Performance

June was down in the middle and up at the end. The net was a 2.5% gain for the DJIA and 1.8% for the S&P 500. Not much, but a decided improvement over May. Actually, in the midst of the June churning, some significant undercurrents were occurring.

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T-bonds at their recent lows were down 30% from peak levels. Yes, it has been a bear market, but it may be about over. At minimum, a move to a 12% level is expected before election day.

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Do You Know the Way to Monterey? Steve’s notes from the MTA seminar in Monterey, California…..Maybe the Best to be Said About May 1984 Is… It’s now history. It was a rotten month.

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The Major Trend Index shifted to Negative status as noted in the special May 22 Interim Memo. However, downside vulnerability appears quite limited. At any rate, expect a good market in the last half of 1984. It is too late in the decline for most to build cash, although some futures hedging may be appropriate for those who can.

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T-Bonds at their recent lows were down 30% from peak levels. Yes, it has been a bear market, but it may be about over. At minimum, a strong move to 11%-12% levels is expected before election day. Is the five-point move in recent days the 10 beginning of this? Maybe …

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The Major Trend Index remains in “neutral,” but it appears the correction lows may have been seen around 1120, DJIA. Our “Early Warning” work remains constructive.

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T-Bonds broke the August 1983 lows, but municipals and corporates still seem to be holding. Pessimism is rampant. Investors should consider buying T-bonds now. The biggest risk may now be not owning bonds. I expect a good rally momentarily.

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The Major Trend Index remains in “neutral,” but it appears the correction lows may have been seen around 1120, DJIA. Our “Early Warning” work remains constructive.

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T-Bonds broke the August 1983 lows, but municipals and corporates seem to be holding. Pessimism is rampant. Investors should consider buying T-Bonds now. The biggest risk may now be not owning bonds. Positive action on the deficit could kick off a large rally.

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Our Major Trend Index is down to Neutral temporarily, but we think the market is now in final washout phase of the long complex correction dating back to late June 1983. Our guess at this time is the late February lows will hold.

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The bond market has come back down in our 12% (T-bonds) buying zone. We would buy Zeros and Long T-bonds. A short-term clear break to new lows would not surprise us, but our minimum 1984 Long T-bond target is 10.5%, maybe lower if significant action is taken on deficit.

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Our Major Trend Index says it’s still a cyclical bull market. The market is now in final washout phase of the long complex correction dating back to late June 1983. Expect to see lows momentarily, followed by powerful upswing carrying to new market highs by summer.

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After drifting lower in December, the bond market drifted higher in January. Corporates turned in the best showing, with two-point gains fairly typical. Municipals were up 1 1/2 points while Long T-bonds moved up about a point. Yields declined 20 to 40 basis points, depending on the type of security.

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The bond market remains in our buying zone. We expect last summer’s lows to hold, and very soon, a sharp upward move in bond prices.

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The cyclical bull market, exploding over a year ago looks healthy, but we are not sure the 1983 corrective phase is over. Our intermediate term timing work does not want to turn positive. On a secular basis, the stock market is probably about two-thirds of the way through the move beginning in 1974.

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The cyclical bull market, exploding over a year ago, looks healthy. The 4-5 month corrective phase may be over. The excesses have been worked off and the next up-leg is due momentarily. On a secular basis, the stock market is probably about two-thirds of the way through the move beginning in 1974.

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The bond market has backed off this last month and there is a remote chance it might even retest the lows. But it looks to me like the lows have already been made and the cyclical bond bull market is back on the track.

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Short-term, an October decline may be in order, but nothing serious. Most excesses have been worked off in the third quarter. The cyclical bull market, exploding over a year ago, is looking much healthier.

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The bond market is in the midst of both secular and cyclical bull moves. The cyclical bull market target zone is 9% yields for T-Bonds in the next 12-18 months. Maybe much lower on a secular basis. The recent correction carried to our 12% T-Bond buying zone and we loaded up again.

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In recent weeks the municipal market has been relatively weak compared to other fixed income markets. Long municipal yields are now 89% of long T-bonds, back up to about the levels where we recommended our unorthodox move in early February. It looks like a great opportunity.

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