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VIX base (blue line) is rising

VIX base is rising even though SPY has also been rising. VIX 15wkma has crossed the 22 and VIX ROC YoY is also due to X zero. Last Jan 2017 VIX was falling rapidly -50% YoY. But this year its … Continue reading →

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Declining Growth….see Robert Gordon TED talk

Two charts from the talk (1st chart past growth):   And the future growth:   I see a ‘dark age’ ahead. The above chart shows it as well…  

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Estimated Returns for 12 years now 1%…lowest ever

https://www.hussmanfunds.com/wmc/wmc170508.htm “We presently estimate that the total return of a passive, conventional portfolio mix of 60% stocks, 30% bonds, and 10% cash will hardly exceed 1% annually over the coming 12-year horizon.” This implies a very rough road for S&P500 … Continue reading →

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On the way to inversion (10y < 2y) and the pause in Dec 2018

The best recession indicator is the 10 year-2 year treasury rates, (now 0.56).  After so many years, recession is finally upon us. I believed recession was impossible without inversion and indeed it was but NOW IT WILL ARRIVE! See below … Continue reading →

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Transition to CCPI 2.0 Sooner (May)

The effective tax cut for the first year 2018 (declining every year after) boosts real income by 2.2%. The tax cut effect pushes up inflation and real income for 6 months then falls off. So I expect 2.0 core inflation … Continue reading →

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Main issue now: VIX has to rise…ccpi below 2.0 until Jun

Good news is that it has bottomed out and has nowhere to go but up! ROC shows above the line Jan 2014-Jul 2016. And from Jul 2016 below the line. 10.60 is also at the bottom historically. The change in … Continue reading →

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One Significant Change: Dec Gas Prices Down (2017)

One change is December gas prices this year (2017 bottom) vs last year (top). So this is more evidence that 2018 will be weaker…   Also TLT:SPY shows an upturn shortly  in the ROC (52 weeks). This biases TLT to … Continue reading →

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Risk Off Stronger in 2018

Risk off TLT to Oil on the macd shows momentum now returning to the upside.  The recent momentum down was less than last year. This means risk off will be stronger this year. Oil will stall out and fall in … Continue reading →

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Oil to X 40 wkma in Feb

The oil macd weekly needs the 12 week (red) X the 26 week (black). It’s approx a 18-24mo cycle.. See below that the USD from (Oct-on) won’t be helping oil to stay up as in 2017. 1.    The USD falling … Continue reading →

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SPY not so favorable 2018

Now we know ccpi will be 2.0 in 2018. When in Fed raising mode, CCPI > 2.0 leads to Fed tightening policies. 2016 is a guide with many vix events. As well, now that vix has bottomed, it has no … Continue reading →

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