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With various indices reaching or nearing important overhead resistance, today is shaping up as a moment of truth for a market which has delighted in head fakes.continued for members… … continue reading →
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Despite a few tense moments midday, ES held the TL of support from last Wednesday and has rebounded to within 7.50 points of the important Fibonacci extension and channel top at 4153.62.Will the substantial overhead resistance at these levels matter this time? We’ll know very, very soon. continued for members… … continue reading →
This CPI data is significant in that it shot up over 2% – the highest since 2018 when the prints of 2.95% (July) and 2.70% (Aug) sent the 10Y up to 3.25%. But, it’s the inflation happening right now, which will be reported next month, that the Fed is worried about. As we’ve anticipated, March’s … continue reading →
I received several nearly identical emails yesterday asking whether SPX’s tag of its channel top meant a downturn was imminent. The problem lies with the word “imminent.”We can certainly make a cogent argument that the market is in a bubble: a car company with a market cap of $1.25 million per car sold; more SPACs … continue reading →
There are many parallels between yesterday and Jan 26, 2018 – the calm before a vicious 10-day 11.8% storm. The obvious one is that SPX is back to the top of the large yellow channel dating back to the 2009 lows. Then, as now, this occurred shortly after SPX had bulled its way through a … continue reading →
It’s a light volume day leading up to a holiday weekend – the market’s favorite time to take a shot at important resistance. Though SPX tagged its 3.618 Fibonacci extension several weeks ago, ES has fallen short time after time. The disappointing employment data due out at 8:30 wasn’t going to help, so VIX jumped … continue reading →
On top of the world, with an adoring crowd gathered below and indifferent law enforcement milling about…there is a bit of a parallel between a famous rooftop concert and the current market. As stocks slink into the end of Q1 amidst a bevy of perils, there’s a sense of calm before the storm. Then again, … continue reading →
Members will recall that one critical component of our oil/gas decline scenario is USDJPY’s breakout from the falling channel from 2017 shown below. Guess what? The yen carry trade is a tried and true method of goading the algos into buying equities – even overpriced ones. It works especially well as a counterweight to falling … continue reading →
There’s a well-known scene at the end of the classic film Casablanca where Captain Renault (Claude Reins), having seen Rick (Humphrey Bogart) shoot a Nazi in order to enable Ilsa and Lazlo to escape, tells his men to “round up the usual suspects.” It saves Rick, Ilsa and Lazlo’s collective bacon (though I suspect it … continue reading →
For months we’ve been warning about the coming inflation problem, wondering when the bond market would notice and/or care. The immediate problem in a nutshell: One of the most highly correlated components of CPI with the headline rate is the price of energy, and gasoline in particular. If prices were to remain where they are … continue reading →