The S&P/TSX Specialty Indexes — Worth Following?

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The cartoon is a little dated, in that the DJIA is now above 25,000, and shows no sign of retreating. Other major US indexes are falling suit. Is this worrisome? Perhaps, but as the old expression goes, “investors climb a wall of worry”! It’s when most investors are overconfident and belief that the bull market will last forever that one should really worry.

PTP… Our ProfiTrend Portfolio APAR (annualized price appreciation rate) rebounded to a new record high of 828% this past week from 306% a week earlier. How did that happen? Well, you’ll need to read the full edition of TrendWatch Weekly to find out! The S&P/TSX Composite Index APAR dropped a percentage point to 19%, while the S&P 500 APAR is up to 58% from 51% a week earlier.

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Last Week in the Major Indexes… The S&P/TSX Venture Index has been displaced from its top position in the rankings by the Dow Industrials by a tiny margin. The Russell 2000 (US small caps) continues to be the laggard, even though we’re supposed to be in a seasonably favourable period for that index until early March.

PTA Perspective… The S&P/TSX Specialty Indexes — Worth Following?
Although rarely discussed by the business media, the Toronto Stock Exchange maintains some “specialty” indexes beyond the indexes based on the GICS top-level categories that we discuss in our sector analysis. Every now and then we like to have at look at what’s going on with those, and this is one of those times. Have you been thinking about base metals lately? Maybe you should!

2017 Year End Review – Global Perspective

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Well, we’re two weeks into 2018, and so far so good. The especially good news is that there are signs of economic strength worldwide. We’ll explore the impact on global equities in this week’s edition of TrendWatch Weekly.

PTP… Our ProfiTrend Portfolio APAR (annualized price appreciation rate) declined abruptly to 306% from 443% a week earlier. The S&P/TSX Composite Index APAR nudged up a percentage point to 20%, while the S&P 500 APAR is up 10% to 51%.
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Last Week in the Major Indexes… The S&P/TSX Venture Index is still at the top of the trend list, after being at the bottom for a long time. Meanwhile US small caps (as determined via the Russell 2000) are the worst performers. All major indexes (aside from Russell 2000) gained last week, and all trend values are positive).

PTA Perspective… 2017 Year End Review – Global Perspective
We turn our attention this week to the worldwide equities markets during 2017. Among other things, we show you that the long string of new highs in DJI, S&P 500 and Nasdaq during 2017 mean almost nothing in a global context. Blame Trump for that!

2017 Year End Review – North America

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Well, 2018 has arrived, without any major incidents so far! In fact the first trading week of 2018 was filled with new records by the major stock indexes. Let’s hope that’s an omen for the entire year.

PTP… Our ProfiTrend Portfolio APAR (annualized price appreciation rate) moved ahead to 443% from 405% a week earlier. The S&P/TSX Composite Index APAR shrunk by 3 percentage points, while the S&P 500 APAR gained 18 points.
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Last Week in the Major Indexes… The S&P/TSX Venture Index is still at the top of the trend list, after being at the bottom for a long time. Meanwhile US small caps (as determined via the Russell 200) are the worst performing index. All major indexes (aside from Russell 2000) gained last week, and all trend values are positive).

PTA Perspective… 2017 Year End Review – North America
It’s once again time to size up where the action was in 2017, and take a look at what might be in store for 2018. We look at the North American indexes — Major and Sector — in this week’s edition, and will fold in the global picture next week. Spoiler alert… we can assure you that 2017 has been a very good year, and we’re sure that your profit/loss statements for 2017 will also show that you have been outperforming the major indexes substantially via The ProfiTrend Advantage.

Happy New Year!

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Well, we all know the the so-called “Trump Bump” didn’t really exist, since about 65% of the world’s stock markets out-performed the S&P 500 in 2017, which is admittedly up nearly 20% this year. That’s just not good enough by international standards.

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Last Week in the Major Indexes… One-week gains for the S&P/TSX Venture Index brought that index to the top of the trend list. This is the time for Canadian small caps to soar!

PTA Perspective… Happy New Year!
Seasons greetings my friends! We had hoped to begin our year-end review this weekend, but with a bit of fun and merriment, we didn’t quite get there. Count on that in our next edition. It has been a great year with the S&P 500 up just shy of 20%! The S&P/TSX Composite Index didn’t fare as well at about +6%, but if you went with the trends you already knew where your money should be! Canadian pot stocks have soared and should continue to do so in 2018.