Tiger Woods and the stock market

Just for fun, Steve Gage, owner of Gage Business Communication (my go-to man for all of my printing and marketing supply needs: www.gagebiz.com) sent me this chart. It’s an overlay of Tiger’s wins each year and the S&P 500. If you want to take this study with more than a grain of salt, you could draw the conclusion from the recent market activity that Tiger should be due for a run of wins. Go Tiger!

On a more serious note, I put together this chart marking late April/ early May in each year since 2006. As you can see, the S&P has often reached at least a short termed peak during that point on the calendar. Given some of the factors I’ve mentioned in prior blogs regarding the potential for a correction, I do think that the tendency for markets to sell off in late spring should be factored into this year’s trading strategy. Backing that, recent updates from sentimentrader.com note that “smart money” (commercial hedgers) are now $62BB net short the 4 large market indices (NAZ, S&P500, DJIA, Russell 2000) —the largest short level in a decade. Meanwhile, “dumb money” (3-month mutual fund inflow) recently hit $36BB, a level that has surpassed the level reached before the 17% + correction in 2011 from April-August. I’ve recently raised about 20% cash in my equity model. I expect to further reduce my equity exposure by or before the end of April, if nothing else to take profits and prepare for future opportunities should markets pull back into the spring.

Keith speaking in Creemore

Don’t forget to stop by and visit the Clearview Health and Leisure Showcase, where I will be speaking this Saturday March 23^rd @ 2PM.

SmartBounce blog hits record high viewers

We reached 5350 viewers in February.  The trend is good, you might say – Thanks for reading SmartBounce! I’d encourage all viewers to add  comments on my posts – consider SmartBounce a learning community where all of us can share our knowledge and views.