Supporting Analytics And Performance Table For The U.S. General Market
For over 50 years my motto has been: "Invest Wisely."
The below graphic is simple and what you must understand, if you want to consistently be a profitable Investor.
My below table lists my select U.S. General Market - - Sectors which is a rather broad breakdown and perspective of the general stock market and indices.
In this table, I share my current forecasts and opinions and performance - - Updated at least Semi-Monthly. My focus is only on my ten (10) Sectors. There are other Sectors that I use for confirmation and "sub-groups" for each Sector and they are my select 350+ Industry Groups.
I write a weekly article for a new Industry Group in Doug Short's - Advisor Perspectives blog. It is one of the very finest and elite financial blogs in cyber-space. There are quite a number of excellent financial authors. I recommend you tune into his Blog.
Ongoing analytics (research) with sectors / industry groups is pretty much the same as for commodities / ETFs or individual companies. My focus is fundamental - valuation with support from my unique technical analytics.
My methodology is primarily used to identify the current, most favorable, companies and ETFs for making formal recommendations to my clients during bullish time frames as well as the current, most unfavorable, companies and ETFs during bearish time frames. This is basic as to how I maintain a very conservative and low-risk approach to managing assets. During periods of uncertainty I formally recommend to my clients to hold-cash.
I believe that, cash is often a wise choice that many investors seem to ignore. Holding cash through periods of uncertainty has improved my annual performance by at least ten percent - (10% or more), each and every year - - over 50 years now! (I hope you will want to get acquainted and further learn about how go about "investing wisely." )
Table of 10 select sectors:
Each sector listed below has a large number of both currently favorable and unfavorable industry groups and component companies and (regular) ETFs for bullish cycles that are listed on the US Exchanges such as the New York and the Nasdaq. There are also, (inverse) ETFs for bearish cycles in each sector and some of my industry groups.
Table:
My universe of ten tectors - with symbol, name and forecast / current opinion & operformance
Flagging for your attention: Basic Materials / Utilities
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Symbol |
Name of Sector w/ Select ETFs |
Current Forecast / Current Opinion & Performance of Forecasts and Client Recommendations |
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$DJUSBM |
Basic Materials ETFs: XLB & UYM Have a look at: $BPDISC - it remains Bullish. |
Basic Materials is notable Under-Performing other Sectors over for the Long-Term. Performance (Previous / Past Cycle): My Initial Bullish Forecast - - June 2009 @ $165. -- I Posted my Bearish Forecast in 2011 and Moved to CASH - - July 2011 @ $329. Sector Gain for that Time-Frame: 99% I am Currently on an : Initial Bearish "Warning" / HOLDING - - Highly Selective Securities - Caution is Advised with a Focus on Taking-Profits. Performance (Current Cycle): My Initial Bullish Forecast - - November 2012 @ $260. -- Currently Maintaining My Forecast - - @ $317. - - Sector Profit Percent to Date for this Current Time-Frame : 20% |
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$DJUSCY |
Consumer Services ETFs: XLP & UGE Have a look at: $BPDISC - its turned Bearish. |
Consumer Services continues to Perform Well. I am Currently on an : Initial Bearish "Warning" / HOLDING - Highly Selective Positions - Caution is Advised with a Focus on Taking-Profits. Performance (Current Cycle): Initiated Bullish Forecast - - July 2009 @ $214. -- Currently Maintaining My Forecast - - @ $598. - - Sector Profit Percent to Date for this Current Time-Frame : 175% |
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$DJUSEN |
Energy - - Oil & Gas ETFs: XLE & DIG Have a look at: $BPENER - its turned Bearish. |
Energy - - Oil & Gas continues to Perform Well. I am Currently on an : Initial Bearish "Warning" / HOLDING - Highly Selective Positions - Caution is Advised with a Focus on Taking-Profits. Performance (Current Cycle): Initiated Bullish Forecast - - July 2009 @ $405 -- Currently Maintaining Forecast - - @ $728 - - Sector Profit Percent to Date : 79% |
