Semiconductors, the leading industry in the market since the AI boom started, soared 63% from October 30 until March 7, or in a little over four months. The group hung tough until finally cracking on Monday. The iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) sliced through its 50-day this week for the first time since last August and has given back 11% in 28 days since its last all-time closing high. The three-month August to October 2023 decline was 17%, and that was after the 80% surge from October 2022 until August 2023. At its peak on March 7, the SOXX was up 24% year-to-date, but is now up 10%. Nvidia has yet to touch its 50-day, but the stock got close on Wednesday.

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For the past several weeks, we have highlighted insider-sentiment data from Vickers Stock Research that suggested investors should be cautious. That stance appears to be increasingly validated. Stocks had an impressive rally that saw moves of more than 20% in less than six months, but also resulted in the need for 'perfection' in company performances, the economy, interest rates, domestic politics, and geopolitics. But with geopolitics raging, earnings uncertainty ahead, stubborn inflation, and a fraught political landscape in the U.S., things are certainly not perfect.

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