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"One Would Be Bucking Pretty Stiff Odds To Ignore This Development"
Submitted by Dana Lyons via Dana Lyons' Tumblr,
This brief post will serve as the coup de grace for our “Junkie Market” series. By that, we are referring to days on which there are numerous (in this case, at least 100) new 52-Week Highs AND 52-Week Lows. We have covered such occurrences on the NYSE and the Nasdaq exchanges. If you’ll recall, these events tended to pop up near cyclical market tops. Thus, the forward returns in the averages were very poor, especially in the longer-term. Inspired by yesterday’s occurrence, today’s Chart Of The Day looks at days on which there were at least 100 New Highs and Lows on both the NYSE AND Nasdaq.

As you might expect, the timing of these dates was not too auspicious. They were primarily concentrated around the 1998 intermediate-term top and the 2000 and 2007 cyclical tops. Additionally, there have now been 7 occurrences in the past 7 months. Judging by the historical performance in the S&P 500, this is a bit of a concern for market participants.

It is not necessarily the death knell for the bull market. There have been occasions after which the S&P 500 fared alright in the longer-term. However, of the 17 occurrences which happened far enough in the past to provide a measurement, just 5 showed a positive return 1, and even 2, years later. Furthermore, obviously given the location of many of the events near cyclical peaks, the median 2-year return is a paltry -20.4%. Therefore, one would be bucking pretty stiff odds to dismiss this development.
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Ignore what?
Feel lucky punk?
The massive epic biblical comet about to impact your head.
No big deal though.. You won't feel a thing.
ONly 7 of these happened since 2008. Pretty irrelevant to extrapolate pre-QE/ZIRP patterns to the present.
Labor participation rate stays at 38-year low of 62.6% I'd say they are gaming the participation rate at this stage and its much MUCH! lower than forecast.
so, i should buy today and sell in exactly 6 months?
It's Friday - sell gold buy stocks (BTFD).
Ever watch a helium balloon when your kid discards it in the garage?
I huff them and use my squeaky voice until I pass out.
A few percentage points off "all time high"...
whatever, the politician sold everyone in America down the river a long time ago.
BOTH parties are fully owned, everyone is too pussified/sedated to do shit...
fucking sad.
Since the markets used to be based on price discovery and risk asessment, their historical performance is less relevant today in a rigged market where central banks determine asset prices by diktat, while p/e ratios and supply and demand curves become quaint relics of the past.
No mention of the Hindenburg Omen as an expression of weak market internals.
Pretty weak tea. By the way, we're inside of two confirmed HO windows at the moment.
HTHHAND