Here’s a list of indicators that did not work. after-action report.
Many of these indicators are traditional BUT DID NOT WORK…
Some may work again given that the 50 year super-cycle bubble is bursting.
- IGNORING 2Y RULE after 2022.
- 2 year treasury
- Unemployment Rate YoY…(level was too low at 3.5%)
- Job Openings YoY (level was too high at 11M)
- TIP-IEF ratio
- sentiment surveys
- CPI falling rapidly (levels too high 50y high in 2022)
- gdp in Q1 2023 at 1.0%
- Negative dividends growth Q3 2024
- Continuing claims rising through 2023 (they’re lagging and were too low)
- XLE 3 weeks down (3 dot).
- delinquency rates rising (level was too low in 2021)
AND JP has to keep rates high for longer because of his fukups in 2021!!!
Of general background assistance,
- XLE 4 wks down and -10% (dec 2024)… signals trend change
- 40 wkma slope SPY
- 40 wkma slope XLE
- 100 wkma slope TECK