Mid-week market update: The stock market’s relief rally arrived this week when the WSJ reported over the weekend that Trump’s “Liberation Day” reciprocal tariffs due to be announced on April 2 will be narrowly focused. The S&P 500 rallied to regain its 200 dma. The index pulled back below the 200 dma when Bloomberg reported...
Preface: Explaining our market timing models We maintain several market timing models, each with differing time horizons. The “Ultimate Market Timing Model” is a long-term market timing model based on the research outlined in our post, Building the ultimate market timing model. This model tends to generate only a handful of signals each decade. The Trend...
The latest FOMC statement and subsequent press conference were full of references to “uncertainty”. Most notably, the FOMC statement changed the language related to the Fed’s goals being “roughly in balance” to “uncertainty around the economic outlook has increased”. Not only is uncertainty elevated, but also the risks to inflation, GDP growth and...
Mid-week market update: Four weeks ago, I rhetorically asked in a post, "Who's Left to Buy?" The BoA monthly Global Fund Manager Survey had shown cash levels at a 15-year low. In addition, a Schwab survey of customer accounts showed cash at similarly historical lows. It was the case of an accident waiting to happen....
Preface: Explaining our market timing models We maintain several market timing models, each with differing time horizons. The "Ultimate Market Timing Model" is a long-term market timing model based on the research outlined in our post, Building the ultimate market timing model. This model tends to generate only a handful of signals each decade. The Trend...
It’s an old political trick. Engineer a recession in your first year and blame it on the previous occupant of the White House. Then take credit for the subsequent recovery. President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently rattled the markets with the same message of short-term pain for long-term gain. Bessent began...
Mid-week market update: Everyone calm down. It's not the end of the world. A clear-headed approach is to analyze the roots of the pullback from the perspective of the positioning of different market participants. How each reacted, and what might come next. First, U.S. equities were overvalued. It just needed a bearish catalyst. ...
Preface: Explaining our market timing models We maintain several market timing models, each with differing time horizons. The "Ultimate Market Timing Model" is a long-term market timing model based on the research outlined in our post, Building the ultimate market timing model. This model tends to generate only a handful of signals each decade. The Trend...
I sounded a warning in late January about a possible long-term market top, based on a negative divergence of the 14-month RSI. It wasn’t a “sell everything” signal, but a cautionary sign of a topping pattern. It is said that “bottoms are events, but tops are processes”. That’s because market bottoms tend to...
Mid-week market update: The S&P 500 fell yesterday and briefly kissed its 200 dma while flashing a positive divergence on the 5-day RSI. Was that the bottom? Here is a lesson on how to spot market bottoms, and a review of bottom spotting indicators. Condition indicators First of all, RSI...
Gold has caught a bid against a backdrop of trade war fears. On the other hand, gold ETF AUM is skyrocketing, which is contrarian bearish. Should you jump on the gold momentum train, or fade its rally? Negative seasonality The answer depends on your time horizon. Callum Thomas pointed out that...
Preface: Explaining our market timing models We maintain several market timing models, each with differing time horizons. The "Ultimate Market Timing Model" is a long-term market timing model based on the research outlined in our post, Building the ultimate market timing model. This model tends to generate only a handful of signals each decade. The Trend...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently declared that the Trump Administration was mainly focused on lower the 10-year Treasury yield. He seems to be accomplishing his goals. Yields are moderating, and the MOVE Index, which measures bond market volatility, is relatively tame. He is achieving his objective, but at a price – by tanking the economy....
Mid-week market update: Is the correction over? The S&P 500 was down -3% on a peak-to-trough basis. The 5-day RSI is severely oversold, which has signaled relief rallies in the past (blue circles). On the other hand, the percentage of stocks above their 20 dma is not oversold, which have been more definitive signals of...
Preface: Explaining our market timing models We maintain several market timing models, each with differing time horizons. The "Ultimate Market Timing Model" is a long-term market timing model based on the research outlined in our post, Building the ultimate market timing model. This model tends to generate only a handful of signals each decade. The Trend...
Callum Thomas of Topdown Charts recently argued for the emergence of a global cyclical rebound based on a synchronized central bank easing. Such a scenario of rising inflationary pressures is a signal of a renewal of cyclical rebound in demand. I have some sympathy to that view. I have been bullish on gold...
Mid-week market update: The results of the latest sentiment surveys argue that this is a time for caution. The BoA Global Fund Manager Survey shows cash at a 15-year low. The institutions are all-in on risk. Who's left to buy? A Charles Schwab survey of client accounts show that cash levels are...
Preface: Explaining our market timing models We maintain several market timing models, each with differing time horizons. The "Ultimate Market Timing Model" is a long-term market timing model based on the research outlined in our post, Building the ultimate market timing model. This model tends to generate only a handful of signals each decade. The Trend...
Even though it’s still early in the year, my bullish call on gold has worked out well (see 2025 High Conviction Idea: Gold). Gold has reached an all-time high in all currencies. In particular, it broke out to a new high in the Swiss Franc (CHF), which is regarded as a hard currency, and the...
Mid-week market update: The latest update of Bloomberg Intelligence Market Pulse Index shows that it's at manic levels. The market seems to be ignoring tail-risk, which is an increasingly worrisome development. Inflation risk Stock prices have held up remarkably well in the face of worries about DeepSeek, Trump tariffs, geopolitics, and...
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