This Is Capitulation

October 6, 2008 at 12:31 pm  ·  Category: Market Commentary, Sentiment Analysis, Technical Analysis

This is capitulation:

  • “Whatever money you may need for the next five years, please take it out of the stock market right now, this week” - Popular financial guru Jim Cramer on the Today Show this morning.
  • The S&P dropped more than 200 points - 17% - over the last 6 trading days at its low today.  That’s a years worth of losses in 6 days.
  • The Fear Index (VIX) spiked up over 58 - higher than at any point during the 2000-2002 bear market.
  • 50% of the stocks traded on the NYSE (1644 out of 3294) are currently at 52 week lows - totally unheard of.

I put a good chunk of money to work today.  You shoud think about doing the same.

More on this topic (What's this?)
You Don’t Need the VIX
VIX Futures Contango Bubble
Read more on Volatility Index (VIX), S&P 500 (SPX), Jim Cramer at Wikinvest
Posted by Greg Feirman  ·  Trackback URL  ·  Link
 

Leave a Comment

Name required
E-mail required, won't be published
Web site