Back-to-Back 1% Down Days?
April 07, 2014
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Beginning the year, there had only been five 1% down days over the previous six months. With Friday’s decline, the total has edged up to nine 1% down days over the previous six months. If the SP500 were to closes at its current level (1846), this would be the tenth 1% down day in the last six months.
We suspect there is more to come. Our modeling of the Fed’s taper–which is so far spot on–suggests that the occurrence of 1% down days should pick up as the year progresses. We compare the 3-month change in Fed asset purchases to our 1% down indicators below.