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This Led to Declines Every Time in the Past 93 Years

Jason Goepfert
2021-06-28
Despite hitting new highs late last week, fewer than half of S&P 500 stock were trading above their 50-day moving averages.

There is some weird stuff happening under the surface of the market.

Early last week, the percentage of S&P 500 members above their 50-day moving averages had plunged, even while the majority were still above their 200-day averages. That has tended to be a good sign.

But...

The problem is what's happened in recent sessions. Despite a push to new highs in the S&P toward the end of the week, the percentage of its members above their averages barely budged. In terms of divergences, this one is gonzo.

Divergence with S&P 500 members above 50-day average

Going back to the mid-1920's, there have only been a handful of dates with breaks like this. It happened in 1929, 1959, 1963, 1972, 1998, and 1999, and all of them ended up preceding losses in stocks.

Several more days (or weeks) with this kind of behavior should trigger all kinds of risk warnings, the types of things we've been watching for since speculation reached its heights in February.

What else we're looking at

  • More details about what happens with new highs with lower participation
  • A different look at the percentage of companies trading around their 50-day averages


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With recent declines, 90% of gold mining stocks are now mired in bear markets. Since the GDX fund bottomed in 2018, secondary bottoms triggered when 100% of miners fell into bear markets. We update this figure every day for premium members.

Etcetera

Fund flood. According to Lipper, equity mutual funds pulled in nearly $13 billion in assets in a single week recently. That's the 2nd-largest inflow in more than 15 years.

mutual fund flow

Small spec-big gains. Nonreportable traders, otherwise known as small speculators, held more than $40 billion in major equity index futures, the largest amount ever, as of mid-June. In the latest week, they drastically reduced those positions.

small speculator equity index position

Crunch time. The Crypto Fear and Greed Index has stayed below 40 for the past month. The last time this happened, when sentiment finally turned it preceded a year-long rally in bitcoin and other crypto assets.

crypto fear & greed sentiment

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