In spite of lifetime highs in most areas, the financials continue to look vulnerable. I mean, not everyone can be Netflix and Amazon, right? Anyway, the Analog From Hell is still utterly intact on the XLF:
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Gas Money
Sheesh, what is with this market? Tuesday was awesome for me. Wednesday was absolutely horrible. And now today, Thursday, is going great. Could the market make up its mind? No, I’ll go one better. Have the market go down 2% daily, every day, until it is 0. That’ll suit me nicely. This up/down/up/down stuff is driving both the good guys (the bears) and the wicked evildoers (the bulls) out of their respective minds. It’s sick.
Anyway. I wanted to share a couple of unrelated short ideas (tied together by my clever post title). The first is the financial sector, XLF, which gapped down nicely where that circle is shown. This sector peaked back on January 29th, and its gap is at 27.72. I have so many bank stocks in my portfolio already, it would be redundant for me to short this one too, but it’s a cool chart.
Bank of Nova Scotia
I wanted to offer up a short idea in the form of Bank of Nova Scotia (symbol BNS). It is range-bound at the moment, and I’ve got my stop at 62.65:
Stanley!
I think it’s worth noting the broad cycles that Morgan Stanley has had over many years. Below I’ve shown (with a bit of help from Mr. Roper) what the moving averages have illustrated about Morgan’s moves over the decades. To my eyes, it seems to have peaked, as it has twice before.
Financials Crack Support
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