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http://stawealth.com/daily-x-change/1996-chink-in-the-market-s-armor.html
According to Wikipedia, the idiom "chink in one's armor" refers to an area of vulnerability. It has traditionally been used to refer to a weak spot in a figurative suit of armor. Since the beginning of 2013, the market has been seen as invulnerable. Despite issues in the Eurozone, rising turmoil in the Mideast, riots and political clashes, rising oil prices and weak economic data - these issues bounced off the markets will little effect. The markets craved "bad news" as it provided insurance that the Federal Reserve would continue its "liquidity drip."...
...It is important to note in the first chart above [hier: unten, A.L.], that some of the biggest negative annual returns eventually followed 30% up years. The current levels of margin debt, bullish sentiment, and institutional activity are indicative of an extremely optimistic view of the market. What is important to remember is that margin debt "fuels" major market reversions as "margin calls" lead to increased selling pressure to meet required settlements. Unfortunately, since margin debt is a function of portfolio collateral, when the collateral is reduced it requires more forced selling to meet margin requirements. If the market declines further, the problem becomes quickly exacerbated. This is one of the main reasons why the market reversions in 2001, and 2008, were so steep. The danger of high levels of margin debt, as we have currently, is that the right catalyst could ignite a selling panic.
It is likely that the markets will experience a correction at some point in the near future. What the data doesn't tell us is whether it will be a "buy the dip" opportunity or something much more significant. However, given the length of current economic expansion and the extension of the markets above their long term moving averages, the Fed extraction of liquidity potentially increases the risk of a more significant correction than just a dip.
Whether the current signs of deterioration is just a temporary rotation of "money chasing performance," or a warning sign of something more significant to come, is just too soon to tell. Regardless, it is important to understand that it is always just a function of "when" a mean reverting event will occur. Unfortunately for many investors who fail to understand the "risk" they have undertaken within their portfolios, when that time comes it will matter "a lot."
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