Market breadth divergence a caution flag
The speaker pointed out a negative divergence where the S&P 500 hit a new high but with a very low number of constituent stocks also making new highs.
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CONTESTED · 431 MENTIONS · 112 EPISODES · 45 SHOWS
21 JUL 2026 — 14 AUG 2026 · TODAY
372 SUPPORT · 57 CHALLENGE · 2 REPEAT
- OPTIMAL FINANCE DAILY
39 EPISODES BETWEEN · 149 MENTIONS · 52 NOT KEPT
- 52 EPISODES NOT SHOWN
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- THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK
- OPTIMAL FINANCE DAILY
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- THE RATIONAL REMINDER PODCAST · 6 MENTIONS
- THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW
- THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK · 3 MENTIONS
- EXCESS RETURNS · 5 MENTIONS
- THE DERIVATIVE · 4 MENTIONS
- GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES
- FORWARD GUIDANCE
- THE BEST EVER CRE SHOW · 5 MENTIONS
- COMMODITY CULTURE
- THE COMPOUND AND FRIENDS · 2 MENTIONS
- BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE · 3 MENTIONS
- BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
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- MASTERS IN BUSINESS · 6 MENTIONS
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- THOUGHTFUL MONEY
- THE BEST EVER CRE SHOW · 7 MENTIONS
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- PROF G MARKETS · 2 MENTIONS
- BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
- BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
- THE LONG VIEW · 6 MENTIONS
- WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT · 3 MENTIONS
- THE BEST EVER CRE SHOW · 2 MENTIONS
- COMMODITY CULTURE · 2 MENTIONS
- THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK · 3 MENTIONS
- MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY · 13 MENTIONS
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- Market breadth divergence a caution flag · THIS IDEA · CHALLENGES
- Crash lows in SOX, KOSPI likely to be retested · CHALLENGES
- Exhaustive gaps signal panic buying, not impulse · CHALLENGES
- SOX intraday low violation as a crash signal · CHALLENGES
- Market background ripe for a major top · CHALLENGES
13 EPISODES BETWEEN · 50 MENTIONS
- THE DIVIDEND CAFE
- THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK · 3 MENTIONS
- FINTECH INSIDER PODCAST BY 11:FS · 5 MENTIONS
- PROF G MARKETS
- THE ALPHA EXCHANGE · 9 MENTIONS
- Diversify return drivers, not just asset classes
- Trend following hedges slow bear markets
- Volatility risk premium as persistent return source
- Passive investing & pod shops increase fragility · CHALLENGES
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- Endowment model's need for stable, high-single-digit returns
- Collateralized put writing as lower-risk S&P 500 proxy
- Commodity momentum and carry as powerful factors
- Systematic risk management avoids leverage blow-ups
- BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE · 4 MENTIONS
- THE RATIONAL REMINDER PODCAST · 3 MENTIONS
- COMMODITY CULTURE · 4 MENTIONS
- THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW · 7 MENTIONS
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- Gold as a hedge for both inflation and deflation
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- Gold's 50% drawdowns are part of the bull cycle
- BANKLESS
- WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT
- BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE · 2 MENTIONS
- MACROVOICES · 9 MENTIONS
- Asset allocation in speculation regime
- Nasdaq short positioning vs S&P/Dow longs
- Gold driven by China's debt debasement
- Oil structurally stressed with room to $90
- Gold breakout needs to hold on dips
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- Front-end vs long-end bond positioning split
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- Fed tightening cycle has months to go · CHALLENGES
- THE DIVIDEND CAFE
- THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK · 2 MENTIONS
- CNBC FAST MONEY
- MARKETPLACE
- THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK · 8 MENTIONS
- GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES: THE MARKETS · 5 MENTIONS
HOW THE SHOWS HAVE DISCUSSED THIS THESIS OVER TIME · NOT A PERFORMANCE RECORD