Revisiting our Nikkei Analog Framework
Our framework for analyzing the Nikkei has largely revolved around the idea that it was in the early stages (read: 1st inning) of a new secular bull market, a topic we initially visited/suggested one year ago, well before the index…...
Recent Rally in Crude to Pressure Equities?
SentimenTrader had an interesting analysis on the short and intermediate-term rally we’ve seen in oil this year and when it’s happened in the past, its implications for stocks. They looked at periods in the past when crude has jumped at…...
46 Months is All She Wrote?
Is that all she wrote for the current U.S. equity bull? The case may be quite simple and compelling: DURATION – at 46 months now, the current bull is the third longest in history. Only 2003-2008, 1924-1929 and 1991-2000 lasted…...
Trailer Park Trash Could Become “Bourgie”
Resigned to the junk bin for 30 years, trailer park trash – manufactured housing – has the potential to become “bourgie”. Talk about places nobody wants to invest! And for good reason; this industry and these stocks have been perpetual…...
As Suggested in May, Risk-Free Rates Have Risen Materially
We have absolutely nailed the US treasury/rate trade (and its implications to other asset classes) and have no shame in stating as much. We were prescient enough in October of last year to suggest that if one were bearish US…...
Curent Cyclical Rally Entering Rarefied Air, Heightening Chances of Another Bad Ending, Though Timing Still Unknown
I’ve touched on this statistical subject a few times in the past and wanted to give an update on it. Last July we had this post showing the length of cyclical/secular rallies through history on the Dow. More recently we…...
“Those Five-Year Highs…You Will Never, Ever In Your Life See Those Highs Again”
So said Jeff Macke in this piece on Yahoo Finance from Friday re: MSFT and its disappointing earnings results, which sent the stock down ~10% that day to ~$31. But, in looking at the long-term MSFT chart, does last Friday’s…...
How Gold’s Recent Decline Measures Up Against History
In the chart below I plot gold against its 2 Yr RoC. Though it stands at only -15% right now, come August/September when it will be lapping its August/September 2011 highs, its 2 Yr RoC will be ~-35%, assuming steady…...
Analog Update
With respect to working the expected near-term correction on the Nikkei into an overall frame-work, the analog below might be a good foot. In it I compare, yet again, the 1988/1989 Dow vs. 2012/2013 SPX, both being respective 4th/5th consecutive…...
SSEC Has Been a Major Under-Performer vs. the SPX, Will it Persist?
In the scatter-plot below I show the 2 Yr RoC for the SSEC (X-axis) vs. the 2 Yr RoC for the SPX (Y-axis). As of this morning they are -30% and +25%, respectively, with major SSEC under-performance occurring over the…...