Are you wondering how bonds, gold, volatility, the S&P 500 and NASDAQ can all run up on the same day? Plus, Beyond Meat, Amazon, cannabis, Tesla and Oil and Gas Exploration partied like they boarded SpaceX!
Well, think of it this way. Stanley Druckenmiller manned up and admitted he was completely humbled by this market rally. So, don't feel so bad.
And that is why we have a Family. An Economic Modern Family.
We have the guy who is so predictable, his moniker so aptly matches his price behavior. And we are happy for him.
On Friday, I wrote for the daily: "The one [possible topping pattern] I am interested in is the one that could be setting up in Regional Banks (KRE). That gapped up, failed to clear the 200-DMA, then closed near the intraday lows. I like KRE for the last couple of years as an early indicator of impending weakness in the market all around."
This is why Regional Banks are a great voice of reason.
Above are 2 views of KRE. The weekly chart shows that it cleared the resistance that going back from the 2018 lows. That makes 44.40 an area of support. The daily chart shows the gap up from last Friday. On Monday, KRE closed higher again, rising by 3%.
But I can relate to this chart. KRE is still under the 200-DMA, which makes it a continuing underperformer. On the weekly chart, it is still under the 50-week MA.
The Fed is challenging regional banks as the new Prodigal Son. They have something KRE doesn't have - a printing press.
Today, they announced that they are easing the terms for its Main Street Lending Program. Free money, money everywhere, with 16% of the labor force unemployed. How could Druckenmiller have guessed the Fed would still be talking about the potential of negative rates even as SPY wipes out all the losses since COVID-19?
Whether it is the FED or our real Prodigal Son, something has to give. KRE could gap higher and clear the 200-DMA. And it could easily gap lower and confirm an exhaustion gap. After that, who comes home begging for forgiveness? Maybe it'll be the new generation of totally inexperienced Robinhood traders, who, unlike Druckenmiller, have yet to swallow humble pie.
- S&P 500 (SPY): 323 big resistance and a move under 317 suspect
- Russell 2000 (IWM): At the top of a channel that goes back to the week from hell (February 28, 2020). 154 resistance
- Dow (DIA): 270 support resistance at 280
- Nasdaq (QQQ): Where no man has gone before
- KRE (Regional Banks): 48 resistance and needs to hold 44.50
- SMH (Semiconductors): Closed just well enough to avoid a reversal top
- IYT (Transportation): Inside day on the 200-DMA - another sober sector
- IBB (Biotechnology): 130-136 current range
- XRT (Retail): Granny - considering how bad the consumer economy is, you complete me
- Volatility Index (VXX): Improved in phase to caution - and a bonafide reversal pattern
Mish Schneider
MarketGauge.com
Director of Trading Research and Education
