Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Getting Dangerous

I am still constructive on this market, and expect all dips to be buying opportunities.  But the easy dip buying money is gone.  The dips going forward will be trickier, probably deeper, and won't bounce back so quickly.  The market is getting saturated.  The longs have been gradually adding exposure and eventually that will weigh heavily on the market when the potential investor supply dries out.  I am expecting the sell in May and go away crowd jumping the gun and selling this month.  I am already looking forward to the FOMC meeting three weeks away, on April 25.  I expect nothing from Banana Ben and that should disappoint the crowd.   That could be a catalyst for longs to capitulate and form a bottom for us to run higher into the summer.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

It is worse, ECB worried about inflation WTF, you just got Italian and Spanish banks to load up on a carry trade and now hung out to dry? Lesson 101 from Japan sell any pause in central bank easing. No normal monetary policy until we deleverage

Market Owl said...

European stocks are so depressed, and beaten down, I don't think there is much downside there. It's more dangerous to be long S&P than Eurostoxx for the next 5 years.