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BCA Says Runway Clear For Stock Market Breakout To Upside, But Watch Yields Closely

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Mark Melin
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As the S&P 500 is nearing the “top end of its range,” two courses of action could take place. The US large cap benchmark could stall and mean revert, or – to the delight of market bulls – it could  mean a Stock market breakout. BCA Research is in the latter camp, thinking a “playable breakout looks increasingly probable,” but “the exact timing is difficult.”

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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.