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      The only way is up

      The median year-end price target for the S&P 500 index in 2021 is 4,027.21, according to FactSet data, as of midday Thursday, representing a roughly 9% climb from the closing level of the broad-market index in the holiday-shortened week just past. The contrarian take on this is probably that they are all too bearish - as we have 5000 within reach before year-end 2021....

      The only way is up
      Source: MarketWatch
      Size buying

      Garrett continues: "if everyone is so bearish, who is buying?"

      (un)natural answer = systematic community who have purchased ~100bn of global equities in the last 10 days.

      Size buying
      Source: GS
      You are consensus

      Goldman's derivatives guru Garrett: "if you’re bearish, you’re consensus … doesn’t mean you are wrong, but you are in the majority". On AAII sentiment he writes: "...investors have *never* been this consistently bearish… for 11 straight weeks, >50% or respondents have been negative on the market"

      You are consensus
      Source: GS
      We have seen this movie play out before

      USDJPY taking out the short term trend line having bounced on massive supports. Biggest difference to prior times, is that the JPY long is huge.

      We have seen this movie play out before
      Source: Refinitiv
      We have seen this movie play out before
      Source: GS
      Gone

      Mighty euro breaking below the steep trend line, trading well below the 21 day for the first time since the squeeze began. 50 day down at 1.10.

      Gone
      Source: Refinitiv
      Make the dollar great again

      DXY taking out the negative trend channel, trading well above the 21 day moving average. 50 day is way higher...

      Make the dollar great again
      Source: Refinitiv