If Starbucks (SBUX) can fight its way back to its gap, it’ll be a super-short.

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If Starbucks (SBUX) can fight its way back to its gap, it’ll be a super-short.

Here is the Dow Utility ETF, symbol XLU, whose explosive rally over the past few months have put it just below the dashed line.

Seems pretty clear to me:

Since this is a semiconductor-obsessed day, let’s look at some that don’t rhyme with the phrase “get rid-i-a”.

It’s here. Nvidia day. You’d think Jesus himself was coming back, considering how much importance is being ascribed to the quarterly earnings announcement of what a few years ago was just an obscure maker of graphics cards for serious gamers. Ever since the /ES blasted to lifetime highs last Wednesday, we have been absolutely parked at these levels, since there’s nothing to drive this market (not even the surprising death of a major world leader from a belligerent country).
