28 November 2014

Don, one of the subscribers to this email, sent me an interesting article titled “This Is Probably The Second Worst Time In History to Own Stocks.” The graph is the article showed how the S&P500 is greater than 90% above its long-term trend for the second time since 1871. It was 74% above in Aug29 and 148% above in Dec99. Margin debt in brokerage accounts is 38% greater than it was in early 2000. The S&P500 is up 11% over the last 30 days. Please make sure you are ready to sell when you have lost enough. You can always buy the investment again.

November was a good month for my investments.
In November IRA#1 +3%, IRA#2 +4%, PDP PIE PIZ DWAS +0%, TQQQ +14%, TQQQ/SQQQ +14%, Power4 +2%.
For the last 3 months, IRA#1 -4%, IRS#2 -1%, PDPetc -2%, TQQQ +19%, TQQQ/SQQQ +24%, Power4 -1%.
November portfolio changes:
IRA#1 – None.
IRA#2 – Purchased SHealthCare on 11/3, STransport on 11/10, SAirTransport on 11/17, and sold SUtilites on 11/17.
PDP PIE PIX DWAS – Purchased DWAS on 11/03, PIE on 11/03, and sold 1/3 PDP on 11/03.
TQQQ – None.
TQQQ/SQQQ – None.
Power4 – None.

My investing rules for these portfolios are on my web site:
1 – for funds https://www.flynndj.com/my-iras/fund-evaluation-method/
2 – for ETFs https://www.flynndj.com/7-etf-investment-study/

IBD TBP’s Current Outlook is “Confirmed Uptrend” – time to invest.

My current investments:
SPharmaceuticals has a price of 22.95, a sell price 21.80, a rank of 09, and is a Hold.
SBiotechnology has a price of 239.90, a sell price 227.91, a rank of 03, and is a Hold.
SHealthCare has a price of 236.08. a sell price 224.28, a rank of 07, and is a Hold.
STransportation has a price of 96.22, a sell price 91.41, a rank of 02, and is a Hold.
SAirTransportation has a price of 74.05, a sell price 70.35, a rank of 01, and is a Hold.

My portfolio changes this weekend:
IRA #1 – None
IRA #2 – None

My portfolio market exposure after this weekend’s changes:
IRA #1 – 100% invested
IRA #2 – 100% invested

21 November 2014

David Stockman’s Contra Corner is a place where mainstream Delusions and cant about the Welfare State, the Bailout State, Bubble Finance and Beltway Banditry are ripped, refuted and rebuked. His article on 14Nov14 was titled “Take Cover Now—They Don’t Ring A Bell At The Top” is worth reading http://davidstockmanscontracorner.com/take-cover-now-they-dont-ring- a-bell-at-the-top/

Investors Business Daily The Big Pictures’s Current Outlook reports the S&P500 had a distribution day on 04Nov and the Nasdaq had a distribution day on 29Oct and 13Nov. The rate of increase is slowing, but nothing to worry about yet. Over the last 27 market days the S&P500 has been up 10%. The trend obviously cannot continue. It it did, over the next 12 months the S&P500 will be up about 90%. The market was helped this week by China cutting its federal funds rate and the EU reserve bank talking about buying up more member countries debt. The only thing the market seems to be watching these days is the amount of money various countries will print.

IBD TBP’s Current Outlook is “Confirmed Uptrend” – time to invest.

My current investments:
SPharmaceuticals has a price of 22.47, a sell price 21.35, a rank of 08, and is a Hold.
SBiotechnology has a price of 231.73, a sell price 222.25, a rank of 02, and is a Hold.
SHealthCare has a price of 230.51. a sell price 218.98, a rank of 03, and is a Hold.
STransportation has a price of 94.11, a sell price 89.40, a rank 0f 01, and is a Hold.
SAirTransportation has a price of 71.22, a sell price 67.64, a rank of 04, and is a Buy.
Over the next couple of weeks, Fidelity will be distributing year end distributions – for example, SBiotechnology’s distribution is going to be about $25.31 per share on 12/05. You have the choice to have them reinvested in the fund or invested in CashReserves. I have always felt that CashReserves is the best place because by the time a fund has a distribution, it may not be a buy but could be a sell. Call Fidelity to change your distribution options.

