In fact this is true, since 1951 which is the maximum my database gets, when January was a down month either of 3 things happened:
- Flat year
- Correction bigger than 10%
- Bear market or resume of bear market.
This is true for almost 60 years which is rather amazing. So statistically speaking the maximum potential would be a flat year. My perspective as many of you know is inclined for the 3rd option. I have for long shouted out loud, that we are in a bear market rally and so far everything points to that.
Economically speaking, nothing has improved other than the usual "it stopped falling as hard the macro indicators, etc etc".
As we've seen lately with the Greece news, the markets are rather nervous. Deficits are sky high and sovereign debt costs in PIIGS countries are sky rocketing. For Greece, investors almost are counting on a default.
10 year bonds were 4+% in December... they are now 7.4% ! This is a parabolic move and something must be going on the background for this to happen... If Greece goes under I have no doubt other countries will follow suit... especially my poor little Portugal, unfortunately.
I have no access to them right now but will post them later during the day.
As for our friends at EWI they have been very bearish as well, and I believe they are in the correct path and that we are in a deflationary period. All indicates to that so far...
Here's a graph from the Money Supply Aggregate and how ferociously the contraction of the monetary aggregate has been for the past 1-2 years
We are approaching dangerously to the same figures as happened during the 30's.
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As for the markets this week, well, we're deeply oversold and I think a correction of higher degree may happen this week. 1060 on S&P may be a launching point for a rise up to 1100 points maybe... but the goal here from now on is trying to spot the tops and not finding bottoms. Market has changed...
