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Multiple Signs of a Top Forming



-- Posted Friday, 13 September 2013 | | Disqus

By Graham Summers

 

Tops never form cleanly.

 

I’ve made the mistake of attempting to call a top on the “dot” in the past. The reality is that anyone who attempts to do so is exercising their ego more than their judgment.

 

Market tops occur when investor psychology changes. But it’s not a clean shift. Investors, like any category of people, are comprised of numerous groups or sub-sects: some get it sooner than others.

 

In this sense there are certain tell tale signs that a top is forming. This doesn’t mean a top is “in” nor does it imply a specific timeline for a top to form (say a week vs. a few weeks).

 

However, there are clear signals that appear around tops. And I want to alert you that multiple ones are flashing right now.

 

First and foremost, the number of stocks that continue to break to new highs is contracting sharply.

 

This means that fewer and fewer stocks are breaking out to new highs while the market continues to surge higher. In other words, the market rally is being driven by fewer and fewer companies.

 

We get additional confirmation that the market is likely forming a top from the “smart money.”

 

Over the last 12 months, institutional investors have been net sellers of stocks for most of the time. This trend became much more pronounced in July with institutions selling an average of $1 billion in stocks.

 

In particular I want to note that institutional investors are dumping stocks at a pace last seen in the first half of 2008.

 

Among the financial institutions that are dumping stocks include Apollo Group, Blackstone Group, and Fortress Investment Group.

 

These groups are not only selling themselves, but have been urging their high net worth clients to sell stocks as well.

 

In addition to this, those at the top of the corporate food chain are uneasy with the prospects for growth. According to Markit’s semi-annual Global Business Outlook Survey of 11,000 CEOs found Chief Executives to be the most negative since the depths of the Great Recession in early 2009.

 

Thus, we see the “smart money” exiting the markets.  We also see fewer and fewer companies participating in the market rally. Those who run these companies are more pessimistic than at any point in the last five years dating back to the nadir of the 2009 collapse. And finally we have investors as a whole displaying the most complacency about the market in history.

 

If you have not taken steps to prepare for a market collapse, we have a FREE Special Report that outlines how to prepare your portfolio. To pick up a copy, swing by:

 

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Best Regards

 

Phoenix Capital Research

 


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