No Thrust As Big Money Pulls Back
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Jason Goepfert
Published: 2018-04-17 at 13:20:52 CST
This is an abridged version of our Daily Report.
Two weeks and still no thrust
Stocks have been rallying for a couple of weeks, but there hasn’t yet been a 90% Up Volume day.
Forward returns when there has been a 90% day in the first two weeks were excellent, not so much when not. That is a minor negative for our current signal.
Big money is pulling back
The Barron’s poll of big money managers shows a pullback in optimism despite the (volatile) rally in stocks. The Bull Ratio is about average for the past 19 years. Among sectors, they favor Financials, and Energy while avoiding Utilities to a record degree.
Volatility drop
The Optimism Index on the VXX fund is now below 15 for only the 3rd time in the past year. For a fund that almost always declines, that’s a low reading.
Energy is sizzling
The Energy sector has the most 52-week highs of any other, nearing 20% of stocks in the S&P 500 Energy Sector.
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