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After a 24% S&P 500 rally off the October lows, US equity investors are finally getting bullish again:
-AAII Sentiment Poll: Bulls exceed Bears by 20%, most since Nov 2021.
-NAAIM Active Manager Exposure: 90% net long, highest since Nov 2021.$SPX pic.twitter.com/2OhnCKEr94
— Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) June 9, 2023
There it is, wave count confirmation.
Highest AAII (Retail) bulls – bears since the all time high.
Just in time for a new "bull" market. pic.twitter.com/sPvnQ8LkE3
— Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) June 9, 2023
WSOP: "JPMorgan and Citigroup Are Using the Same Accounting Maneuver as Silicon Valley Bank on Hundreds of Billions of Underwater Debt Securities"
Yikes… Don't worry, the banking crisis is grave but "likely to be contained" right?https://t.co/UVdJZEit5w pic.twitter.com/KpHhBjHS2Y
— Fix The Fed (@FixTheFed) June 9, 2023
🪦 Cardboard 📦 https://t.co/2DIcgyeVJp pic.twitter.com/UXikDmmqUd
— Disruptor ⚡️ (@DisruptorStocks) June 9, 2023
Tech is now valued at a 37% premium to the market
The only time Tech was more expensive was during the Dot Com bubble pic.twitter.com/wDkPgimp0T
— Game of Trades (@GameofTrades_) June 9, 2023
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