The tape didn’t actually move much yesterday, but nonetheless the bears had a very decent technical day. On SPX It looks very much as though the possible falling wedge I posted yesterday morning may be in play, and if so that is very significant, because in this context that would be an EW ending diagonal, a terminating pattern that in turn is the final move within the much larger rising wedge / ending diagonal from the October low. I’m very much liking the odds of putting in the spring high in this area.
Slope of Hope Blog Posts
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GPS Looking Lower
GPS experienced significant downside last week, in a move that I count as capitulation under my base case. Though Friday’s unrelenting rally did make some progress in beginning to repair that decline, initial confirmation of the perspective shown under either of the two counts on the attached chart is a rally to 40 area. Until then, it is reasonably probable that GPS may have, indeed, broken down. My base case, however, remains that October low (35.46) will not be broken without a move to 43.85 at a minimum. Not planning any changes to this position, at this time.
by Xenia Taoubina, ElliottWaveTrader.net
Key Downside Reversal for Nat Gas
Let’s notice that today’s action in Natural Gas– a new recovery high at 3.105 followed by a vicious downside reversal and decline to 2.954 so far– represents key downside-reversal action, and at the very least, indicates that the upmove from the April 27 low at 2.44 ended today at 3.10.
Bernanke of Warren-Vitter & Last Resorts
By Biiwii
Ref. Warren-Vitter and the lender of last resort
I have always liked Ben Bernanke, in that I think he is a soft-spoken, nice guy who took the hand off from Alan Greenspan in stride, heroically making chicken soup out of the chicken excrement he was left with. He kept his dignity and calm demeanor during the days when inflationist gold bugs codified the term “Helicopter Ben” and turned it into just another accepted way of saying “Ben Bernanke”.
Oil’s Failed Bullish Breakout
This is saving my proverbial bacon today………
