Monday, August 1, 2016

SPX vs George Bayer's «A Time and Times and Half a Time»


More information on the concept HERE. Charted and calculated with Timing Solution

SPX vs Venus Latitude Cycle @ MIN @ MAX @ 0°


Calculated and charted with Timing Solution.

SPX vs Angles of Planets to Galactic Center | August 2016


SPX vs Mercury Speed | August 2016


SPX vs Mercury – Mars Speed Differential | August 2016



US Homeownership at Lowest Level in over 50 Years

The Census Bureau has been tracking homeownership rates in its data series going back
to 1965 on a non-seasonally adjusted basis. In the second quarter 2016, the homeowner-
ship rate dropped to 62.9%, the lowest point on record.

Source: Wolf Street

SPX vs True Node Speed = Mean Node Speed + Extremes | August 2016


SoLunar Map | August - September 2016

Upcoming turn-days are: Jul 30 (Sat), Aug 03 (Wed), Aug 07 (Sun), Aug 11 (Thu), Aug 14 (Sun), Aug 18 (Thu), Aug 21 (Sun), Aug 25 (Thu),
Aug 29 (Mon), Sep 01 (Thu), Sep 05 (Mon), Sep 09 (Fri), Sep 13 (Tue), Sep 17 (Sat), Sep 20 (Tue), Sep 23 (Fri), Sep 27 (Tue), Oct 01 (Sat).
Previous SoLunar Maps
HERE

These charts depict the solunar bias for short-term movements of stock indices two months ahead. The markets are certainly influenced
also by other planetary forces - especially longer-term - but a 3-5 day short-term rhythm and pattern is governed by the solunar forces
(= 4 highs and 4 lows per lunar month). The solunar forces are a composite of Sun-Moon angles, orbital eccentricities, declinations and
some long-term cycles. A Low in the SoLunar Map frequently is a High in the stock market and vice versa. Inversions occur, and if so,
they should occur only once every 4 lunar months around a New Moon (max +/- 7 days). The solunar rhythm is frequently disturbed by
(1.) the FED, and (2.) by sudden solar activity, altering the geomagnetic field, and hence the mass mood. This can result in the skip
and/or inversion of pivots in the SoLunar Map. An increasing number of sunspots and flares have usually a negative influence on the stock
market some 48 hours later, and vice versa (Ap values > 10 are usually short-term negative). A rising blue line in the SoLunar Map means
the bias for the market is side-ways-to-up, and vice versa. Highs and lows in the SoLunar Map also may coincide with the start and
termination of complex, side-ways correction patterns like zig-zags, triangles or flags.

Cosmic Cluster Days | August - September 2016

The basic assumption here is that heliocentric and geocentric angles between planets are related to financial market movements.
A signal is triggered when the composite line of all aspects breaks above or below the Average Cosmic Noise Channel.
Upcoming Cosmic Cluster Days (CCDs) are:
Jul 29 (Fri), Aug 01 (Mon), Aug 08 (Mon), Aug 09 (Tue), Aug 10 (Wed), Aug 14 (Sun), Aug 17 (Wed), Aug 23 (Tue), Aug 29 (Mon),
Sep 01 (Thu), Sep 04 (Sun), Sep 09 (Fri), Sep 15 (Thu), Sep 17 (Sat), Sep 27 (Tue), Oct 06 (Thu)
. Previous CCDs are HERE

Sunday, July 31, 2016

In 50 Years this has never failed to trigger a Bear Market | Jesse Felder


Jesse Felder (Jul 30, 2016 @ Zero Hedge) - Over the past half-century, we have never seen a decline in earnings of this magnitude without at least a 20% fall in stock prices, a hurdle many use to define a bear market. In other words, buying the new highs in the S&P 500 today means you believe “this time is different.” It could turn out that way but history shows that sort of thinking to be very dangerous to your financial well-being.

On July 29 CNN's Fear & Greed Index indicated "Extreme Greed"
Source
: CNN Fear & Greed Index
Citigroup's Panic/Euphoria Model on August 01, 2016 = Most 'euphoric' since August 2015.
S
ource
: Citigroup Panic/Euphoria Model

Weekly Chart Pattern Indicator Turned Bearish | Thomas Bulkowski

After the close on Friday, July 29th, Thomas Bulkowski's Chart Pattern Indicator for the S&P 500 Index turned bearish.
The indicator is a ratio of bullish patterns to the total of bullish and bearish patterns, expressed as a percentage.
More details on Thomas Bulkowski's Chart Pattern Indicator background (HERE)

The chart pattern indicator line is not as important as the signals which it generates, but I have included a chart of
the indicator itself so you can check for divergence. Divergence often gives hints as to which way the index moves in the
future. Look for lower/higher peaks in the indicator while the index is making flat or higher/lower peaks. The index will
often follow the indicator (HERE)
Warning:

If you use this indicator for periods shorter than weekly, you will likely be in for a nasty surprise. Due to the way I have it
configured, signals up to a week old can change or disappear. Thhe current sell signal may not be valid for another week or it
may change in a few days when more NR7s break out. Thus, this indicator is best used as a weekly signal (that
is, signals older than a week are reliable) of market trend (HERE)

Saturday, July 30, 2016

U.S. Oil Industry | Record Exports and Worst Profits since 1999

Big Oil had a horrible Q2 quarter. So far in Q3, oil prices had averaged lower than in Q2, and refining margins are
much lower too. Exxon has the worst profit since 1999, and the industry cannot survive on current oil prices. “What
we’re seeing is that there’s just no place for the supermajors to hide”, Brian Youngberg, an analyst at Edward Jones
& Co. in St. Louis, said in an interview. “Oil prices, natural gas, refining, it all looks very bad right now.” (HERE)

