Nikkei Working on a Break-Out; Next Up 14K by the End of 2013?
In the chart below the Nikkei is attempting to break-out from a consolidation flag pattern formed by lines (1) and (2), which has been in development since 2008. If a break-out occurs, it could result in materially more upside in…
Big Break-Out in the SPX
Self-explanatory below – big break-out in SPX on the Fed news today taking out resistance that’s been in place since mid September per line (1). So long as these gains hold through today/end of week, we’d believe this break-out portends…
Where Next For Interest Rates?
First off, we plot the 10 year interest rate below. Very nice and tight consolidation pattern that’s taken place along lines (1)-(3) that looks very close to ending. A break above line (1) and rates could shoot aggressively higher over…...
Airlines Have Greatly Out-Performed the SPX Since late May; More Upside to Come?
Our first post on the airlines and their potential for out-performance moving forward dates back to May 30 in this post. Since that time, when global risk assets in general were near their corrective summer lows, the S&P 500 Airlines…
Houston, Do we Have a Problem?
Remember this post that had us wildly bullish a few months back given the statistical significance of its conclusions? Well, that analysis went into effect as of the week of 8/17/12, the week we received the signal. As of the…...
Euro Financials Have Beat the SPX by 30% Since Summer, Now What?
The chart below plots the ratio of the DJ Euro Financials Index vs. SPX This ratio has risen by ~30% since this summer after bottoming along line (3). For some background on why Euro-centric has out-performed U.S.-centric in recent months,…...
If Silver Was a Bubble and 2011 Marked the Top, This is Where the Second Wave of Selling Likely Begins
It’s been a long time since we’ve done any work on silver or precious metals for that matter. There just haven’t been many interesting technical set-ups to speak of one way or the other. However, that seems to have changed…...
Getting Granular: Equities Cheap vs. Credit?
We plot the path HYG & JNK have traveled against SPY over the past year in the chart below. They have all tended to track together over the past year. Just as equities appeared expensive vs. credit in 2Q12 in front of…
Analog Update
Per my email this morning about only giving this market a day or two worth of leash before giving up and turning structurally bearish, the analogs call for an insane launch higher, basically begining in and around this week. As…...
The SSEC Likely Continues Lower Though Its Irrelevancy Continues to Grow
We’ve been of the opinion that if the SSEC were to continue lower, it would not necessarily be indicative of an imminent global slow-down/recession/equity collapse. That thesis is largely derived from the chart below, which plots the path the SSEC…