Trend still bullish

Regular readers of this blog know that I suggested a correction was quite overdue about a month ago –I suspected that August might be the month to bring such a correction. Here is my July blog that covered this thought:

As I noted in July, August is one of the weakest months of the year, according to Thackray’s seasonal investing guide. September is also a month to watch—given its reputation as the weakest month of the year, seasonally speaking.

I view the current volatility as quite predictable and healthy – and at ValueTrend, we’ve positioned our equity platforms to take advantage of any weakness that arises. In late July, I followed my own advice and sold a little more equity. Our Managed Equity Platform now stands at about 25% cash. This cash dampens volatility, and provides capital to buy cheaper stocks in the current correction or flat/choppy period.

I view any choppy market behaviour over the next few weeks as constructive to the health of the market, and as a buying opportunity. The big picture bull market is still intact. Above is a chart of the S&P500 (red line) vs. the broad market Advance/Decline line ( blue line – smoothed with a 20 day moving average) – courtesy freestockcharts.com. As you can see, I’ve drawn green trendlines on both the S&P index and the AD line.

Despite the recent pullback, the trend is still our friend. In fact, the S&P 500 just bounced off of the trendline. I suspect we may have another test of that support level, which lies around 1900. Or we may just meander in the mid-1900’s for a while. Use any choppiness over the next little while to add quality positions to your portfolio.

Keith on BNN

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2 Comments

  • The weekly chart for $WTIC has me thinking “back up the truck” (or in my case more like a minivan!) Any thoughts Keith?

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    • Big support at $92, and its trying to hold trendline near $94–wait to see if it holds one of those levels–ie bounces off and stays minimum 3 days

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