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$DJUSFN |
Financials ETFs: XLF & UYG Have a look at: $BPFINA - its turned Bearish. |
Financials continues to Perform Well. I am Currently on an : Initial Bearish "Warning" / HOLDING - Highly Selective Positions - Caution is Advised with a Focus on Taking-Profits. Performance (Current Cycle): Initiated Bullish Forecast - - July 2009 @ $205 -- Currently Maintaining Forecast - - @ $389 - - Sector Profit Percent to Date for this Current Time-Frame : 88% |
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$DJUSHC |
Health Care ETFs: XLV & RXL Have a look at: $BPHEAL - its turned Bearish. |
Health Care continues to Perform Well. I am Currently on an : Initial Bearish "Warning" / HOLDING - Highly Selective Positions - Caution is Advised with a Focus on Taking-Profits. Performance (Current Cycle): Initiated Bullish Forecast - - July 2009 @ $268 -- Currently Maintaining Forecast - - @ $579 - - Sector Profit Percent to Date for this Current Time-Frame : 110% |
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$DJUSIN |
Industrials ETFs: XLI & UXI Have a look at: $BPINDY - it remains Bullish. |
Industrials continues to Perform Well. I am Currently on an : Initial Bearish "Warning" / HOLDING - Highly Selective Positions - Caution is Advised with a Focus on Taking-Profits. Performance (Current Cycle): Initiated Bullish Forecast - - July 2009 @ $195 -- Currently Maintaining Forecast - - @ $470 - - Sector Profit Percent to Date for this Current Time-Frame : 136% |
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$DJUSIT |
Transportation ETFs: XTN Have a look at: $BPTRAN - it remains Bullish. |
Transportation continues to Perform Well. I am Currently on an : Initial Bearish "Warning" / HOLDING - Highly Selective Positions - Caution is Advised with a Focus on Taking-Profits. Performance (Current Cycle): Initiated Bullish Forecast - - July 2009 @ $283 -- Currently Maintaining Forecast - - @ $677 - - Sector Profit Percent to Date for this Current Time-Frame : 132% |
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$DJUSRT |
Retail / Consumer Staples ETFs: XRT & UCC Have a look at: $BPSTAP - its turned Bearish. |
Retail continues to Perform Well. I am Currently on an : Initial Bearish "Warning" / HOLDING - Highly Selective Positions - Caution is Advised with a Focus on Taking-Profits. Performance (Current Cycle): Initiated Bullish Forecast - - July 2009 @ $270 -- Currently Maintaining Forecast - - @ $649 - - Sector Profit Percent to Date for this Current Time-Frame : 139% |
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$DJUSTC |
Technology ETFs: XLK & ROM Have a look at: $BPINFO - it remains Bullish. |
Technology continues to Perform Well. I am Currently on an : Initial Bearish "Warning" / HOLDING - Highly Selective Positions - Caution is Advised with a Focus on Taking-Profits.. Performance (Current Cycle): Initiated Bullish Forecast - - July 2009 @ $430 -- Currently Maintaining Forecast - - @ $884 - - Sector Profit Percent to Date for this Current Time-Frame : 101% |
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$DJUSUT |
Utilities ETFs: XLU & UPW Have a look at: $BPUTIL - its turned Bearish. |
Utilities has more recently begun to Under-Perform. I am Currently on an : Strong Bearish "Warning" / HOLDING-CASH - Caution is Advised with a Focus on Taking-Profits. Performance (Previous / Past Cycle): Initiated Bullish Forecast - - January 2010 @ $140 -- Moved to CASH - - October 2013 @ $193 - - Sector Profit for this Current Time-Frame: 38% |
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Notes for Table: ( A Must Read - - if you are interested in how I go about making money in the Stock Market for myself and my Clients ) The Symbol and Name is simple what Sectors I use to keep my Analytics and Perspective both current and accurate. (Symbols are those necessary to use StockCharts.com) The Forecast and Opinion: For Public Publication I have four ( 4 ) designations. Each are Dynamic, meaning they are in transition and often illusive to the Public Investor. Forecast: In my Analytics - - I note if - "they" are: a) Going-Up perhaps further -Strong Bullish "Alert" - or - b) Anticipating their Going-Up after "Bottoming" more - Initial