Behind the Relentless Stock Rally, Waves of Anxiety Are Building

(Bloomberg) — Nerves are fraying underneath the stock market’s technology-fueled rally.Short bets against the biggest equity exchange-traded fund are stubbornly high and recently ticked up, even after the ETF’s 41% climb from March’s lows. The Cboe Volatility Index — known as the market’s “fear gauge” — remains elevated, while investors are piling into products that shield against losses. Meanwhile, a near-record mountain of cash seems stuck on the sidelines. All this as liquidity is in short supply.While pundits will argue forever whether any of those things are actually bad news for bulls, the stats show caution is bubbling beneath a …read more

Source:: Yahoo Finance

      

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