05/09/13 Stocks were higher again yesterday as the relentless rally continues. The Dow was up 49-points making it 12 of the 14 days where the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq closed in positive territory. ...
05/08/13 Stocks rallied again on Tuesday and the Dow closed above 15,000 for the first time ever. The Dow picked up another 87-points on the day and once again the small caps and the Transports led the way higher. ...
05/07/13 Stocks were mixed on Monday as the Dow was down slightly, the S&P 500 gained 3-points, the Nasdaq, small caps and the Transportation Index saw decent gains, and the international stocks lost ground. ...
05/06/13 Stocks rallied strongly on Friday after the better than expected jobs report. The Dow gained 142-points, briefly getting above 15,000 for the first time, while the S&P 500 closed above 1600 for the first time. ...
As many of you know, I keep track of our week to week TSP allocations across the Tracker, looking for statistically significant clues that suggest market direction for a given week. I keep statistics on the Top 50 of our tracker and the entire tracker itself. I've primarily looked for signals related to weekly shifts in stock exposure and I've found that whenever there are shifts of more than 10% in the Top 50, either up or down, it tends to be predictive of market action for that week. ...