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Tuesday, September 05, 2017

S&P 500 Index: Momentum is Waning

* See UPDATES below...

The momentum and rate of change indicators have been making a series of lower highs since July 2016 on the Weekly timeframe of the SPX, as shown below. Price has been climbing along the underbelly of a trajectory (beginning in August 2015) set from the 2009 lows to this year's highs, as shown on the following Monthly chart.

This is the reality, as the next major (potentially) catastrophic and costly storm (Hurricane Irma) is predicted to hit the U.S. in the next few days. Add this fact to the latest provocations by North Korea, as well as to a gridlocked and divided Congress, along with stagnant wage growth, and it's difficult to endorse sound reasons for a higher stock market in the coming days/weeks.





* UPDATE September 6 (as Category 5 Hurricane Irma continues to track towards the U.S.)...



* UPDATE September 8...