http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-10-29/markets-its-all-about-magic
Authored by Sven Henrich via NorthmanTrader.com,
It’s all about the magic.
Firstly, following up on the Liquidity Wave: Mario Draghi followed through on his primary mission and did not upset markets. Indeed Super Mario gave the $DAX virtually all of its price gains for October:
Magic.
Just so we’re still clear who’s running the price discovery show in global markets:
Magic.
You do realize that Mario Draghi’s term is ending in 2019. Which means he will have never raised rates once during his entire tenure. He came, he saw, and he was easy. And stayed easy. And then went on to cushy speaking engagements. Magic.
Next in the line of magic: Tech.
Tech flew to new highs on Friday on the heels of earnings reports and markets celebrated Jeff Bezos becoming the richest man in the world with a $90B net worth.
Magic. Cause it was all done with a shrinking earnings picture:
Operating income cut in half and net income 23% of what it was last year. But hey, disruption and destruction of the entire retail space as we’ve seen 6,700 store closings already in 2017.
So one company kills the margins for everyone else, has an operating margin of virtually zero itself, but hey, magic:
Indeed the real magic is in market cap expansion. It is true the tech monopolies are killing it in terms of growth and market share, but the market cap expansion that comes with it is awe inspiring.
Someone ran the math:
AMZN now has a market cap of $528B with a PEG ratio of 4.77. But it’s not about valuation and it’s clearly not about earnings. It’s about magic.
So tech screamed to new highs on Friday.
Watch the magic:
New Highs vs New Lows on Nasdaq:
$NDX stock above their 50MA:
I take it you noticed that sinking feeling.
But it’s not only tech, it extends to the entire market:
$SPX:
$NYA:
Indeed the new highs on Friday?
Came on a negative $NYMO:
The entire new highs picture since September has come on lower and lower $NYMO readings.
Check recent cumulative advance/decline:
New highs on running cumulative negative advance/decline issues.
And all of this of course is reflective of a long standing trend in equal weight that just fell off the cliff:
But hey. Time for tax cuts, the top 1% are suffering:
Convincing voters that these folks need tax cuts so that they themselves may fare better may indeed be a true magic act.
But that’s what everyone is waiting for I’m presuming. After all this would be the reason why investors are fully long positioned per the Rydex bull/bear ratio, now at 0.05:
I do not like this fellow,
LOTS OF CHARTS AND STUFF,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Realist - Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same -- hardihood. Give them raw truth.
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