iM Update – May 5, 2023

 

Market Signals Summary:

The Hi-Lo Index of the S&P 500, the iM-Google Trend Timer and the CAPE-Cycle-ID are out of the stock markets.   The bond market model begins to favor high beta (long) bonds.  However, the MAC-US as well as the S&P 500 Coppock Indicator are invested the Stock Market since the first week of February 2023. All our recession indicators are signalling a recession: BCIg is signalling a recession since March 16, 2023; the Forward Rate Ratio between the 2 and 10 year rates inverted beginning August 2022 thus signalling a recession; and the growth of the Conference Board’s Leading Economic Indicator is signalling a recession since November 2022. The Gold Coppock is invested in gold, so is the iM-Gold Timer. The Silver Coppock model generated a buy signal and is invested in silver.

Stock-markets:

Fig-2.-5-5-2023 The MAC-US model invested the US stock markets in first week of February 2023.

 

 

 

 

Fig-2.2-5-5-2023The 3-mo Hi-Lo Index Index of the S&P500 is at -1.10% (last week -1.93%), and exited the stock markets March 7, 2023.

 

 

 

Fig-2.3-5-5-2023The Coppock indicator for the S&P500 entered the the US stock markets in the first week February 2023.   This indicator is described here.

 

 

 

Fig-2.1-5-5-2023 The MAC-AU model generated a buy signal end August 2022,  and is invested the Australian stock market.

This model and its application is described in MAC-Australia: A Moving Average Crossover System for Superannuation Asset Allocations.

 

Recession:

 

Fig-3.1a-5-5-2023 After the DOL backward revised its data (more here),  BCIg signals a recession since March 16, 2023

 

 

 

Fig-3.1c-5-5-2023The growth of the Conference Board’s Leading Economic Indicator after the August 18 update signals a recession. The November 18 update of the Leading Economic Indicator is signaling that the US economy is/will soon be in a recession.

 

 

 

Fig-3.2-5-5-2023The Forward Rate Ratio between the 2-year and 10-year U.S. Treasury yields (FRR2-10) inverted beginning August 2022 and is signalling a recession — the average lead time of this signal is 14 months.

A description of this indicator can be found here.

 

 

Fig-3.3-5-5-2023The iM-Low Frequency Timer switched to bonds on 9/26/2023.

A description of this indicator can be found here.

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