Category Archives: Market Commentary

Market Overbought – But Wait for the Trend Change

Posted on February 14, 2013 by

I introduced the concept of market breadth in a post titled “The Secret Weapon of Technical Analysis.” Based on current breadth readings, the equity market is overbought and due for a pullback.  However, trading against the trend has a low … Continue reading →

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Q4 2012 Earnings Preview

Posted on January 13, 2013 by

Earnings season is here again, which provides a timely reminder that earnings are the ultimate driver of stock prices.  The following article explores the recent trend in equity prices and earnings estimates.

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U.S. Recession Risk Drops Sharply in December

Posted on January 7, 2013 by

The following article updates the diffusion index, recession slack index, aggregate recession model, and aggregate peak-trough model through December 2012. If you are new to Trader Edge and would like some additional background on the development of the Trader Edge … Continue reading →

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A New Recession Slack Indicator

Posted on January 1, 2013 by

I introduced the topic of recession forecasting in late October.  I have since developed several recession forecasting tools that I created by applying probit, logit, and neural network models to a diffusion index of economic and market-related variables.  This article … Continue reading →

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U.S. Recession Risk Jumps 20% in November

Posted on December 10, 2012 by

I introduced the topic of recession forecasting in late October and have since developed several recession forecasting tools that I created by applying probit, logit, and neural network models to a diffusion index of economic and market-related variables.  If you … Continue reading →

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Non-Farm Payroll (NFP) Forecast – November 2012

Posted on December 6, 2012 by

I introduced a simple non-farm payroll forecasting model a few months ago and revised the model last month.  The revisions improved the fit and reduced the standard error.  Going forward, I may also attempt to build a neural network model … Continue reading →

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A Relative Strength Market Timing Oscillator

Posted on December 1, 2012 by

I read about this indicator in an article titled “Roulette Wheels and Individual Stocks,” which appeared in the December 2012 issue of Active Trader.  The article was written by Richard J. Bauer, Jr.  In the article, Bauer used an innovative … Continue reading →

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Recession Model Improvements

Posted on November 21, 2012 by

I introduced the topic of recession forecasting in late October with a discussion of Capital Spectator’s Economic Trend index, which I used as a foundation for two new recession forecasting models. Last week I explained the potential limitations of forecasting … Continue reading →

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