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SPY Daily Recap (by Leaf West)

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St Louis 06 Wow what a day … the market that was looking for a reason to correct and got it in the form of Egypt's public protests.  I guess we know why the US gov't keeps extending unemployment benefits, food stamps etc.  It doesn't seem possible but without these programs, the scenes from Egypt could very well be coming from Chicago or Detroit or …..

After that pleasant thought, let's review the day's action in the SPY …

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How does that Song Go? … Oh Yeah …. Boom!!

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Chart from January 20th blog post regarding the April top …

SPY_Jan20, 2011_Topping_04

Here is the chart from today at 11:45 am …

SPY_Jan 28, 2011_Boom

A wise man once said that if the market doesn't do what it is "supposed" to do … expect a strong reaction in the opposite direction.  He also said market history doesn't repeat exactly, but sometimes it sure rhymes.

Lock and Load people … time to kill some bulls

Cheers … Leaf_West

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