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Morning Report 03/03/2016

Morning Report Thursday 3rd March 2016

Good morning everyone Overview Market Matters are a market leading advisory service, to subscribe to their free newsletter click here Equities have rallied very strongly from their mid-February lows when economic pessimism ran way ahead of itself leading to a significant market correction. The US S&P500 corrected exactly into our 1800-1815 target area from where it has now staged a very impressive 9.4% rally; amazingly, we are now only 7.8% below all-time highs for US equities. Last night we witnessed some "internal characteristics" of a strong market: 1. After surging well over 300 points yesterday US equities held their gains, implying this explosive leg of the rally has further to go.

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