Don’t Say I Didn’t Warn You…

I warned about the breakdown in financial stocks five days ago – highlighting this chart on Sept. 17 :


 It was from this column:

What Is the Most Significant Thing That Has Happened in the Stock Market Over the Last Week?

* Hint: It wasn’t the Fed’s rate rise…

*As financials go, so goes the market…

“Things seen are temporal; things unseen are eternal.”

– John Calvin

My answer?  

The rollover in bank stocks.

So while the business media dwells on what yesterday’s Fed action means for monetary policy over the next six months, my focus is elsewhere…

From The Divine Ms M this morning: 

“On Wednesday, the banks finally broke, and folks finally noticed how weak they have been. There is a short-term measured target on the Bank Index around 175, but look at all that resistance it has left overhead now.”

– Helene Meisler “A Lesson in Market Sentiment: Consider Whose Party Is Bigger, Bulls or Bears?“

As financials go — so goes the market.  

Position: None 

BY Doug Kass · Sep 17, 2026, 6:40 AM EDT

Position: None 

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