Since the War began on Feb 27th, the S&P 500 (black) is up 7.34%. But the S&P 500 without AI stocks (blue) is effectively unchanged. So, the entire S&P 500 Index rally since February has been driven by AI stocks.
But look at what happened on Friday, June 5th!
The S&P 500 was down 2.6%, its biggest daily loss since last October.
The S&P 500 without AI was up 0.02% (call it unchanged).
So, the entire sell-off on Friday was AI stocks. The "normal world" did nothing on Friday.
Parting Shot: update to May 17 "throw-over" chart post.
The picture remains the same when using a log scale. A push back down into the 6350 - 7080 range basis June SPs would suggest the mother of all bull traps.
Textbook example of a "late-stage throw-over". Price closes above a well rising trendline late in the game. This signals trend exhaustion, a buying climax or blowoff top. SP Weekly chart:
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When the market gives range expansion like this (in both Sp and Naz), there are very high odds the market will trade below today's low tomorrow (if it is below the first hours range by noontime.) Money is made by holding on trend days.
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