Before the Open (Apr 7)

Good morning. Happy Wednesday.
Except for China, the Asian/Pacific markets closed up across the board – gains were not great. Europe is currently mixed with a bearish lean. Futures here in the States point towards a gap down open for the cash market.
Yesterday, except for the Dow, every index made a new high. Is this a divergence worth noting? Maybe. I personally am not going to read too much into it.
But it is noteworthy the Dow closed 30 points below resistance at 11,000; the S&P closed 10 points below 1200; and the Russell closed just above 700. Here are the weekly charts. Yes this is a logical place to pullback, but the market isn’t logical.

Zooming in a little via the 30-min SPX chart, I see nothing wrong with the current state of things. The trend up since the Feb low remains solidly in place, and while a pullback could come at any time, I don’t see anything that would suggest a pullback will be the beginning of a leg down.

More after the open.
headlines at Yahoo Finance
today’s upgrades/downgrades
this week’s Earnings Reports
this week’s Economic Numbers

0 thoughts on “Before the Open (Apr 7)

  1. Either way? My work says up into Mid May, then some top dancing, followed by a declining fall period. As you usual, good to read the analysis.

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