• Shiller’s Cyclically Adjusted Price to Earnings Ratio (CAPE ratio) is at 27.8, which is 11.1 above its long-term mean of 16.7, signifying overvaluation of stocks and low forward returns.
• The alternative CAPE ratio methodology offered in this article references stock market valuation to a 35-year moving-average of the Shiller CAPE ratio instead of to the 1881-2016 fixed long-term mean.
• The latest CAPE ratio predicts a 10-year annualized real return of only 1.5%, whereas the presented methodology forecasts 5.8%, similar to the long-term market trend expected real return of 5.4%.

We have revised the iM Gold-Timer. The timer endeavors to signal long-term investment periods for Gold. It uses the SPDR® Gold Shares ETF: GLD. When not invested in GLD the model goes to 100% cash.

• This market timing model integrates the iM-Standard Market Timer and the iM-Composite Market Timer.
• This model switches between ETFs SH and RSP providing signals when to be short or long the stock market.
• The model does not utilize Bond ETFs, and is therefore not directly affected by the potential risk of rising interest rates.
• From 2001 to 2016 switching between SH and RSP provided significant benefits. This strategy would have produced an average annual return of 26.2% versus only 8.5% for buy&hold RSP.