Natural market forces permitted? NEVER!
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Powell Power
Before I begin, I wanted to thank everyone who has written me both ideas and congratulations for our new Annual Overlay feature (yes, I’m going to come up with a better name, hopefully one which doesn’t stink). I don’t think I’ve ever received as many ideas for a given feature before. Anyway, on to the green screens……….
Lifetime highs. That’s what we’re getting on the heels of yesterday’s FOMC announcement and in advance on next week’s G20 summit. Only since June 3, not even three weeks ago, we’re up nearly 2,500 points on the Dow and are busting records left and right.
And Again
For the seventh day in a row, looks like another winner coming for the bulls. Just about the only equity out there with any weakness seems to be the fabled Beyond Meat, which I wrote about last night. It’s down 20% from its peak yesterday.
Grimace
I’ve been doing this whole “charting” and “trading” thing a long time. I was there for the 1987 crash, as well as the bull market that led to it. I can remember the market’s response to the invasion of Kuwait like it was yesterday. The Internet Bubble. The crash of 2001. 9/11. The financial crisis. And on and on and on.
But I’ve never seen anything like what we’re seeing now. You’d think that, in the 11th year of this pre-fab bull market, some two-sided action might be creeping in, but, nope. This entire thing is starting to feel permanent. And it feels like the MMT lunatics are going to end.
Anyway, below are some major indexes and ETFs along with their breakouts:
A Sale of Two Titties
Well, they finally did it. On an adjusted basis (that is, adjusted for dividends, which I think is the only proper way to do it), the SPY has broken out to a lifetime high.
Lifetime Achievement
Another morning, another sea of green. The NASDAQ in particular looks virtually guaranteed to make a lifetime high today. Who could have imagined such a thing just four months ago.
Bad Enough
To expound upon my “bullet entering the brain” post from last night, let’s just go whole hog. Let us assume:
- The federal government has now perfected utter control of equities;
- They have absolutely no reason to ever let them decrease;
- It will be months, years, or decades, before they lose control.
Having embraced those chilling assumptions, here are the measured moves for the cash indexes shown, represented in both point and percentage terms. These measured moves are based on the inverted head and shoulders pattern, all of which are complete except for the Russell 2000. Please note that the percentage gains are measured from the neckline, not from present price levels.
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