Sunday, April 5, 2015

MONDAY 4/6/15; US Markets Drop and Pop; PMI Services; ISM Non-Mfg Index

Australia, New Zealand and South Africa markets are closed until tomorrow, Tuesday, 4/7/15. Chinese, Hong Kong and Taiwan markets are closed. The Hang Seng Index is closed until Wednesday, 4/8/15. The Ching Ming Festival to honor the dead continues into early this week. The Chakri Memorial Day occurs in Bangkok, Thailand.

At 9:55 AM local Tokyo time (8:55 AM EST Easter Sunday evening in the States), the Nikkei Index is trading down -0.3% and the KOSPI is up +0.3%. Toshiba loses -5% on alleged accounting problems. Sharp is up +5.6% on news of potentially spinning off its LCD business to unlock value. Samsung 























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 buzzsaw as the dividend stock bubble matures and is prime for popping. The SDY and DVY monthly charts are overbot with negative divergence across all indicators. In other words, dividend stocks are running out of gas and a multi-year top is likely to occur at anytime in the weeks ahead. The CPCE put/call ratio is 0.50 indicating rampant complacency in the stock market and a likely near-term top is at hand.

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