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Time Out For Fund

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Well, another morning, another series of record highs. It will certainly be nice in a few weeks when earnings season kicks in, so that we’ve got something – anything!! – – to make this market move in more than just one direction. For now, though, we’ll just tough it out. I’ve put some major funds below with a remark or two in the caption area:

slopechart EEM
Emerging markets still have a decent head and shoulders pattern, but a push above that horizontal would pretty much wreck it for good. That may well happen at the opening bell.
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