January 14, 2019 | Why a Deal with China Could Land with a Thud

Five straight days of tedium have sapped my enthusiasm for telling you that something worthy of a headline is about to happen on Wall Street. However, the latest update for AMZN (see below) implies that if DaBoyz cannot levitate the stock within the next day or two, they’ll have to take it down by a hundred or so points to a level where it can be supported with less effort. Short-covering is the only source of significant buying power in this distribution phase of an adolescent bear market, but it takes ostensibly bullish ‘news’ to cause this to happen.

In the meantime, we are all waiting for the momentous announcement of a deal with China, but the longer it is delayed (assuming it happens at all), the greater the possibility that it will land with a thud. No one really expects a true trading breakthrough, only a nominal agreement to play fair that would have little immediate impact on trade. Moreover, any positive effect it might have could prove to be too little, too late, especially with the economies of China and Europe already in a downturn.

Rick Ackerman January 14th, 2019

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