Thursday, March 2, 2017

The Beatings Will Continue Until Morality Improves

Yesterday's gap up, and today's key reversal, gave Financials a 2008-style shooting star look on the weekly. Other than that it was just another day...

It's clear that the dollar will remain strong just long enough to bring down every other asset class - per the wishes of the Fed, and everyone else who believes in fake reflation. Which is statistically everyone. I showed Oil and EM stocks earlier. Long bonds finally succumbed to the fake reflation theme by selling off today, keeping USDJPY bid. For now...

The S&P closed right at yesterday's gap. Island reversal of fortune? Suffice to say, based upon the number of open gaps, it's a tad overdue:


Regional banks gave up almost all of yesterday's gain:


Which is finally giving the weekly chart that 2008 shooting star look...



Schwab has the right look too...
With the IPO Mutual fund


Joining Ameritrade




CoalPlosion well underway


I thought this was interesting

S&P rate of change has already rolled over...


Small caps and junk stocks getting the worst of it...



Carl Icahn's hedge fund continues to implode


As hedge funds overall continue to underperform the S&P