My portfolio changes this weekend:
IRA #1 – None
IRA #2 – None

My portfolio market exposure after this weekend’s changes:
IRA #1 – 100% invested
IRA #2 – 100% invested

14 November 2014

On the 07Nov14 issue of Consuelo Mack’s Wealthtrack (www.wealthtrack.com) Robert Klienschmidt provided the evidence that the FED will never raise the interest rates. Remember the country was “shut down” twice over cutting the un-passed budget growth by 30B (the senate has not passed a budget in 5+ years). With a debt of 18T, if interest rates increase by 1%, the increase in US interest payments will increase by 180B. If the rates go back to the normal level of ~5% the increase in US interest payments will be more than 700B and thus increase the debt by even more. The FED will not raise the interest rates and bankrupt the US.

In his 14Nov14 podcast Doug Fabian is strongly suggesting investing in China ETFs. He mentioned FXI and ASHR. His logic is since the Chinese market is 70% off the its previous high, it is time for it to go up. Fidelity’s China Region mutual fund was ranked 85 last week and 67 this week. It is improving but has a long way to go to hit the top 20.

Investors Business Daily The Big Pictures’s Current Outlook reports the S&P500 had a distribution day on 04Nov and the Nasdaq had a distribution day on 29Oct and 13Nov. The rate of increase is slowing, but nothing to worry about yet.

IBD TBP’s Current Outlook is “Confirmed Uptrend” – time to invest.

My current investments:
SUtilities has a price of 77.29, a sell price 75.91, a rank of 42, and is a Sell to buy SAirTransportation.
SPharmaceuticals has a price of 21.97, a sell price 21.04, a rank of 12, and is a Hold.
SBiotechnology has a price of 226.33, a sell price 222.25, a rank of 02, and is a Hold.
SHealthCare has a price of 225.84. a sell price 214.81, a rank of 05, and is a Hold.
STransportation has a price of 93.40, a sell price 88.73, a rank 0f 01, and is a Hold.
SAirTransportation has a price of 70.14, a sell price TBD, a rank of 03, and is a Buy.
SAirTransportation is benefitting from the drop in oil prices.

My portfolio changes this weekend:
IRA #1 – None
IRA #2 – Sell SUtilities and buy SAirtransportation.

My portfolio market exposure after this weekend’s changes:
IRA #1 – 100% invested
IRA #2 – 100% invested

07 November 2014

Investors Business Daily The Big Pictures’s Current Outlook reports the S&P500 had a distribution day on 04Nov joining the Nasdaq which had a distribution day on 29Oct. Distribution days are the down days on higher volume which is an indication that larger investors are selling. They tend to be an indication of slowing upward market momentum. When the count reaches or exceeds 4, the trend is probably over. The count on 30Sep was 7 for the Nasdaq and 6 for the S&P500 the last day before the IBD TBP’s Current Outlook changed to Market in Correction. On 21Oct IBD TBP’s Current Outlook changed to Confirmed Uptrend.

Doug Fabian has set up a new web site, etfu.com, to educate investors on ETFs. He has a podcast on this website where he gives information on how much better ETFs are than mutual funds. Most 401k programs do not offer ETFs yet. Hopefully someday 410ks will offer ETFs. In Fabian’s weekly Friday podcast he discussed income ETFs. He suggested investors look at BIZD yielding 8%, YYY yielding 8.9%, PCEF yielding 7.3%, GYLD yielding 6.9%, IYLD yielding 5.7%, YMLP yielding 9%, and AMLP yielding 6.2%. At Fabian’s web site, fabian.com, a weekly ETF report is available, emailed on Wednesdays.

