Tuesday 21 August 2018

Three new historic highs

US equity indexes closed broadly higher, sp +5pts (0.2%) at 2862. The two leaders - Trans/R2K, settled +0.6% and +1.1% respectively. Near term outlook offers further historic highs, with the Nasdaq comp' next to follow the Trans, R2K, and sp'.


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Summary

US equities opened a little higher, and battled upward. The Transports was the first to break a new historic high, with the R2K following, and then the sp'500. There a touch of afternoon cooling, but it does nothing to negate what was a very bullish day.

With equity strength, volatility was naturally subdued, with the VIX settling +3.0% in the upper 12s.

I will perhaps do a special post this weekend, but original target (which is never changed mid year... unlike some), is arguably back on the menu...

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I'd agree that 3245 is a long way up. I'm not the only one touting that 'crazy talk' though. In the mainstream we have Tony Dywer of Canaccord see: Bloomberg. Less mainstream, we have Oscar Carboni, who has a year end ES target of 3258. The latter has interestingly had almost the exact same target as yours truly for the past two years.
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