Worth Says S&P 500 Direction Is ‘Coin Toss’: Technical Analysis

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Stocks could go either way and anyone who claims to know their future is lying, according to Carter Worth, the third-ranked technical analyst in last year’s Institutional Investor survey.

A monthlong gain in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index has left bulls and bears at a “a perfect standoff,” Oppenheimer & Co.’s Worth wrote in a note yesterday. It’s a “coin toss” as to whether the index will increase or retreat, he said.