Kill the chickens… to scare the monkeys

http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=$SPX&p=D&yr=0&mn=6&dy=0&id=p22775897357&a=266398464 The old Chinese proverb regarding mind control is "Kill the chickens to scare the monkeys."  We have just witnessed an example of this, complete with spurious trendline breaks.  Meanwhile…

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Beach ball Babylon…

  (no link--go to stockcharts.com) The PnF chart thinks we have a target of 2040.  We think that is the lower end of targets.  An analyst we very much respect,…

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Breakout day.

  http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=QQQ&p=D&yr=1&mn=0&dy=0&id=p71514206946&a=350515648 Obviously we are having a breakout day with the SPX up -- at one point -- 17 points.  The Dow up about 150.  We joined the buying panic…

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Trench warfare

  http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=$SPX&p=D&yr=0&mn=6&dy=0&id=p83257770514&a=266398464 With Memorial day on us it is worth reminding readers of the horrors of World War I.  After a series of indecisive battles (and the German failure to…

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The art and science of top analysis

  http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=$SPX&p=D&yr=0&mn=6&dy=0&id=p83257770514&a=266398464 Forget the science part.  There is none at present which is dependable.  Technicians are running around crazily calculating RSIs and MACDs  and computing cycles and "analogues" and  throwing…

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