AAPL is driving the NDX and CAT is the bulk of the Dow Industrial rally. When stock markets become this narrowly driven on thin volumes it is generally a sign of window dressing, or tape painting, and a decline to come since the foundations are not based on sound investment but mere speculation and price manipulation. This week is the end of month and quarter for the hedge funds.
"The problem with movies and books is they make evil look glamorous, exciting, when it's no such thing. It's boring and it's depressing and it's stupid. Criminals are all after cheap thrills and easy money, and when they get them, all they want is more of the same, over and over. They're shallow, empty, boring people who couldn't give you five minutes of interesting conversation. Maybe some can be monkey-clever, some of the time, but they aren't hardly ever smart."
Dean Koontz
27 September 2010
SP 500 and NDX December Futures
AAPL is driving the NDX and CAT is the bulk of the Dow Industrial rally. When stock markets become this narrowly driven on thin volumes it is generally a sign of window dressing, or tape painting, and a decline to come since the foundations are not based on sound investment but mere speculation and price manipulation. This week is the end of month and quarter for the hedge funds.