At this point, what is there left to say, really? The super simple engine of (a) Trillions of Fed Bux leading to (b) ceaselessly higher equity prices continues to work with the certainty of a wizard’s wand.
Below is chart after chart of major U.S. equity indexes, stripped of their price data and merely showing the trio (50, 100, 200-day) of exponential moving averages.
The ascent in recent months isn’t just smooth; it is relentlessly powerful, and none of the lines are even bothering to threaten a bearish crossover. Just look at this freak show…….
Dow Jones Composite
Dow Jones Industrial Average daily chart.
NASDAQ Composite
NASDAQ Composite daily chart.
NASDAQ 100
NASDAQ 100 daily chart.
S&P 100
S&P 100 daily chart.
Philadelphia Semiconducter Index
Philadelphia Semiconductor Index daily chart.
S&P 500
S&P 500 daily chart.
Dow 20 Transports
Dow Jones Transportation daily chart.
Broker/Dealer Index
ARCA Securities Broker daily chart.
Oil Index
OK, there’s one place that might be in for some serious swooning, but honestly, this is about it:
ARCA Oil daily chart.
VIX
But, in the end, there’s only this chart which is having an honest-to-God bear market of its own, and that is the market of rational fear.
VIX daily chart.
