Year-End Considerations

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And, from other sources…

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  • As of the most recent polls last week US congressmen have even lower confidence ratings than Donald Trump!

The US system is broken, and it will take it’s toll on the US economy, in spite of a tentative tax cut that just might be turned into law. For this season at least, Santa offers coal to congress.

PTP… Our ProfiTrend Portfolio APAR (annualized price appreciation rate) rose to 343% from 268% a week earlier. The S&P 500 APAR gained 9 percentage points, while the S&P/TSX Composite Index APAR lost 8 points last week.

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Last Week in the Major Indexes… There were lots of one-week gains, but not among the Canadian indexes. Nasdaq finally pulled back from its #1 trend position, to let the DJIA taken over.

Last Week in the Sectors… Information Technology and Materials have slipped quite a bit week-over-week, while other sectors have edged up to fill the gap.

Investor Confidence… The November results for the State Street Investor Confidence Index have just been posted this past week. The Global Investor Confidence Index decreased to 97.1, down 1.0 point from October’s revised reading of 98.1.

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As usual we provide more detail on the regional ICI’s in the full edition of TrendWatch Weekly.

Seasonality… We review the results of the US Thanksgiving trade for this most recent instance, and the outlook for the remainder of December and into the new year.

PTA Perspective… Year-End Considerations
As an extension of the Seasonality section, we discuss other year-end considerations that go beyond picking your Xmas stocks to put under the tree. Investors need to be aware that while December is a great month in terms of average returns on equities, there may be some speed-bumps due to tax selling and window dressing. One or the other may apply to you. More in the full edition of TrendWatch Weekly.

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