Bullish "Alert" - or - c) Coming-Down perhaps further - Strong Bearish "Warning" - or - d) Anticipating their after Coming-Down after "Topping" more - Initial Bearish "Warning." * Initial Bullish "Alert" : This Opinion tells you that at this time, I am sufficiently convinced that the security will become a Buy or a Cover at some reasonable (in weeks) future date. * Strong Bullish "Alert" : This opinion tells you that at this time, I either own - or - would consider owning this security, if at a future date it met my very stringent "Confirmation" criterion. * Initial Bearish "Warning" : This opinion tells you that at this time, I am sufficiently convinced that the security will become a Sell or a Short at some reasonable (in weeks) future date. * Strong Bearish "Warning" : This Opinion tells you that at this time, I either HOLD-CASH - or - would consider shorting this security, if at a future date it met my very stringent "confirmation" criterion. Opinion: ** HOLD : My opinion is most often to hold the security for now. That means I believe that you will benefit for at least the near-term (1 - 20 trading days or more). It definitely does not mean I would relax, especially if my forecast is bearish. ** HOLD-CASH : I typically hold-cash after terminating a security from my or my client's portfolio. I strongly suggest that holding-cash is one of the most prudent strategies of "Investing Wisely." Remember CASH gives you buying-power for the next bullish or bearish inflection point or cycle. Performance: In my analytics, forecasting is the first step prior to making formal recommendations to my clients. The above performance is for you to hopefully encourage you to want to know more about my general market / sector / industry group forecasting and how that leads me to the specific companies and ETFs I recommend. What is my "confirmation" procedure and why does it work? It is a very precise way to do what I call a "Reality Check" during the time frames that I am Holding-Cash and just prior to Buying / Selling - or - Shorting / Covering. It is a Procedure that I have developed for running a multi-point check of many Fundamentals and Technicals that have consistently provided Profits for over 50 years. - - - At this point, my methodology of "Investing Wisely" gets much more complex. Working with any of the above four opinions a very clear and precise Forecast is then developed and noted on my Asset Management Lists. I have just two Lists one for Bull Market Buying and one for Bear Market Shorting. From my forecast I can - - for any given security - - I project the probability of profit as well as an accurate percent profit projection - for each security. That is a big file of notes for possible future investments. In order to make a Formal Recommendation of a specific security to my Clients I must have a "probability of profit" of over 90% and a "percent profit projection" of over 20%. This criterion produces consistent and meaningful annual profits. Clearly, those "files" are whittled down to a Select and well honed group of Candidates for Buying (C4Bs) and Candidates for Shorting (C4Ss). It requires a great deal of "Know How" / Time / both Discipline and Patience. (Do you have those investing ingredients going for you?) At Bullish or Bearish Inflection Points there are always an ample number of securities that meet the above criterion. Yes, my old lists have become worthless because the Companies and ETFs - - Rotate or Cycle in an out of Favor - over time. That is why I work daily on my Asset Management Lists for future Buying and Shorting. My Buy List or my Shorting List may or may not come from the above Global (Country) Market Indexes. And, you should know that I primarily focus on the U.S. Market because there is typically much more "raw material" to work with. Concluding Note: More information and data available upon Email request. Please ask specific questions so I can meet you need for understanding my Methodology for "Investing Wisely." |
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Note: The above "Notes" though lengthy is important to me, I hope you will soon understand that they are "important" to you as well.
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Smile, Have Fun, "Investing Wisely,"
Dr. Steve
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