Markets To Yellen: 'Mother May I?'

 | Aug 24, 2016 03:40PM ET

It has come to this: the market can only move up or down when Janet Yellen gives her permission. Whether it's a speech, minutes, FOMC statement or one of her minions on the prowl, the market refuses to acknowledge anything else.

Just days ahead of Jackson Hole and the market simply refuses to move. Instead of whole percentages, we're talking fraction-point moves.

To those looking for a trend higher or lower, forget about it.

The SharePlanner Reversal Indicator below shows a bearish reversal, but as we have often seen, the market is only interested in correcting through time and not price. Perhaps when Yellen brings forth her good news on Friday, the market will break from its malaise and move forward with some purpose.

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