March 25, 2015
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The market hit short term resistance at about 2,115 on the S&P 500. I suspect we will test this resistance area a couple of times before breaking through to the upside. The market is making higher highs and higher lows, a very good sign it is healthy and trading as it should.
The S&P 500 has gone 815 trading days (since October 2011) without a 10% correction, the fourth longest run on record. What everyone is thinking is that we are way overdue for a correction and they are right, but remember bull markets, just like bear markets, can go on for a lot longer than investors think. In all probability, we will have a 10% correction this year and again, in all probability, it will be a very nice buying opportunity. The correction risks should be viewed in the context of the economic cycle.Here is a bit of a history lesson on the economic cycle from our friends at Ned Davis Research that we thought worthy of sharing:

“Over the past 50 years, the economic and stock market cycles have followed a consistent pattern of two cyclical bear markets for every recession. The 2007-to the present has been a classic cycle of a Recession Bear (October 2007-March 2009), Post-Recession Bull (March 2009-April 2011), Non-Recession Bear (April 2011-October 2011), and Post-Recession Bull (October 2011-present). The cyclical bull market can end in one of two ways. First, another Non-Recession Bear could ensue. There has been only one instance of back-to-back Non-Recession Bears since 1968, with the second being the 1987 crash. Second, the market could enter a Recession Bear, which requires that the bear market overlap with an NBER-defined recession. As long as the recession risks remain low, then the odds of another cyclical bear market remain low as well. Even if a second Non-Recession Bear occurs, they have tended to be short (median of seven months) and shallow (median of -19.3%). The sharp decline in earnings estimates does not appear to be a recession warning at this time. Historically, the biggest market declines have been associated with recessions.

Any corrections should be viewed in the context of a long-term uptrend as the HCM-BuyLine® is still positive and investors should be fully invested.

The HCM Optimized Trend Indicator (OTI) stock of the week is Kraft Foods Group Inc. (KRFT). Coming off the news of a big merger with Heinz, valued by investors around $48 billion, Kraft is up 35% today. Even better news, the OTI had previously placed a buy signal on this company, which would have allowed investors to take advantage of this large gain. As you can see from the graph below, the OTI has done a relatively good job with this stock, with the first buy signal coming roughly 2 years ago when it was trading around $35/month. With KRFT currently trading around $85/per share, we would just like to say: Way to go OTI!

Thanks,
Vance Howard

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