und schlechte Fundamentals ignorieren. Das sei zwar "sehr hart", aber so müsse man im jeztigen Markt vorgehen. Scheint mir eher was für Pokerspieler (aka Hedgefonds) zu sein.
Wer einen Chart nur deshalb kauft, weil er so "schön" steigt, muss ihn auch sofort wieder verkaufen, wenn er "böse" fällt = "Investment" für dressierte Affen.
Don't Look for Justification of Good Price ActionBy Rev Shark
Street.com Contributor
There is no question that many market players have found this roaring rally to be difficult to embrace. As I've commented a number of times, I've never seen so little love for a market that is acting so well. While we have some very frothy action at times, we continue to have a large supply of skeptics and pessimism and little of the euphoria associated with straight-up market action.
At the heart of this phenomenon is that many investors simply don't believe that the strength is justified. It's not hard to understand why that may be the case: After the tremendous economic slump we experienced, how can we possibly believe that things are as good as the stock market seems to imply?
Retailers are a particularly good illustration of this dilemma. The action in that group suggests that consumers have money to burn, yet we all know that housing is still in a slump, unemployment is showing little improvement and our economic growth is tepid at best. Even when consumers were using the equity in their homes during the real estate bubble we never saw retailers act as well as they are now. Many market players find this very puzzling action, and they just become more puzzled and frustrated the longer it continues.
This inability to find a good justification for the very strong price action is part of the reason we keep on running. It is the proverbial "Wall of Worry" at work. The folks who don't trust the market action capitulate slowly and steadily as they grow frustrated with this market that never seems to pull back. They may not believe in the bullish case, but they aren't going to be left out of the party.
One of the hardest things for many market players to do is to embrace the price action when they don't think it is justified. That's what this market is asking of so many, and it is a very tough task -- especially after the economic crash and the pain that remains on Wall Street (meint er: Main Street?).
Don't dwell too much on the fundamental case -- focus instead on the technical action. Frankly I can't begin to justify strength in things like restaurants and retailers, yet I bought a few of them because the technical action in those sectors is just too strong. It might be totally unjustified action, but the power of momentum overwhelms the intellectual arguments. (na ich weiß nich, damit haben schon 2000 viele Leute Schiffbruch erlitten - A.L.)
A further complication to what seems like such unjustified action is how one-sided it has been. I've been complaining about the lack of volatility and good entry points for a while, and it still is the most challenging aspect of this market. I don't have too much of a problem going with the flow even if it don't believe it, but I can't be undisciplined about it and pay up for stocks that are too technically extended.
We have some strength to start the day once again. Overseas markets are up nicely as Greece is once again on the back burner. That situation is causing some weakness in the dollar, which is boosting the commodity sector and giving us a positive open. Don't forget that earnings start next week -- conditions are very likely to undergo some change in character.