Scheduled Opportunity
An Alert to Pending Change
• The "good stuff" has been expected to rally out to April-May.
• Copper soared 80% from 126 late in the year to 225 on April 15. This registered an Upside Exhaustion on our proprietary model, from which a test of the high was possible. This is being attempted now, but at lower momentum levels. The last such set up occurred at the cyclical peak two years ago.
• The rally for lower-grade corporate bonds has been outstanding, with the junk-yield declining from 42% in early March to 28.4%. The spread, over treasuries, has narrowed from a horrendous 3800 bps to "only" 2930 bps.
• The S&P has rallied 36% from 667 in early March to 910 on Monday. This is registering a strong overbought on our Summation model. Any loss of momentum with a lower weekly close or a week with a lower low will set the stage for the next decline.
• Other than natural gas, commodities have enjoyed rallies into the right timewindow. These include crude oil, grains and soybeans, as well as all base metals.
• Silver has been expected to outperform gold until around now and the gold/silver ratio has declined to 69.
• The Dollar Index was also likely to decline into this window.
One important event needed to meet all of out targets for the rebound out of a classic fall crash occurred today with Bernanke's statement that "We expect economic activity to turn up later in the year". This matches similar observations made by the establishment in April-May 1930, and was prompted by the same stimulus. The Fed chief explained that the positive note was due to the "Combination of a broad rally in equity prices and a sizable reduction in risk spreads."
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Author: Bob Hoye
Bob Hoye
Institutional Advisors
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