Seeing we are in the middle of summer and many people are on vacation, this update will be kept brief. For the past few months, I have been showing the possibility of a sideways trend within a rising trend. With last month’s price advance, I believe the secondary sideways trend is now off the table, which results in us focusing on the primary rising trend. Here’s the updated chart:
THE S&P 500 PRIMARY TREND: RISING
Chart courtesy of StockCharts.com
So far, the market pattern is unfolding as I illustrated in Chapter 5 of my book Protecting The Pig. When the market experiences what I call a Channel Correction, it usually takes approximately 2 years to get back to new highs from the initial high. Here we are approximately 18 months from the initial “high” and if the market continues in this manner over the coming months, the market may make new all-time highs by the turn of the year.
I’m happy to report that having reviewed a sample of client accounts, all are at new highs already compared to where they stood at the end of calendar year 2021. I believe this is one of the potential benefits of our investment strategy. When we can successfully limit investment loss, it affords us the opportunity to reinvest at lower prices. This can help save our clients from losing time and money compared to aimlessly riding the stock market roller coaster up and down.
THE “BLUE LINE”: A CLOSER LOOK
Chart courtesy of StockCharts.com
The S&P finished the month of June 8.46% above the Blue Line, compared to 3.31% above the Blue Line at the end of May. Thank you for reading this update and I hope you are having an enjoyable summer.
Jeff Link
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