So, we're in the midst of (yet) another rally in the markets. But this one feels different…
For those sitting on large cash positions, it's increasingly looking like the long-overdue and long-awaiting end to the secular bull market may indeed arrive this year.
There is NOTHING wrong with remaining 100% in cash and simply letting your cash appreciate realtive to stocks/bonds/etc when the correction hits.
But, if you want to have some upside exposure to the correction, now is a good time to consider how much of your portfolio to allocate to that strategy. And what to put it in. And to start putting small positions in place.
Technically, it continues to look like something broke at the start of 2018. The ruler-straight run-up in the major stock indeces seen over the past decade suddenly stopped as the year began. Since then, we've seen more price volatility than in the past several years combined.
And despite the most recent price action, both the Dow and the S&P 500 remain below their all-time-highs set in early January. And while the NADAQ is now higher, there are many reasons to be concerened about its ability to rise much further — a rationale I'll lay out shortly below.
Technical Red Flags
This latest rally is rising two important red flags.
The first is volume-related. This most recent rally has occured on exceptionally low volume, near the lowest levels seen over the past year.
This indicates that the optimism represented by today's buyers is not widespread across market participants (i.e., there's not a horde of buyers eager to keep pushing prices higher). This hints that the rally may soon run out of steam.
Low volume driving a rising market also suggests fewer buyers willing to step in to defend today's price levels if they start falling.
The second warning sign is that we're seeing Rising Wedge formations appearing in the major equity indices as we see in this chart…
The Case For Starting To Build A (Small) Short Position
PREVIEW by Adam TaggartSo, we're in the midst of (yet) another rally in the markets. But this one feels different…
For those sitting on large cash positions, it's increasingly looking like the long-overdue and long-awaiting end to the secular bull market may indeed arrive this year.
There is NOTHING wrong with remaining 100% in cash and simply letting your cash appreciate realtive to stocks/bonds/etc when the correction hits.
But, if you want to have some upside exposure to the correction, now is a good time to consider how much of your portfolio to allocate to that strategy. And what to put it in. And to start putting small positions in place.
Technically, it continues to look like something broke at the start of 2018. The ruler-straight run-up in the major stock indeces seen over the past decade suddenly stopped as the year began. Since then, we've seen more price volatility than in the past several years combined.
And despite the most recent price action, both the Dow and the S&P 500 remain below their all-time-highs set in early January. And while the NADAQ is now higher, there are many reasons to be concerened about its ability to rise much further — a rationale I'll lay out shortly below.
Technical Red Flags
This latest rally is rising two important red flags.
The first is volume-related. This most recent rally has occured on exceptionally low volume, near the lowest levels seen over the past year.
This indicates that the optimism represented by today's buyers is not widespread across market participants (i.e., there's not a horde of buyers eager to keep pushing prices higher). This hints that the rally may soon run out of steam.
Low volume driving a rising market also suggests fewer buyers willing to step in to defend today's price levels if they start falling.
The second warning sign is that we're seeing Rising Wedge formations appearing in the major equity indices as we see in this chart…
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