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Sample Alerts



on 30 January 2018 via email alert...



I am reducing our allocation level to 50% in my subjective timing model on 31 January 2018.



Discussion: Our risk indicator remains in the Safe Zone. Stock market internals are fine, so why the shift?



Parabolic moves in the stock market are not normal and once they stop advancing they give back much of their gains.  This parabolic is pulling back.



our 18 August 2015 interim update warned ... 


Market internals remain weak and have for some time.  Aversion to risk as measured by credit spreads in the bond market have now reached levels that historically been met with significant market corrections ... in the stock market within weeks.



Note: Our models were already out of stocks in August but we sent the email alert as advertised. 


our members avoided significant losses...


 


again in our 14 December 2015  Special Timing Report we warned...

 

 ...our risk aversion indicators are indicating a potential market crash anytime in the next few weeks.




Or you can rely on wall street to warn you...

 

Wall Street ‘experts’ have missed every stock market crash in 20 years   Market Watch

 


  

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