Running thin
Key points
- The S&P 500 Trend Score (Average) is stuck at historically weak levels while the index grinds to new highs, the longest stretch of dead breadth beneath a rising tape on record
- The signal gives nothing in the near term, the first month is a coin flip, but the tail is the signal, the average hides everything
- When these setups fail, they do not fail small. They coincide with regime breaks
Not the good kind
A month ago we wrote about an index that keeps climbing while fewer and fewer stocks do the work. Since then, the Hindenburg Omen has fired. The Titanic signal has triggered. Yesterday the team published a piece called "Weekend at Bernie's", the market hitting new highs while breadth collapses beneath it.
The theme is not subtle. The S&P 500 Trend Score (Average) puts a number on it. Below 5 is weak. Below 5 while the index sits at all-time highs is something else entirely.

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