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Tarnished Silvergate

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With the exception of a persistently-smaller clutch of megacap stocks (I’m looking at you, AAPL) the equity market has been in quiet, grinding bear market for months now. It’s just the household names that are keeping this farce propped up. Even some of the most classically well-formed bullish charts from last year are feeling the heat. I offer as Exhibit A the stock Silvergate (symbol SI) which even to this bear’s eyes looked terrific:

slopechart SI
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