Another look at the bearish small cap divergence is found in the below chart, showing a ratio of the Russell 2000 small cap index over the S&P 500 index since 2006. Each time we saw this break down since 2010, the Fed raced to the rescue with another round of QE; this time they are tightening tapering, not adding more.
The 10 year Treasury yield is so far confirming the small cap vote for slower growth ahead.
Sure HFT gamers don’t care about sales, income, jobs, economic growth or valuations, but alas, the real world must. The following chart courtesy of John Hussman shows that 49% of the Russell 2000 stocks have now entered a bear market with losses of 20% or more so far.
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Many will focus the blame of market drawdowns on the tariffs and ignore the fact the SP500 (only a few weeks ago) was trading at 4 std devs above its historical mean…valuation also matters.
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetterBREAKING: The European Union is preparing further counter measures against newly announced US tariffs of 20%, per CNBC.
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