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Market Commentary

16 October 2018

Sy Harding STS Tracker

14 October 2018

Spring Summary Report

29 May 2018

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August 2018

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April 2018

Current Situation Report

28 September 2018

About our Almanacs Side-by-side view of TSP C/S/F funds (S&P 500 / Small Caps / Fixed Income) daily seasonal tendencies based on the trading day of each month. Allows you to identify days of seasonal strength or weakness based on flows of money into and out of the market. Our almanacs separate bull and bear markets data.

I couldn't have said it better...

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

in our 18 August 2015 Interim Update we stated...

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. review

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