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There was some confusion why the S&P 500 just had to close in the green yesterday. The answer was simple: as we reported first thing yesterday morning just two days after "world renowned" CNBC contributor Dennis Gartman said he was "covering shorts" because he was "stunningly, shockingly, stupidly wrong" he flopped and was reducing his longs. Ergo, green close. It also meant that there was virtually unlimited upside before the market.

If it's a day ending in -day, it means a Dennis Gartman flip-flop is on deck. Here is a brief reminder of his "calls" from just the last few days:

Friday, February 26: Gartman covers his shorts, turns bullish.

This past Friday morning, when the tremendous bear market rally finally fizzled after an initial spike higher following by gradual daylong selling which closed the market in the red, following by another red close on Monday, we warned the bulls early that the "Rally is in Jeopardy" for one simple reason: Gartman had covered his shorts. 

As a reminder, this is what he the perennial CNBC guest said early on Friday morning:

In our overnight wrap moments ago, when previewing today's action, we said that "absent some dramatic reversal, such as Gartman covering his shorts and going unexpectedly long, expect the low-volume, upward momentum to continue into the G-20 weekend." Well, as the bible says, ask and ye shall receive.

In Gartman's just released note, we learn that the recurring Fast Money guest has indeed finally thrown in the towel, and after putting on S&P shorts at 1926 some time ago, has finally capitulated with the market once again going sharply against him. To wit:

It has been a morning session of two halves.

In Asia, the mood was somber, and stocks fell with the Shanghai Composite (+1.1%) outperforming on another late session binge-fest by the National Team, and the Nikkei 225 (-1.4%), Hang Seng -1%, Kospi -0.2%, ASX -0.6%, Sensex -0.4% and the South Korean Won all down following news of the biggest Chinese Yuan devaluation in five weeks.