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It couldn’t be simpler. If the media is going ape about some given event, and particularly if ZH is clutching its pearls about how such-and-so is going to go to price thus-and-such, you can count on the exact opposite taking place. I offer you Exhibit A:
Overnight action did a picture-perfect job of sealing up the gap cause by the drone strike over the weekend for the ES…..
Based on purely technical reasons, which I’ll explain below, I’d hazard a guess that US bonds are not in a bubble. If anything, equities look more like their bubble is about to burst.
The price on the following monthly charts of US 2-yr, 5-yr, 10-yr, and 30-yr bonds is currently trading around their respective regression channel medians, after a lengthy move up over the past year off very oversold lows (around the channel -2 deviation level).
(more…)This is a survey of the biggest winners, on a percentage basis, over a number of time-spans. Below I have created galleries in SlopeCharts of the best gainers for 2019, the past five years, the past ten years, and the past twenty years. I want to emphasize two things: (1) even though I just told you, I’ll say again these are percentage charts, not normal charts; (2) if you want to see the big version of any chart, click on the thumbnail. Unfortunately, the left/right arrows don’t let you navigate the entire set, so you need to click on any specific chart to see it.
(more…)One powerhouse of a stock which is showing signs of weariness is American Express (AXP). Take note of how it’s already done some damage to its long-term uptrend, and how it has formed a small, but clean, distribution top.
