Sunday, March 26, 2017


Sector Model
XLU
1.27%
Full Model
Date
Return
Days
BT
8/11/2015
-40.89%
593
DY
10/30/2015
17.93%
513
TMK
11/23/2015
27.98%
489
NVR
12/16/2015
23.85%
466
CMP
2/19/2016
-0.65%
401
NVR
2/22/2016
29.07%
398
ENOC
3/15/2016
-26.91%
376
AMWD
3/17/2016
31.38%
374
CASY
5/12/2016
-3.00%
318
AVB
5/24/2016
5.96%
306
AEM
6/7/2016
-12.23%
292
ESRX
6/13/2016
-15.54%
286
AMED
6/16/2016
0.67%
283
FRO
6/27/2016
-9.01%
272
ASTE
7/12/2016
4.35%
257
MFC
9/1/2016
30.25%
206
SFM
9/8/2016
14.74%
199
CFFN
9/12/2016
4.20%
195
FIG
12/6/2016
58.68%
110
PMC
3/16/2017
4.90%
10
(Since 5/31/2011)
S&P
Annualized
10.01%
Sector Model
Annualized
16.81%
Full Model
Annualized
12.82%
S&P
Total
74.25%
Sector Model
Total
147.06%
Full Model
Total
101.84%
Sector Model
Advantage
6.80%
Full Model
Advantage
2.81%
Previous
2017
S&P
66.43%
4.70%
Sector Model
120.54%
12.03%
Full Model
91.27%
5.53%

Slow slugging on the Full Model, while the Sector Model keeps ticking on target.

The Full Model is currently looking at GNRC as a potential buy, but it is unlikely to happen this week.

As for the S&P as a whole, the fact that Utilities is the top pick on the Sector Market should give a clue that cautious industries are in demand.

I don’t short – but I do get defensive.  We have chaos in Washington.  While the market may not like it so much, chaos may not be such a bad thing. 

Tim


Wednesday, March 15, 2017

3/15/2017 Trade Notice

The Full Model sold UPL and bought PMC with a 4% favorable gap before the close.


Sunday, March 12, 2017

3/12/2017 Mr. Market Is Washing Pills Down With A Beer

Sector Model
XLU
0.66%
Full Model
Date
Return
Days
BT
8/11/2015
-39.38%
579
DY
10/30/2015
25.38%
499
TMK
11/23/2015
30.91%
475
UPLMQ
12/1/2015
59.95%
467
NVR
12/16/2015
23.11%
452
CMP
2/19/2016
10.12%
387
NVR
2/22/2016
28.30%
384
ENOC
3/15/2016
-27.60%
362
AMWD
3/17/2016
26.12%
360
CASY
5/12/2016
-4.02%
304
AVB
5/24/2016
0.93%
292
AEM
6/7/2016
-17.49%
278
ESRX
6/13/2016
-10.89%
272
AMED
6/16/2016
-0.28%
269
FRO
6/27/2016
-9.68%
258
ASTE
7/12/2016
4.71%
243
MFC
9/1/2016
33.90%
192
SFM
9/8/2016
-9.30%
185
CFFN
9/12/2016
6.59%
181
FIG
12/6/2016
57.09%
96
(Since 5/31/2011)
S&P
Annualized
10.31%
Sector Model
Annualized
16.41%
Full Model
Annualized
12.68%
S&P
Total
76.38%
Sector Model
Total
140.81%
Full Model
Total
99.43%
Sector Model
Advantage
6.10%
Full Model
Advantage
2.37%
Previous
2017
S&P
66.43%
5.97%
Sector Model
120.54%
9.19%
Full Model
91.27%
4.26%

The market has been on a tear since election day.  The debate continues to rage about whether the market should go up or down, or whether it is overpriced or ready to soar.

Given enough time, the market goes up.  But not all of us have the same amount of time, or we don’t feel we can stand a dip in the market.  How do we avoid losing money?

We cannot avoid losing money, but I do know a way to guarantee losing money: jump in and out.  And if you want to lose money really fast, go short.  Oh, you might win on occasion, but the odds are always stacked against you.

That’s the insidious part of investing – the more you try to avoid losing money, the more aggressively you cause it to happen.

That doesn’t mean that all investments are equal.  They aren’t.  Neither are all industries.  And right now the most pessimistic industries are selling at a bargain.  Here are the model’s favorites:

BEVERAGE
DRUGSTOR
ELECFGN
GASDISTR
NWSPAPER
POWER
PPEQ
REIT
UTILCENT
UTILEAST
UTILWEST

Just eyeball them.  They pretty much have one thing in common: these are industries you have to do business with, instead of ones you want to do business with.

Mr. Market is washing pills down with a beer, reading a newspaper in his rental and listening to a radio with Chinese made earphones while his piped-gas power utility is keeping him warm from the looming snowstorm.

Dido sings snappier tunes than this market would know how to dance to.

So, do we get out and short the market?  Well, you can – but I’ll just look at the debris of sad industries and try to find a stock I might hold for a while.  At the moment I’m looking strongly at GNRC in the POWER industry.  Perhaps... if the price is right...


 Tim