Around the World: Bears Cry, Nasdaq Hits All-Time High

10/09/17 09:16AM EDT

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To help contextualize this morning's market moves around the world, below are insights and analysis from our research and Hedgeye CEO Keith McCullough's Twitter feed.

All-Time Highs

The Nasdaq hit an all-time high on Friday. Stock market bears have been trying to call the top in seemingly expensive Tech stocks all year. Since CNBC declared, "The big tech rout may just be getting started," the Nasdaq is up +6%. More drastically, the Nasdaq is up +21% since Business Insider wrote, "Stocks have only been this expensive during the crash of 1929, the tech bubble, and the financial crisis."

Valuation is not a catalyst. And Tech stocks are not expensive just look at history.

https://twitter.com/KeithMcCullough/status/917315494956486656

Here's the score... 

Breaking down the S&P 500 by sectors. Leading the index, Tech (XLK) is up +23.7% year-to-date. Biggest loser: Energy stocks (XLE) are down -8.8%.

https://twitter.com/Hedgeye/status/917373019487657984

Be Careful...

According to our proprietary Daily Trading Ranges, there's more downside than upside in the Nasdaq. (Click here to learn more.) Our Daily Trading Ranges – dynamic buy low, sell high risk ranges – are generated using price, volume and volatility. What to watch: Total equity market volume decelerated modestly on Friday versus 1-month, 3-month and 1-year averages.

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U.S. Dollar Bottoming?

"Bottoms are processes not points," says Hedgeye CEO Keith McCullough. With Friday's wage growth accelerating data, the U.S. dollar index was up for the fourth straight week. 

https://twitter.com/KeithMcCullough/status/917320154802999296

What Else?

https://twitter.com/KeithMcCullough/status/917313364178751488

https://twitter.com/KeithMcCullough/status/917317398495154177

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https://twitter.com/KeithMcCullough/status/917318488045350912

https://twitter.com/KeithMcCullough/status/917319598181113856

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https://twitter.com/Hedgeye/status/915592868466700293

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