by Guy Lerner, The Technical Take
A composite indicator constructed from the trends in yields on the 10 year Treasury bond, gold and the CRB Index suggests that inflationary pressures have decreased. The indicator is shown in figure 1, a weekly chart of the SP500.
Figure 1 SP500/ weekly
This indicator is not meant to be an oscillator type of indicator that rises and falls with prices. However, since 2010 or rather in this era of central bank intervention, inflation pressures (when the indicator is above the upper blue line) tend to coincide with intermediate term tops in the equity markets. See the gray vertical lines on the chart. Inflation pressures preceded the 2010 and 2011 market tops, and I have no reason to doubt that the current dynamics will be any different.