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Calm Market Waters Hide Fierce Undercurrents
Calm Market Waters Hide Fierce Undercurrents
Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com,
The price movement in the broad S&P 500 index is relatively calm. Yet the market’s undercurrent, as measured by sharply diverging returns across stock sectors and factors, is anything but calm. The current market picture we paint is well embodied by a quote from Jules Verne in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
“The sea was perfectly calm; scarcely a ripple disturbed its surface. But beneath this tranquil exterior, powerful currents were flowing with irresistible force.”
Given this divergence between the calm...
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