There’s no denying that the beliefs of investors have been far more important, in the intermediate term, than economic realities, which are revealed more slowly and sporadically. Yet despite the high level of bullishness here, the market has gained only a few percent beyond its September highs. Most of what we are seeing now is a tendency to make marginal new highs, back off slightly, and then recover that ground enough to register another marginal new high. As I’ve noted frequently, when market conditions are characterized by unfavorable valuations, overbought conditions, over bullish sentiment, and upward yield pressures, the market’s tendency is exactly that – to make continued marginal new highs for some period of time, followed by abrupt and often steep losses virtually out of nowhere.

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