Friday, July 29, 2016

SPX vs Inverted 354 CD (Lunar Year) Cycle

The Lunar Year Cycle (Medium Term Delta) seems to have inverted recently (from L-L and H-H polarity to L-H and H-L polarity).
If the current polarity persists a major high in the S&P500 by mid August is likely.
SPY | Neural Network-Forecast | by Alphee Lavoie

Emerging Markets Business Cycle | Approaching Gradual Recovery

Source: Morgan Stanley Research
Morgan Stanley Research (Jul 21, 2016) - There are five phases of the emerging markets cycle:

1. Productive growth, a stage of moderate to high productivity-driven growth;
2. Misallocation, in which there is moderate growth driven by bad macro policies;
3. Adjustment;
4. Restoring Macro Stability, and finally
5. Gradual Recovery.

A large number of emerging markets have moved into the “restoring macro stability” recently — which means that growth is still weak, but the economy is stabilizing. Russia, Brazil, Turkey, and Thailand are in this category Global GDP growth might get a boost next year, as some economies approach the end of the “emerging markets business cycle” and begin a gradual recovery.

These economies are not necessarily strong yet, but do show signs of increasing stable growth — except for Turkey, whose economy could be negatively impacted after the failed coup attempt. Thailand, for example, still has weak domestic demand and exports, but its economy is growing, partly due to robust growth in tourism, and Russian oil has managed to prosper even with today’s low prices. Brazil is still dealing with an economic crisis, which is exacerbated by its political one — but financial markets reacted favorably to news of the possibility of the president’s impeachment, and a Brazilian economist said that “the expected changes in the government and its economic policies could represent the beginning of a gradual return of investor confidence in Brazil,” and that the economy should return to growth by 2017.

If these countries move into the recovery stage in the next year, it would drive an acceleration in emerging market growth for the first time in four years. Morgan Stanley expects the GDP growth of emerging markets, excluding China, to accelerate from 2.7% to 3.8% in 2017. Those markets together make up 37% of global GDP. Countries that are already in this “recovery” phase include Mexico, which has the 11th-high GDP in the world but is still considered a developing country, and India, which has been called the “biggest turnaround story” in emerging markets because of its slow, gradual growth over the past few years. Meanwhile, China is still in the “misallocation” stage — the one with moderate growth but bad macroeconomic policies. Also in this category is Korea, whose low growth has been largely caused by declining trade with China.

Most Volatile Seasonal Period About to Begin | Nautilus Research

Source: Nautilus Research
Source: Nautilus Research

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

SPX vs BB 233 var 2 + 125 DMA | Resistance and Support

Upper Bollinger Band (Length 233 Days; + 2 Standard Variations) | 125 Day Moving Average

Thursday, July 14, 2016

VIX | Put/Call Ratio | AI Forecast | Extreme Greed

The VIX should turn up today, meaning the SPX turning sideways-to-down into Jul 20 (Wed).
The next lows in the VIX (= highs in the SPX) are likely Jul 14 (Thu), Jul 28 (Thu), and Aug 16 (Tue).
Source: CBOE
Source: CBOE
FFC Long Range Forecasts rely exclusively on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to analyze and model.
Source: Financial Forecast Center, LLC.
90% of the stocks in the S&P 500 are now above the 20 Day Moving Average.
Source: CNN Fear & Greed Index

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

The British Pound's 100-Year Debasement & The City's China Wild Card

Bloomberg (Jul 5, 2016) - Sterling first slumped after coming off the gold standard in 1931 in which it had been overvalued, just as it was in 1944 when it joined the Bretton Woods system of managed exchange rates. Another 30 percent devaluation was swallowed in 1949 and then Wilson sanctioned another drop in 1967 amid Britain’s balance of payments crunch. While the IMF was called in to help avoid a sterling crisis in the 1970s, it fell again in the early 1980s. 

UK Equity Markets Dip Below 5%.
Source: Bespoke (Jul 5, 2016)
The U.K. joined the Exchange Rate Mechanism, a precursor to the Euro, in 1990 but was forced out just two years later because it couldn’t sustain a link to the Deutsche Mark. Now there is speculation that life outside the EU will cost the pound its place in the top tier of reserve currencies. It currently accounts for 5 percent of foreign exchange reserves, according to the IMF. A weaker currency may not do that much to prop up the U.K. economy. While it should boost manufacturing and tourism, three-quarters of the economy is dependent on services such as finance and their future is subject to whatever access to the EU the British government can negotiate. There are also
British Pound Sterling (GBP) to Chinese Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
Source: www.xe.com
structural weaknesses leaning against the pound. The U.K. ran a near-record current account deficit of 6.9 percent of output in the first quarter and is suffering from weak productivity. Demand remains weak abroad and prices may not be that sensitive to swings in the exchange rate because producers still rely on foreign components for their goods.

Thierry Meyssan (Jul 04, 2016) - The Western Press keeps repeating the same message – by leaving the European Union, the British have isolated themselves from the rest of the world, and will have to deal with terrible economic consequences. And yet, the fall in the Pound could be an advantage within the Commonwealth, which is a far greater family than the Union, and present on all six continents. Famous for its pragmatism, the City could quickly become the international centre for the yuan and implant the Chinese currency in the very heart of the Union [...] The London Stock Exchange announced an agreement with the China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS), and, in June, became the primary Stock Exchange in the world to rate Chinese treasury bonds. All the elements were in place to transform the City into a Chinese Trojan Horse in the European Union, to the detriment of US supremacy.

Ahmed Farghaly (Jul 6, 2016): GBPUSD: Contradicting the EUR