sp'weekly9 - general outlook, with fibs
Summary
So, the bears actually managed to control the market for a second week. Even so, the VIX is still at a very low level, and the trading volume/activity remains very low, but then..it is 'sleepy August'.
In theory, this Blue IV' wave should be a little more powerful than the recent sub'4 wave (of May/June). Yet, at best, bears will surely get stuck around the mid 1500s.
With the rising 200 day MA - set to be in the 1570s in mid-September, the bears are going to find it really tough to go much lower than that.
A note on yields
In the scheme of things, bond yields/interest rates remain bizarrely (and stupidly) low, and I do find it laughable how many in the mainstream are getting twitchy about the 'big 3%'.
10yr, monthly'2
On any basis, we have a clear technical breakout above the important 2.75 level, and we look set to battle higher. Target is somewhere in the 3.25/50 zone.
Unlike many doomer bears out there, I don't believe yields in the 3s..or even 4s are going to 'wreck the recovery'...not that I believe there is a 'real' recovery going on anyway.
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**Coming in spring 2014....BEARS, although I don't think it includes anything related to the equity doomer bears...
Goodnight from London
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*next main post, late Saturday, on the US weekly indexes