Topley’s Top Ten – April 9, 2019

1.Seven Day Winning Streaks Historically Bullish One Year Out.

Seven has been a lucky number for U.S. stocks. The S&P 500 Index just notched its first seven-day winning streak since October 2017. As shown in the LPL Chart of the Day, this feat has occurred just seven other times in the current bull market.For the most part, each winning streak preceded both short-term and long-term gains.

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Topley’s Top Ten – April 5, 2019

1.Recovery Comparison of 4 Major U.S. Bear Market Recoveries.

The Four Totally Bad Bear Recoveries: Where Is Today’s Market?

by Jill Mislinski, 4/4/19

In response to a standing request, here is an updated comparison of four major secular bear markets. The numbers are through the Friday, March 29 close.

This chart series features an overlay of the Four Bad Bears in U.S. history since the equity market peak in 1929. They are:

  1. The Crash of 1929, which eventually ushered in the Great Depression,
  2. The Oil Embargo of 1973, which was followed by a vicious bout of stagflation,
  3. The Tech Bubblecrash and,
  4. The Financial Crisisfollowing the record high in October 2007.

The series includes four versions of the overlay: nominal, real (inflation-adjusted), total return with dividends reinvested and real total return. The starting point is the aligned peaks prior to the four epic declines. We’ve used an interval of 252 days for the x-axis as it is roughly the number of market days in a calendar year.

The first chart shows the price, excluding dividends for these four historic declines and their aftermath. As of the year-end close, we are now 2,887 market days from the 2007 peak in the S&P 500.

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