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The S&P 500 (SPY) finished a second week higher by +0.5%.  In stark contrast for the holiday shortened week were long-dated Treasuries (TLT), which continued their move lower by another -1.2%, now down to potential immediate support.

As intimated last weekend, widespread overbought readings were largely a function of the rapid move off a “V”-bottom.  However, the more mild pace of this week’s advance reduced a great deal of this statistical pressure, making this particular retest of the upper-end of our multi-month range all the more intriguing for the bulls.  Still, short-term RSI levels remain quite elevated, and the VIX, now >10% below its fifteen-day moving average, has fallen perhaps too rapidly.

Week Thirty-Seven of 2010 features a much busier economic reporting calendar, including retail sales and a myriad of industrial complex metrics.  It should be a most interesting week indeed:

I hope you are having a terrific weekend!

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  5. ETF Rewind – Week 31 (8/6/10)