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Dow Theory Update for June 4: Steen Jakobsen Expects A 30% Stock Market Correction in 2014 Continue Reading

Dow Theory Update for June 4: Steen Jakobsen Expects A 30% Stock Market Correction in 2014

posted on: June 4, 2014

Should Dow Theorists panic? Zero Hedge reports that Steen Jakobsen, Chief Investment Officer of Saxo Bank, believes that in the second half of 2014 stocks are likely to correct 30%. Such a prediction is based on fundamental reasons, of course. So what should be done? My answer: Nothing. We should do nothing because as Dow […]

Dow Theory Update for June 3: Is it a secular bull market? Continue Reading

Dow Theory Update for June 3: Is it a secular bull market?

posted on: June 3, 2014

We, primary trend Dow Theorists, simply don’t care Ed Yardeni, of the Dr. Ed’s Blog, has just posted that the Dow Theory is bullish. I agree with him. In his post, he states (something which has been defended by Schannep of “thedowtheory.com” long time ago) that we are in the midst of a powerful secular […]

Coiled markets and the Dow Theory: A closer look to TLT and IEF ETFs Continue Reading

Coiled markets and the Dow Theory: A closer look to TLT and IEF ETFs

posted on: April 28, 2014

In my last post, I wrote about consolidations I see occurring in several markets. Well, let’s take a look at interest rates (TLT and IEF, the 20+ years and 7-10 years bonds ETFs, respectively). It will be a very cursory analysis, as my time remains in short supply. Here you have the vital chart which […]

Dow Theory special issue: Dow Theory Review for 2013. Continue Reading

Dow Theory special issue: Dow Theory Review for 2013.

posted on: January 3, 2014

Putting 2013 in perspective Let’s briefly recap how our Dow Theory analysis fared in 2013. Did we do a good job at determining the primary trend of the markets? This post should be an eye-opener for many skeptics. US Stocks The year began on January 2 with a primary bull market signal, as you can […]

Dow Theory Update for December 26: Stocks make higher highs and primary bull market remains unchallenged Continue Reading

Dow Theory Update for December 26: Stocks make higher highs and primary bull market remains unchallenged

posted on: December 26, 2013

  More on the primary bear market anniversary in gold and silver Last Tuesday24th, I wrote about the first anniversary of the primary bear market signal in gold and silver. Today, I’d like to add a couple of random thoughts on this issue. It is good to remember that many experts had been trying unsuccessfully […]

Dow Theory Update for December 24: Happy anniversary (for those standing on the sidelines): Primary bear market signal in gold and silver grows one year old Continue Reading

Dow Theory Update for December 24: Happy anniversary (for those standing on the sidelines): Primary bear market signal in gold and silver grows one year old

posted on: December 24, 2013

 Stocks make higher highs On December 20, 2012, this Dow Theory blog signaled the existence of a primary bear market in gold and silver, as was explained here. Well, last Friday December 20, 2013, the primary bear market signal grew 1 year old. So happy anniversary for those that heeded the signal. On December 20, […]

Face off: Schannep versus “classical” Dow Theory Continue Reading

Face off: Schannep versus “classical” Dow Theory

posted on: November 22, 2013

  Part V. Performance comparison under secular bear markets This post was overdue. But time constraints prevented me from writing it before. This is the last post of the saga “Face-off: Schannep versus classical Dow Theory”. As you well know, until now, four posts have analyzed the Schannep’s Dow Theory and Rhea’s (classical) Dow Theory […]

Dow Theory Special issue: Visualising drawdowns Continue Reading

Dow Theory Special issue: Visualising drawdowns

posted on: September 21, 2013

Buy and hold versus Schannep’s Dow Theory An image is worth than thousand words. I have profusely written on this blog about the excellent job Schannep’s Dow Theory does at containing losses. Well, today I won’t give stats. Just three charts (created by courtesy of TradeStation ®) which are self-revealing. The first chart is the […]

Dow Theory special issue: More on the Chinese primary bull market signal Continue Reading

Dow Theory special issue: More on the Chinese primary bull market signal

posted on: September 14, 2013

In this post, I explained that a primary bull market had been signaled in Chinese stocks. Let’s look a bit deeper into it. Let’s start by showing an updated chart: Anatomy of a primary bull market signal  I will focus on the FXI as it represents 25 big companies. It is the equivalent of focusing […]

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Face off: Schannep versus “classical” Dow Theory

posted on: September 6, 2013

Part IV. Performance comparison under secular bull markets. Until now this series “Face off: Schannep versus “classical” Dow Theory has focused on comparing Schannep’s and “Rhea/classical” Dow Theory irrespective of the secular condition of the market. In part I we set out the premises of our study (so that we conduct an apple to apples […]

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Face off: Schannep versus “classical” Dow Theory

posted on: August 17, 2013

 Part III Overall performance figures (2) Let’s continue with our analysis of the Schannep’s version of the Dow Theory versus the “Rhea/classical” one. The first post of this saga, which you can find here, set out the premises of our study, as it is important to do a real “apple to apples” comparison. The second […]

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Face off: Schannep versus “classical” Dow Theory

posted on: August 9, 2013

Part II. Overall performance figures Today we will continue our comparison of the “Rhea/classical” Dow Theory versus the Schannep’s version thereof. Our previous post, which you can find here, set out the premises of our study, as it is important to do a real “apple to apples” comparison. Today, we will begin to evaluate the […]

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