Catch Up

Wow it has been a long time. I have been traveling some and been busy with other things. It also gets tiring writing about the same story. If you look at the headlines over the last two years, little has changed. Why the market decides to care now or care 6 months ago and not care a month ago is beyond me. We have been here 3 or 4 times over the last two years. Are we on the precipice of this thing falling apart or does the governments still have some wiggle room to keep this going? Europe is again falling apart, U.S. muni bonds are blowing out like they haven't been since 2008, an anti move against the ponzi perpetrator - the Fed - is growing in momentum, obvious spending cuts going into next year, China pulling back- are we done or is this another false break and there is yet another move up? If we are done going up why now versus last August? Logic need not apply.

The chart below was on zero hedge. It is the most amazing chart you will ever see. It shows domestic equity outflows. It has been 28 weeks in a row with domestic mutual equity fund outflows. All time record. That is over 80 billion dollars. Somehow the market goes up. Who is buying? I don't know. The government? Investment banks? I don't know.



There are three really interesting things going on right now. China seems to be slowing, Europe is cracking, and U.S. muni bonds have sold off hard. All three are very dangerous going forward. I just don't know if there is another push higher or not. Europe is more dangerous than Wall St. gives it credit for. The bickering among European leaders is what will topple the Euro.

The NY fed manufacturing index was horrid. Worst drop since 2001 I think. Components that make up the number were also really bad. Tomorrow is Philly Fed. I think that number has more importance than normal. Will be interesting if it diverges or confirms NY.