Another day, more blue skies for the major stock market indices. The pain for the bears has to be strong and growing, but I have yet to see evidence that they are throwing in the towel en mass. And price action has done absolutely wrong to suggest anything more than a trading pullback.
As I mentioned the other day, I think it pays to be a little more vigilant here, not that I think we are going to see a full fledged correction or the need to make outright sales to raise cash. Sentiment has grown a little complacent and stocks are at all-time highs, sometimes an ingredient for a quick pullback. However, the plan remains the same. Until proven otherwise, pullbacks are buying opportunities.
The longer the market can go without giving up significant gains, the more likely the resolution will be sharply higher. As a bull, it would be great to see some sideways action for a week or so and then another blast higher to really squeeze the bears. Ultimately, I still believe that stocks will experience a major blow off to the upside before the bull market ends, however, it doesn’t look like that’s right here.
Sector leadership continues to rotate in an intermediate-term positive fashion with REITs, utilities and staples all ceding to consumer discretionary, semis, biotech.
Gearing up to visit Jeff Macke and the good folks at Yahoo Finance tomorrow and then see my old friend Melissa Francis at Fox Business on her show MONEY.
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