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After Calling 2016 Stock Market, UBS Technical Analysts Think Stocks Overbought

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Mark Melin
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UBS technical analysts Michael Riesner and Marc Muller, who called the bear market in early January and then the later stock market bounce in early February, think the stock market has come too far, too fast.

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Riesner and Muller eye 2000 level on S&P 500

In early February the technical team called a near-term bottom in the stock market, noting that 1810 in the S&P 500 was likely to be a rallying point to drive stocks higher. Initial resistance was pegged at 1950 to 1960 with an eventual target of 2000 to perhaps 2050. The timing of this move into the 2000 region...

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.