A Key Metric in Determining Market Collapses One of the better metrics I've come across for detecting a market crash is the 50-week moving average. This the sum of the market's weekly closing prices over the prior 50 weeks, divided by 50. Looking at the chart below, you can see that if you got out of stocks whenever the S&P 500 broke below this line, you would have avoided some of the worst collapses on record – including the March meltdown of 2020 (red circles in the chart below). More recently, the S&P 500 just broke above this line for the first time since the March lows (red circle on the right). The question now is whether this is a real break and stocks are going to enter a prologue bull market… or if stocks are going to roll over again and collapse as they did in late 2018 (red circle on the left). The 50-week moving average is one of the key metrics I'm favoring for when to prepare for the next leg down. As I continue to assert, the primary trend is up. But given how horrific the economy is, we need to keep one eye on the exits to ensure we avoid another collapse. And thanks to the 50-week moving average, we can take the guesswork out of when to make a move to the sidelines. Best Regards, Graham Summers Editor, Money & Crisis |
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