August 26, 2009 2:21 PM
Below is a chart as of the 25th from bostonwealth.net. It shows that over 90% of stocks on the NYSE are trading above their 200 day moving average - a level not seen since around 1986. My father used to tell a story (probably one of his tall “tails”) about puppies who drank so much buttermilk that when one fell off the porch – it burst. How much more can these puppies be pumped?
More on this topic
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Never Have So Many Stocks Been So Stretched Above Their 200 Day Moving Average
(Wall St. Cheat Sheet, 9/17/09)
DOES THE 200 DAY MOVING AVERAGE MATTER?
(THE PRAGMATIC CAPITALIST, 6/1/09)
What Happens This Far Above the 200 Day Moving Average?
(Wall St. Cheat Sheet, 9/22/09)







