Forget announcement, that was bad and they started to sell, I think it coulda gotten ugly, other people here call me a puss, lol. Maybe I am, I don't care. But look at this pattern..
Look at the 30yr. See that massive buying. Look at the dx
Have you got a chart that graphs the quarterly earnings of the S&P 500 versus the S&P Index ? Might be instructive.
S%P analysts chose a 1350-1500 yearly close based on earnings.
Earnings went up. Markets went down. Somethings got to give now. So you can bet on tanking earnings next quarter, or a market rally. I know which one I like.
OP good call. you just didn't know it would form a head and shoulders first.
All the doom and gloom shorters on this forum are hilarious, they don't understand markets at all and that valuations of companies are based off earnings. And oh yeah, they are sitting on record cash. Oh well some will never learn.