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What Happened to the TACO?

Mid-week market update: I wrote on the weekend that the Trump Administration was on the verge of a TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) pivot. The market had the hint of a TACO on March 9, when he told CBS: “I think the war is very complete, pretty much”, but changed his tune hours later: “we’ve...

How Do You Say TACO in Farsi?

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...

War and Peace: History Rhymes, But Which History?

It is said that history doesn’t repeat itself, but rhymes, but investors need to be careful about what history they study.   As I prepare for retirement at the end of March, I want to impress upon readers the importance of looking under the hood of past quantitative history studies in order to understand underlying...

A Washout Bottom?

Mid-week market update: The S&P 500 ETF (SPY) traded out a possible reversal yesterday (Tuesday) when it opened down, fell, and recovered to close higher on the day. The move was accompanied by a positive divergence on the 5-day RSI and on above average volume. These are all signs of selling exhaustion and a capitulation...

A Cowardly Bull

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...

Making Sense of the Citrini Debate

Citrini Research recently published a controversial report that rhetorically asked, “What if our AI bullishness continues to be right…and what if that’s actually bearish?”   Even though the authors qualified the report as “a scenario, not a prediction”, it ignited much debate among investors. As the work is labeled as speculative fiction, I am not...

The NVIDIA Make or Break Moment

Mid-week market update: The major U.S. averages have been range bound for weeks. The only exception is the equal-weighted S&P 500, which has been in a steady uptrend but it has yet to break out through key resistance (dotted line). The market is coiling for a move.     As investors wait for the NVIDIA earnings...

A Market of Stocks, Not A Stock Market

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...

Could the “Lag 7” Crater the Economy and Market?

Now that the Magnificent Seven has definitively weakened and violated a key support level, the next question is whether the decline can be halted at the 200 dma. More ominously, the relative performance of these stocks is forming an inverted saucer top after violating a relative support level (bottom panel).     It’s time to...

Drawing Lines in the Sand

Mid-week market update: While the equal-weighted S&P 500 has been in a well-defined uptrend, which in intermediate-term bullish, other major U.S. equity averages have been mired in trading ranges, which reveal a degree of uncertainty about short-term direction. In addition, the VVIX, or the volatility of the VIX, remains above the 100 level indicating continued uncertainty....