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Strong Technical Trend in Stock Likely to Continue


The weekend just got away from me once again so I apologize for my tardiness in publishing this week’s letter.  Instead of writing another diatribe on why I think the economy remains strong I thought it might be more instructive to share a link to a video about how strong the technical trend in stocks are.
The video is from Chris Ciovacco on You Tube.  He is completely unbiased and always focuses on the probabilities of what could happen.  He keeps it very simple but the message in this week’s video is particularly poingiant.  This is one of my resources that help me keep a pulse on the probably direction of the trend in stocks.  Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbUQMbv9Xa8&t=2s

Respectfully,
Mark Bern, CFA

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