IBD TBP’s Current Outlook is “Confirmed Uptrend” – time to invest.

My current investments:
SUtilities has a price of 79.80, a sell price 75.91, a rank of 06, and is a Hold.
SPharmaceuticals has a price of 21.82, a sell price 21.04, a rank of 12, and is a Hold.
SBiotechnology has a price of 228.79, a sell price 222.25, a rank of 02, and is a Hold.
SHealthCare has a price of 226.12. a sell price 214.81, a rank of 03, and is a Hold.
STransportation has a price of 92.38, a sell price TBD, a rank 0f 01, and is a Buy.

My portfolio changes this weekend:
IRA #1 – None
IRA #2 – Buy STransportation

My portfolio market exposure after this weekend’s changes:
IRA #1 – 100% invested
IRA #2 – 100% invested

31 October 2014

Doug Fabian has a weekly podcast where he discusses the market and his suggestions on ETFs. On his podcast for 24Oct he suggested several ETFs some of which are paying more than a 6% dividend. You may want to listen to his podcasts or check out his web site – www.fabian.com – for investment ideas.
The FED came out and quit buying assets as they said they planned. And the markets anticipating this had started down in early September. However the fix was in and this decline, unlike the previous 3 declines, was not stopped by more money printing in the US. The Japanese picked up the ball and will be buying $1T in bonds and increasing by 150% their stock and bond allocations in the Japanese pension plans. So we still have a market propped up by government bond and stock buying. The end result of this is that those with a greater percent of their assets in investments get richer and those who own little or save in a bank get poorer. The US government keeps complaining about the income gap – the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. And yet they are causing it with their policies.

October was a poor month for most investments. The month started down and about the middle of the month started up again.
In October IRA#1 -5%, IRA#2 -3%, PDP PIE PIZ DWAS +1%, TQQQ +11%, TQQQ/SQQQ +21%, Power4 -0%.
For the last 3 months, IRA#1 -2%, IRS#2 -3%, PDPetc +3%, TQQQ +14%, TQQQ/SQQQ +11%, Power4 N/A.
September portfolio changes:
IRA#1 – Sold SBiotechnology 10/13, purchased SBiotechnology on 10/27.
IRA#2 – Sold SBiotechnology, SElectronics 10/13, sold SHealthCare on 10/20, purchased SBiotechnology on 10/27.
PDP PIE PIX DWAS – Sold PIE on 10/01, sold PDP on 10/06, purchased PDP on 10/27.
TQQQ – Sold TQQQ on 10/01, purchased TQQQ on 10/22.
TQQQ/SQQQ – Purchased SQQQ on 10/02, sold SQQQ on 10/20, purchased TQQQ on 10/22.
Power4 – Sold PYZ on 10/02, sold PTH on 10/13, sold PSL on 10/21, purchased PTH, PFI, PSL, PUI on 10/27.

My investing rules for these portfolios are on my web site:
1 – for funds https://www.flynndj.com/my-iras/fund-evaluation-method/
2 – for ETFs https://www.flynndj.com/7-etf-investment-study/

IBD TBP’s Current Outlook is “Confirmed Uptrend” – time to invest.

My current investments:
SUtilities has a price of 77.80, a sell price 73.91, a rank of 14, and is a Hold.
SPharmaceuticals has a price of 22.15, a sell price 21.04, a rank of 07, and is a Hold.
SBiotechnology has a price of 233.95, a sell price 222.25, a rank of 01, and is a Hold.
SHealthCare has a price of 228.70. a sell price TBD, a rank of 02, and is a Buy.
Out of the 130 Fidelity funds I follow, 119 have had increasing deviations from their moving average which is a buy based on my rules.

My portfolio changes this weekend:
IRA #1 – None
IRA #2 – Buy SHealthCare

My portfolio market exposure after this weekend’s changes:
IRA #1 – 100% invested
IRA #2 – 80% invested