I find this absolutely fascinating, particularly in light of two new European countries entering NATO:

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The one and only thing that saved my bacon on Wednesday was energy stocks. I’m pleased to say I think more crumbling is on the way, thanks to crude oil:

The biggest company in the world has retracted absolutely perfectly to its broken trendline. If it stops rising, this could be a very powerful harbinger of what’s next.

Well, for the market’s favorite reason – – which is no reason in particular – the /ES has zoomed about 100 points higher, and the bulls are cheering and shrieking and framing posters of Tom Lee and Jim Cramer in their bedrooms. Here we see the /ES has broken above its recent high:
