Summary:
Bears must bring the SPX down bellow 878 tomorrow to prove themselves.
The long term bond yield might be the market's biggest concern from now on.
| Trend | Momentum | Comments - Sample for using the trend table. | |
| Long-term | Down | Idea for trading intermediate-term under primary down trend. | |
| Intermediate | Down | Neutral | Wait breakdown bellow SPX 878 to confirm sell signals. |
| Short-term | Up | Neutral |
Today is the 3rd bearish reversal day since May. The previous 2 so far didn’t cause any real trend change. Will the 3rd time be the charm? A follow-through tomorrow is needed to confirm the today’s reversal. And according to 7.1.0 Use n vs n Rule to Identify a Trend Change, if we do have a follow-through tomorrow, the low must be lower than 878 to prove that indeed bears rule this time.
3.0.0 10Y T-Bill Yield, sharply rising yield is the main reason for today’s sell off, which I believe, will be the market’s major concern from now on.
Why the sharply rising yield will be the market’s major concern? I have no financial background so just let me explain it in a simple way from my simple naive understandings. From economy point of view, higher yield means higher borrowing cost and therefore is not good for the economy to recover. We all know that the current Fed rate is near zero, so in order to further bring down the borrowing cost, the Fed announced a buy back program to buy back treasury bill, but this is far not enough for what the US government needs therefore it still needs other investors to participate. The problem is, if the yield is not high enough, the other investors won’t be interested, while if the yield is too high, it’ll be not good for the economy to recover. Well, anyway, this sounds like a dead lock to me. The sharply rising yield today made people worry if the Fed is still in control and therefore a further worry about the recovery of the economy and eventually causing the sell off the stock market. By the way, it seems to me another dead lock here: if you believe a bull market has started, then the rising stock market would mean a higher yield, while a higher yield would do no good to the economy, while if the economy couldn’t recover then why the stock market went so high? The following chart illustrates what’s going on now, again from my simple naive understandings.
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