Market At Tactical Decision Point. Our Models Point Lower.
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Introduction
In our previous August 29th update, entitled The Lights Are Blinking – Last Call For The March Rally?, we said that — despite the Federal Reserve’s implicit message to continue supporting asset prices no matter what — history still matters. Specifically, we were talking about the benchmark S&P 500’s (SPX) historically overextended 13.8% rise above its 200-day moving average at that time, which was a 20-year high. That metric actually extended a bit higher, to 15.9% on September 2nd as SPX rose by another 2.1% into the September 2nd high — right before collapsing by 6.7% into Friday’s low.
Decision Time
Chart 1 below shows that this recent collapse has positioned SPX right on top of its 50-day moving average, a widely-watched minor trend proxy currently at 3322.
We view this as a major decision point for the US broad market, from which the late March advance should resume — IF still valid.
Since no one can predict the future, the next best thing we can do, at an inflection point like this one, is to take a look “under the hood” of the market — to see which way it may be leaning.
The Asbury 6
Table 1 below displays the current reading of the Asbury 6, our own model which uses six different metrics to determine the day-to-day internal strength of the US stock market. The “A6” is one of two in-house tactical models we use to determine whether we should be on offense or defense — that is, adding more risk to portfolios or protecting our capital.
The table shows that five of the Asbury 6 constituents finished Friday’s session in Negative territory — with just Trading Volume still Positive. The “A6” has been on a Negative status since September 8th, after previously being Positive since July 2nd. It would take a shift back to Positive by four or more constituents to turn the A6 back to a Risk On status.
So, while the S&P 500 negotiates the 3322 area to determine whether its March advance is still valid and intact, under the hood our Asbury 6 indicates the market’s engine is sputtering. If these market internals continue to remain weak and are confirmed by a decline by SPX below 3322 support, it will indicate a long-awaited corrective US broad market decline is beginning.
Our latest video below shows how we have navigated these recent market conditions in real time.
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