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We can’t answer the question we posed in our title. We don’t know what weight the market puts on specific events, but we find some events more interesting than others, and when something happens for the first time in a… Continue Reading →

It is more fun to run with a tailwind, and it’s more fun to invest when your investments are in Long Term Uptrends. That’s the situation we’ve found ourselves in all year. Our sole function this year has been to… Continue Reading →

Last week the Commerce Department reported that 3rd quarter GDP rose 3.3%, the strongest growth in three years. Other signs of strength came from a 17 year low in the unemployment rate to 4.1% and a 17 year high in… Continue Reading →

New highs are, and should be viewed as, a sign of strength in markets and not a sign of impending danger. Sure, danger will eventually befall the market, but the decline will NOT be caused by the new highs. Rather… Continue Reading →

The very good year continues and we’ve been lucky enough to be on this ride for the entire year, and we remain on it. All arrows remain Green.

The media is now saying that it’s tax reform moving the market higher one week, or even one day, and then lower the next. That “sounds” plausible, but do you really think there are a significant number of investors sure… Continue Reading →

We’ve been lucky to see strong markets virtually across the board this year, and as many of our followers know we have had Green Arrows (i.e. Long Term Uptrends) on all 30 of our ETFs since the end of last… Continue Reading →

Worldwide growth continues as exemplified by the 3% GDP growth reported for the U.S. last week. This leads to the decent earnings gains posted by technology, and others, in the domestic markets. Earnings drive stock prices and prices continue their… Continue Reading →

We would like to be able to impart some special market knowledge to justify our existence but we don’t have to give. We run a fairly simple system and in this continuously rising market we have had nothing to do… Continue Reading →

The markets certainly have been boring this year, but as soon as we start to see market declines we’ll be wishing for the days of this gradually rising boredom. In this type of market the only way we can add… Continue Reading →