In keeping with our recent focus on the possibility that junk bonds may be signaling a decline in stocks, we present Daneric’s chart showing the possibility of an exhaustion gap in junk bonds:

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“if they happen during a bull move, some bullish euphoria overcomes trades, and buyers cannot get enough of that stock. The prices gap up with huge volume; then, there is great profit taking and the demand for the stock totally dries up.”

Is that what we are seeing in junk bonds right now?

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