It's been a good week for the bulls. First, Greece voted Sunday to stay in the euro. Then it was reported that Germany is softening its resistance to using eurozone bailout funds to reduce borrowing costs for countries like Spain. And now hopes are high for another round of policy easing from the Fed on Wednesday.

The results have been impressive. Small-cap stocks are breaking up and out of a two-month head-and-shoulders reversal pattern. Emerging-market stocks have jumped above their 50-day average. Precious-metals mining stocks are ending a long downtrend. The evidence suggests the rise will continue.

For one, the Fed is very likely to take some kind of easing action. A big drop in crude has cooled inflationary pressures. Unemployment is creeping higher again. And much of Europe has already fallen back into recession.

Opinions on what Fed action will be taken differ across Wall Street, from a short extension of the nearly finished $400 billion Operation Twist to a extension of near-zero interest rates or a "sterilized" bond purchase program funded by short-term bank deposits.

Also, technical strength looks very good as overly dour sentiment is worked off and hedge fund types scramble to cover short-euro/long-doll​ar currency trades. Futures markets suggest this trade has been extremely popular lately, with positioning moving beyond the extremes seen in the wake of the panic over the initial Greek bailout in 2010.

You can also see this reflected in the options market. Despite the recent rebound we've seen in risky assets, small options traders continue to pile into put option protection against continued declines. Given the extreme bullishness these folks demonstrated just a few months ago, the whipsaw from greed to fear has been quite dramatic.

In fact, an analysis of put/call trading volumes suggests these speculative options traders have been this fearful on only one other occasion since the March 2009 bear market low: June 2010. Then, as now, people were worried about the situation in Greece. And then, as now, risky assets were bottoming and beginning to push higher.

Just look at the way the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), Wall Street's fear gauge based on S&P 500 options premiums, has sliced below its 50-day moving average in a big way for the first time since March. The VIX below its 50-day is a precondition for sustainable medium-term market uptrends.

While I believe stocks will be in trouble later this year as the fiscal cliff approaches, for now, it's time to play. 

Trading update

After concentrating on silver and gold mining stocks, I've shifted the focus of the Edge Letter Sample Portfolio to new movers, including semiconductor stocks, emerging-market issues and fast-moving "high-beta" picks in the pharmaceuticals/biot​echnology space. Examples include the Direxion 3x Emerging Markets Bull (EDC), up 15% since I added it on June 6, and Spectrum Pharmaceuticals (SPPI), up 7.1% since Friday.

I want to add one new pick to my list: genetic drug developer Vical Inc. (VICL).

Disclosure: Anthony has recommended VICL to his newsletter subscribers.

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