$$ - Even though I'm mostly in cash and low-beta stuff (utilities, cigarettes, dividend stocks), the market has been fun to watch this week. The news flow is such that I would expect the market to be going down.
- More bad news from Europe. Things aren't better there.
- Companies profits are okay, but revenues are down. Hey, they're cutting costs! That's not good for jobs or wages, right?
- Companies are lowering forward guidance and in some cases capital expenditures (ie, cutting costs).
- Corn prices are skyrocketing with the lack of rain and intense heat in the breadbasket.
- The economic news is dreadful. More bad news today.
In any other environment, any of those bullet points would get credit as the reason du jour for a market sell off.
But the market is going up!
Hey, like I say in the audiboos and blog, WALL OF WORRY stuff, right? Is it all priced in as we expect the worst?
Meanwhile, it's options expiration week. That's a time when the market tends to rally if the week prior was weak. In addition, the market technicals were way oversold a week ago, with the RSI(2) under 1 on the semis. How long does that usually last before a bounce?
Anyway, I am just watching right now. If anything, I'm tempted to sell the low-beta stuff and raise cash. The low-beta names are all sitting at or near 52-week highs.
It would be tempting to buy $GOOG ahead of earnings. Just because even if they miss, this market is going to send the stock up big. *
* Unless I buy shares - lol
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