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Equity AnalysisEducation

Dec 13, 2014

What I Saw ( Week of 12.8.14 )

Tuesday of this week I expressed a mildly bearish sentiment regarding the broad market. Based on stock market internals including weakening market participation, the duration and velocity of the near vertical bounce off of the October lows it seemed increasingly likely that we would see some profit taking and some sort of correction. Let's see if this estimation was validated by the market. I would say it looks like market participants did decide it was a good time for profit taking/risk reduct

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Dec 9, 2014

What I'm Watching ( Week of 12-8-14 )

How long does equity optimism last without correction? Over the weekend I examined the market internals and came away mildly bearish at these levels. Extreme optimism and lack of participation among the broad indexes make this a week ripe for profit taking and I've been aggressive with my trailing stops etc during the last 2 trading sessions. When will OIL finally bounce? Have investors finally capitulated? I'm short oil via the Inverse ETF SCO ( wish I had more size ) however this has been a