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  • Comments for this week : * US markets have continued to push higher, while the UK and Germany are more cautious and continue to sit near major resistance levels. Weekly key levels remain bullish for stocks. * In the daily key levels all major stock indexes have followed the lead of the Nasdaq and are

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  • LT wave for July

    Last month’s LT wave chart suggested weakness in stock markets. That didn’t pan out for the US indexes, but still the wave got most of the short term swings correct. I have embedded a S&P 500 chart for June, making it easier to see (click for larger image): The blue line did a fairly good

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  • Average wages are stagnant in the developed countries. Which also means that consumer spending is stagnant, because in the longer term people can spend only as much as they make. So, the economy stays weak. What is the solution? Central banks are trying to create more inflation, as if that will somehow wake the developed

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  • Comments for this week : * We have updated our page explaining the key reversal levels with a lot of new info and details for the different strategy numbers as found in the last column of the daily key tables. This should make it easier to understand and follow this approach. I hope to add

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  • Buy China

    Last week I asked: is the bull exhausted? The answer seems to be a resounding no. The S&P 500 has burst into new highs already, so it looks like its quick pullback to 1925 is all we can get as far as ‘corrections’ go in the current environment. The round number 2000, which would be

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  • Comments for this week : * Continuing bull markets in all major indexes. If the FTSE100 rises a little bit next week we will have a fully bullish picture for stocks again. When and where will it end? Nobody knows. Keeping an eye on the key reversal levels and MoM indicators will tell us when

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  • The S&P 500 fell back towards 1920, as we had indicated last week, with other markets also pulling back from recent highs. Still, the Nasdaq closed out the recent lunar red period with a healthy 68 point gain, suggesting ongoing strength in the market. The Nasdaq is one of the indexes that has not exceeded

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  • Comments for this week : * Stock markets are hesitating after the recent series of new highs. On the weekly level the bull markets are  intact, but in the daily key reversal levels we now see all major indexes with downward MoM, and the FTSE100 has fallen into bearish mode. This can be considered a

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  • Stocks have pushed to new highs in rather convincing fashion. Is this a real breakout, or a just blow-off top? Here is the current chart for the S&P 500 (click for larger image): Our lunar red period has not stopped the recent rally and the S&P 500 chart is showing a clear breakout from the

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  • Comments for this week : * Another strong week for stocks and the Nikkei has finally joined the other markets by turning bullish on the weekly level. All major indexes remain with upside weekly MoM. * In the daily key levels most markets are still going strong as well. The DAX and the FTSE100 are

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