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Update 4-12-13

The IBH stock market model is out of the market. The MAC stock market model is invested but the indicators may be rolling over, the bond market model avoids high beta (long) bonds, the yield curve may be flattening, and gold is not invested, but we got a buy for silver today. The recession indicator COMP is higher from last week’s level

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Update 4-5-13

The IBH stock market model is out of the market. The MAC stock market model is invested but the indicators may be rolling over, the bond market model avoids high beta (long) bonds despite them peaking today, the yield curve may be flattening, and gold and silver models are not invested. The recession indicator COMP is lower from last week’s level.

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Unemployment Rate Does Not Signal A Recession Now – Update

A reliable source for recession forecasting is the unemployment rate, which can provide signals for the beginnings and ends of recessions. The unemployment rate model (article link), updated with the March figure, does not signal a recession now, nor does it support Economic Cycle Research Institute’s recent claim that a recession started in July 2012, nor their September 2011 recession call, nor any of their many “follow-up” recession calls since then.
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Update 3-28-13

The IBH stock market model is out of the market. The MAC stock market model is invested, the bond market model avoids high beta (long) bonds and intermediate duration bonds as well, the yield curve is trending steeper, and gold and silver models are not invested. The recession indicator COMP is almost unchanged from last week’s level.

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Improving on Buy and Hold: A Modified Coppock Indicator for the S&P 500

The latest interim buy signal from my modified Coppock indicator was at the beginning of February, 2013, and this model will stay invested until the end of this year, possibly longer if another buy signal appears before then. This model would have produced a long-time average annual return from 1970 to 2013 about 4% higher than what one could have obtained from a continuous investment in the S&P; 500. The model avoided the 2000 and 2008 bear markets but did not avoid the 1987 market crash.
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Update 3-22-13

The IBH model produced a sell signal last week. The MAC stock market model is invested, the bond market model avoids high beta (long) bonds and intermediate duration bonds as well, the yield curve is getting steeper, and gold and silver models are not invested. The recession indicator COMP gained a bit from last week’s level.

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Historic Buy and Sell Signals for the MAC and IBH models.

Historic Buy and Sell Signals for the MAC and IBH models.

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Update 3-15-13

The IBH model produced a basic-sell signal early this week and a few days later a sell-A signal. The MAC stock market model is invested, the bond market model avoids high beta (long) bonds and intermediate duration bonds as well, the yield curve is getting steeper, and gold and silver models are not invested. The recession indicator COMP moved higher again.

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February Unemployment Rate Does Not Signal A Recession Now

A reliable source for recession forecasting is the unemployment rate, which can provide signals for the beginnings and ends of recessions. The unemployment rate model (article link), updated with the February figure, does not signal a recession now, nor does it support Economic Cycle Research Institute’s recent claim that a recession started in July 2012, nor their September 2011 recession call, nor any of their many “follow-up” recession calls since then.
Read more >

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Update 3-8-13

All the stock market models are invested, the bond market model avoids high beta (long) bonds and intermediate duration bonds as well, the yield curve seems to steepen, and gold and silver models are not invested. The recession indicator COMP moved higher.

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