Monday, February 18, 2013

02/18/2013 market is asleep


Sector Model
XLU
36.57%
Large Portfolio
Date
Return
Days
BBRY
7/16/2012
95.31%
216
SEAC
9/25/2012
41.86%
145
CAJ
9/25/2012
3.17%
145
CFI
10/31/2012
45.39%
109
RE
11/26/2012
15.69%
83
CGX
12/12/2012
4.72%
67
OKE
12/28/2012
14.13%
51
NSC
1/28/2013
3.32%
20
BOKF
2/4/2013
2.98%
13
SWM
2/12/2013
4.03%
5
S&P
Annualized
7.35%
Sector Model
Annualized
19.87%
Large Portfolio
Annualized
33.52%

 

Rotation: selling OKE; buying GMCR

OKE is in the OILGAS industry.  GMCR (Green Mountain Coffee) is in the Grocery industry.

In broad sector terms, OKE is in the energy sector, while GMCR is in the consumer staples sector.

This is a bearish move for the model.

Keep in mind that these are very incremental moves from one week to the next.  If the moves begin to form a pattern it can reveal a potential trend change.  Last week the move was bullish.  This week the move is bearish.

More to the point, GMCR is showing a consumer staple move for the full Mousetrap model.  But (what’s not visible above) consumer staples is weak on the abbreviated sector model.

Short answer: there is no significant pattern here.  These are just tiny rotational moves.

The market is wildly overbought by most technical readings, but there is no visible change in direction looming on the model.

I’d report something interesting if there was something interesting to report.  Perhaps what IS interesting is the complete lack of direction just a few days before the sequester hits.  It’s as if nothing at all is going to happen, and perhaps that’s what everyone out there is expecting.  We’ve been faked out so many times that we don’t believe anything anymore.

It’s TOO quiet out there.

Maybe the coffee will wake us up.

Tim

 

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