S&P 500 is looking over the edge of a technical cliff — what happens if it falls off? Falling below 7,500 would lead to a dramatic increase in selling pressure and volatility, a J.P. Morgan strategist says, and that could end in a full-blown correction The S&P 500 has approached the edge of a technical cliff, which if it falls over could lead to a dramatic increase in volatility.
Amid all the back-and-forth trading the stock market has endured in recent weeks, the S&P 500’s uptrend that took it to a record high less than a month ago is still intact — but only barely. The index has been holding just above what some chart-watchers view as a critical level. Whether the S&P 500 can distance itself from that level with a lasting bounce, or if it falls below it, could determine the outlook for the stock market through the end of the year.
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