Time for Equities to be Worried?
Chart below shows locations on the SPX where each of the following are fulfilled: 1) Intra-day high represents a new one-year high 2) Intra-day high at least 50 bps > previous day close 3) Intra-day low at least 75 bps…
USD Finally Going to Find Support & Bounce, Hurt Precious Metals in the Process?
We’ve been broadly bearish on the USD since May. We’ve outlined the justification for that stance in various posts in the recnent past here and here. In a nutshell, from a statistical standpoint, history told us that the USD’s recent…
The Dow Has Never Had Four Consecutive Annual Gains in a Secular Bear Market / Are Central Banks Breaking Historical Market Cycles?
Do you believe this is a secular bear market? If you do, take note that the Dow has never registered four consecutive annual gains in a secular bear market – EVER. And yet, it was up in each of 2009,…
Is The Russell 2000 Now Working on a 1995 Style Break-Out?
Our earliest posts on the R2K were directionally bearish in nature. On 5/30 we suggested the index’s path of least resistance was likely down. A month later on 6/27 we then suggested downside risks remained elevated over the intermediate-term. Neither…...
This Mystery Asset Looks to Share Two Bubble Tops Strikingly Similar to Silver’s Bubble Tops in 1980 and 2011
I’m not going to reveal what the top chart is yet as the whole point of this analysis is to clear our mind of biases and facilitate fluid and objective thought outside of the box. The lower chart I…...
Systematic Models Signaling Long or Short Right Here?
Close, but no cigar on the short signal. Only 9% in incremental complacency and we’ll get there on the systematic model. Probably down to about two-four trading days in terms of time. After that, we need to see volatility (choppy…...
Despite Potential for Longer-Term Declines, 10 and 30 Yr UST Prices Approaching Near-Term Support and Could Bounce
We made the case a month ago that the secular bond bull in USTs was likely nearing its end. Since then, yields on the 10 Yr have risen 25%, as we pointed out yesterday. As the monthly charts of 10 and…
If the Dow Closes above 12,982 this Week, Data Back to 1896 Says There’s a 91% Chance it Will Be Higher in a Year by 15% (Median Gain, 63 Examples)
Pretty incredible analysis and statistically in-line with what I’ve noted recently – when the market’s price momentum, as gauged by its one year RoC / YoY is surging as much as it currently is (+22% this week) it typically means you’re in…...
With 10 Yr Rates 25% Higher Since our Original Post, Were We Correct to Suggest on 7/17 that the Secular Bond Bull Was Nearing its End?
On July 17 we noted in a post that we believed the days of yield declines in UST securities was likely near an end. And we meant from a secular standpoint, not a cyclical one. We based this view on an…
Hedge Fund Legends Love Gold Again…Should They?
Add gold to the list of things that remain epic-ly confusing. Watching this metal (and silver and everything else) is like watching paint dry. When will the next big move happen? If you refer back to our last post on…...