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Trump Terror May Mean At Least A Pullback For U.S. Markets

U.S. markets look ready to fall.

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Markets, and I will use the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA) and the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) as proxies, ran up from the election through Donald Trump's Inauguration. They ran up a little farther as President Trump approved the Keystone XL and the Dakota Pipelines. However, as Trump has angered more and more groups of people and countries, US markets have stalled out; and they look ready to fall. When I say this, I cite the forward 12-month PE of the S&P 500 of 17.2 as of January 27, 2017. This 12-month PE is above the five year average of 15.1 and above the ten year average of 14.4. Technically this means the market needs to fall at least (17.2-15.1)/17.2 = 12.2% from its January 27, 2017 value just to get back to its 5 year average 12-month…

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