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Stock Market Bubble Melt-Up Scenario for 2014

Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014 Nov 18, 2013 - 08:24 PM GMT

By: Clif_Droke

Stock-Markets Market mavens have increasingly turned their talk to a possible “melt-up” scenario in the stock market. The big fear entering 2014 is that another runaway freight train-type stock market, like the one preceding the 2008 crash, is gathering momentum. The latest comment by incoming Fed president Janet Yellen only added to that speculation.


Yellen stated last week that, based on current valuations, stocks aren’t “in territory that suggest bubble-like conditions.” Her lack of concern is one reason for thinking that the equities could be on the verge of a melt-up. Economist Ed Yardeni has made the case for this potential scenario playing out, especially if Yellen turns out to be more dovish than Bernanke as he expects.

There are two principle drivers behind the melt-up scenario: the first is the so-called “reach for yield” among investors that Yellen herself alluded to in her latest remarks and which has resulted in a veritable bubble for corporate and emerging market debt issuance. The second is the unprecedented monetary policy of the Fed in its frenzied efforts to beat deflation and lower unemployment.

Emerging market debt suffered a temporary setback in the wake of the “tapering” talk and debt ceiling limit debate earlier this summer. Since then, however, emerging market bonds have rebounded and there is a growing conviction among savvy investors that this sector is precariously close to being over-inflated. It’s not there yet, but it appears to be headed in that direction and that’s one of the potential catalysts to an early 2014 melt-up scenario.

Corporate bond issues have risen to a record $6.1 trillion as of the second quarter of 2013, according to Federal Reserve statistics. This translates to an increase of $625 billion year over year. Moreover, as Yardeni points out, corporations are likely using some of their bond sale proceeds to repurchase shares of their companies, which artificially inflates earnings per share. “That’s a bubble-like development if stock prices are getting a significant lift from debt-financed share buybacks rather than actual earnings growth,” Yardeni wrote.



But short sellers beware: we’re not there yet. The bubble vigilantes are out in full force which suggests a full-fledged financial market bubble hasn’t fully developed. On the front cover of the latest issue of Barron’s, the editors ask the question of whether or not equities are in a bubble. Their answer: “Yes, in some tech names and new issues” and “No, in most other shares.” The Barron’s cover very much underscores the heightened sensitivity to developing bubbles, which in turn keeps investor sentiment from becoming too ebullient before the final melt-up stage of the bull market.



Assuming the market does start melting up in the coming weeks and months, the final outcome is easy enough to predict: a market crash. The fact that the 120-year cycle is in its final “hard down” phase next year would only add impetus to the crash following a breath-taking rally to new highs. Accordingly, investors should prepare for this possible scenario in 2014.

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Clif Droke is the editor of the daily Gold & Silver Stock Report. Published daily since 2002, the report provides forecasts and analysis of the leading gold, silver, uranium and energy stocks from a short-term technical standpoint. He is also the author of numerous books, including 'How to Read Chart Patterns for Greater Profits.' For more information visit www.clifdroke.com

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