Traders shot for and managed to hit 1,700 on the S&P 500. At this point, there is no real reason for this other than trader games (start of the month buying).
The rising wedge pattern we’ve been tracking is essentially complete. This final jump in the S&P 500 has been a bounce from the upper trendline. But by the look of things, this is likely the final push.
The biggest driver of equity prices is corporate earnings. The only real reason stocks are moving up is based on the belief that the US economy is about to coming roaring back and corporate profits will soar.
This is a totally misguided viewpoint. Financials are the single biggest contributors for earnings growth in the S&P 500. These earnings are entirely fiction based on accounting gimmicks, not real money being made.
Ex-financials, the S&P 500’s earnings for the second quarter are DOWN 2.3%.
There is a word for this kind of market, it’s BUBBLE.
Take a look at how extended the weekly S&P 500 chart is above the 200-week moving average.
So we have a super overextended stock market on a collapsing economy and weaker corporate profits.
What could go wrong?
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Graham Summers