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Seven Key Charts

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What was going to happen on Monday? Would the hedge funds all dump their longs to cover their losses? Surely the market would crash, right? Uh-huh. The only red seen was for a couple of hours after the open on Sunday, and then it was green, green, green. But let’s look at seven important index charts to get some broader contest.

The Dow Jones Composite has quite plainly broken its uptrend. Monday’s rally is immaterial. There’s been a change.

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