Should you fear the 'death cross'?

The dreaded 'death cross' is looming over America's main index - the S&P 500. So, what is the most feared signal in trading telling you to do? Tim Bennett explains.

Every now and again, an almighty storm gathers over the stock market. It's known by charting fans as a death cross'. Occasionally this blows up into a hurricane: the ultimate death cross'. But what are these doom-laden signals and do you need to batten down the hatches as the latest looms?

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Tim graduated with a history degree from Cambridge University in 1989 and, after a year of travelling, joined the financial services firm Ernst and Young in 1990, qualifying as a chartered accountant in 1994.

He then moved into financial markets training, designing and running a variety of courses at graduate level and beyond for a range of organisations including the Securities and Investment Institute and UBS. He joined MoneyWeek in 2007.