Mid Week update

This market is showing amazing strength and I must concede that if it continues much longer then my thesis that seasonality and Euro zone debt woes would spur a correction was wrong.

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This is the Consumer Discretionary ETF and as you can see, it's on a tear!  Notice the price relative chart on the bottom panel.  It is outperforming the S&P 500 significantly.  This is speaking to a stronger economy folks!

However, inter market relationships are distorted.  Here's the Barclays iShares 20+Year Treasury Bond ETF:

As stocks rally, Treasuries should be selling off but we are seeing just the opposite.  While it's true that this chart is less than impressive (notice momentum is rolling over in the top panel) until we see a definitive downturn in Treasuries we have to question the rally in stocks.

And here's what commodities are doing as represented by the Goldman Sachs Industrial Metals Index:

The index penetrated a resistance line (blue dashed line) this week which is a bullish indication but yesterday retraced the break out.  Short term momentum (top panel) curled down and longer term momentum (lower panel) is showing the slightest signs of weakness.  If this break out is valid we should bounce off the blue dashed line and head higher.

From a survey of just these three charts we have to say that the Bulls are winning this market battle but there is no "all clear" in the market.  But when is there ever?  :-)

Obviously, there's a lot more going on here but it's an extremely busy week.  Gotta go!