Monday, August 24, 2015

8/24/2015 Precisely Normal

Sector Model
XLE
-7.25%
Full Model
Date
Return
Days
PWR
3/9/2015
-18.60%
168
CBI
4/2/2015
-10.22%
144
MTZ
4/9/2015
-20.24%
137
DRQ
5/15/2015
-25.82%
101
RES
5/19/2015
-31.84%
97
NOV
6/23/2015
-24.31%
62
INT
7/7/2015
-18.73%
48
FFIC
8/3/2015
-1.83%
21
BT
8/11/2015
-6.28%
13
TM
8/12/2015
-7.72%
12
(Since 5/31/2011)
S&P
Annualized
9.44%
Sector Model
Annualized
19.22%
Full Model
Annualized
11.71%
S&P
Total
46.51%
Sector Model
Total
110.44%
Full Model
Total
59.81%
Sector Model
Advantage
9.77%
Full Model
Advantage
2.27%
Previous
2015
S&P
53.06%
-4.27%
Sector Model
142.84%
-13.34%
Full Model
101.13%
-20.55%

As I wrote on 7/5/2015, we have entered a bear market configuration.

That said, bears don’t normally go straight down – and they don’t always reach a full bear close of 20%.

Right now we are 10% down from the most recent high on the DOW.  If we stop before 20%, we will only have a “correction.”

What does this mean?

If you are a market timer, you may or may not be too late.


If you are not a market timer, this means nothing at all.

Painful?  Absolutely!  Meaningful?  No.  If you are not a market timer, this is an annoying interlude in a long term plan.

The Sector Model is now slightly above the long term trend.  It has had an annoying year to date, but the long term trend couldn’t possibly be more normal.




And the good news is that the sector configurations have backed up to a market top configuration.  The start of the week could be appalling, but the market should rally soon.

We are now BACK into a market top configuration.



I just got back from vacation.  It was an expensive time away, but I wouldn’t have made any changes even if I were home the whole time.

Tim




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