Monday, March 31, 2014

Vantage Point UPDATE: Intermediate-Term and Long-Term Trend Analysis



On
Friday, March 28, the S&P 500 closed @ 1858, and that was...
  
   +7.3% ABOVE its 12-Month moving average which stood @ 1732.
   +5.7% ABOVE its 40-Week moving average which stood @ 1758.
   +1.2% ABOVE its 10-Week moving average which stood @ 1835.


Therefore, the INTERMEDIATE-Term trend IS NEUTRAL
and the LONG-Term trend is UP.




Monday, March 24, 2014

Vantage Point UPDATE: Intermediate-Term and Long-Term Trend Analysis



On
Friday, March 21, the S&P 500 closed @ 1867, and that was...
  
   +7.6% ABOVE its 12-Month moving average which stood @ 1734.
   +6.5% ABOVE its 40-Week moving average which stood @ 1752.
   +1.8% ABOVE its 10-Week moving average which stood @ 1833.


Therefore, the INTERMEDIATE-Term trend IS NEUTRAL
and the LONG-Term trend is UP.



Monday, March 17, 2014

Vantage Point UPDATE: Intermediate-Term and Long-Term Trend Analysis



On
Friday, March 14, the S&P 500 closed @ 1841, and that was...
  
   +6.4% ABOVE its 12-Month moving average which stood @ 1730.
   +5.4% ABOVE its 40-Week moving average which stood @ 1746.
   +0.6% ABOVE its 10-Week moving average which stood @ 1830.


Therefore, the INTERMEDIATE-Term trend IS NEUTRAL
and the LONG-Term trend is UP.



Monday, March 10, 2014

Vantage Point UPDATE: Intermediate-Term and Long-Term Trend Analysis



On
Friday, March 7, the S&P 500 closed @ 1878, and that was...
  
   +8.2% ABOVE its 12-Month moving average which stood @ 1736.
   +7.9% ABOVE its 40-Week moving average which stood @ 1741.
   +2.7% ABOVE its 10-Week moving average which stood @ 1829.


Therefore, the INTERMEDIATE-Term trend IS NEUTRAL
and the LONG-Term trend is UP.



Friday, March 7, 2014

Getting Long In The Tooth? The Bull Market Celebrates It's 5th Birthday...


A 5-year anniversary should give pause to anyone who lends much credence to stock market history.

Going back to 1921, the current bull market's rally is only 2 percentage points shy of the average performance. And the average bull market has lasted only 6 weeks longer.


The median bull-market return and duration are
+115.4% and 50 months, respectively—leaving the current bull market looking long in the tooth indeed.



Monday, March 3, 2014

Vantage Point UPDATE: Intermediate-Term and Long-Term Trend Analysis



On
Friday, February 28, the S&P 500 closed @ 1859, and that was...
  
   +8.7% ABOVE its 12-Month moving average which stood @ 1710.
   +7.2% ABOVE its 40-Week moving average which stood @ 1735.
   +1.8% ABOVE its 10-Week moving average which stood @ 1826.


Therefore, the INTERMEDIATE-Term trend IS NEUTRAL
and the LONG-Term trend is UP.