug04
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=ANF&...;q=l&p=m50,m200&a=&c=
Or this one in Q103
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=LGF&...;q=l&p=m50,m200&a=&c=
Or this one in Q103
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=LLL&...;q=l&p=m50,m200&a=&c=
Comparing a stock price to it's moving average only tells you what has happened in the past. There are lots of reasons that stocks go down and not all of them indicate that the stock will continue to go down in the future.