Bulls & Bears
Since we last published the chart below in January of this year, conditions suggesting a continued rise in equity prices persists. To gain clarity in estimating valuations and equity price direction, years ago we developed an analysis and method for assessing Equity valuations: The chart below is the result of our proprietary ** guessing apparatus.
Chart: Courtesy of Windsor Wealth.
So, if the RED line sits under the BLUE line equity are likely to decline according to this method. The opposite is true if the Red line is above the Blue line. How accurate is this method? There are very few things that are absolute; this is not one of them. However, the inflection points, when the lines cross, typically, is indicative of a change in the character of the equity markets, we believe. So what is it telling us?
In our opinion, equity markets are bullish for the foreseeable future. In the short-term, however, we remain cautious, corrections and consolidations are normal. What we do not know is how long the current consolidation will be or if the current correction will extend. Deep downdrafts occur during recessions, in our experience, not bull markets
And remember, please, “Forecasts create the mirage that the future is knowable.” – quote, attributed to Peter Bernstein.***
The Bull for now, with the occasional tiptoe through the tulips by the Bear.
Our portfolios and strategies reflect overweighted positions in US and International Equities.
Carlos Dominguez, CFP® – Portfolio Manager
**The advisors at The Windsor Wealth. LLC., developed a proprietary analysis and method based on earnings, actual and estimated as well as interest rate levels to ascertain possible inflection points in the US Equity Market.
*** Peter Lewyn Bernstein (January 22, 1919 – June 5, 2009) was an American financial historian, economist, and educator whose development and refinement of the efficient-market hypothesis made him one of the country’s best-known authorities in popularizing and presenting investment economics to the general public
Chart Sources: The S&P Indices and S&P Global Co. – Earnings, actual and estimated as well as S&P historical prices. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis for Interest rate data.
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