3/10/2016 email : Webview : Market Commentary: Ticking Time Bomb
Market Commentary: Ticking Time Bomb
(maybe it's just me?)
Written March 3, 2016
Dear friend,
Every moment of every day (even while I’m sleeping) I
feel like there’s an invisible ticking time bomb over my
head, counting down the moments until the fuze is lit.
I’m actually not talking about the stock market. If you
don’t already know: I’m 8 ½ months pregnant. I tell you
this so that you know why market commentaries over
the next two months may be a tad shorter than normal or
my responses to your wonderful comments slightly
delayed.
Okay, enough about that. That’s not why you read this!
Presumably you read this to gain some insight into what Victoria Bogner, CFP®, CFA
I believe is going on out there in the crazyS gulbosbcarlibe to our email list
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economy we live and breathe in.
Crazy? Yes, absolutely, and it cracks me up at times to see how a mere two weeks can completely change
the tune of investor sentiment. Two weeks ago, it was "RECESSION IMMINENT", now it’s "16% RETURNS
PROJECTED FOR 2016!" Two weeks, that’s all it takes to swing from rampant fear to rampant greed.
Pretty amusing, isn’t it?
In my last commentary written on 2/8, the market was breaching prior lows, investors were panicking, and I
said (and I quote):
“At the moment, the market is working on retesting the lows that were set last year. If the Fed decisively
delays another rate hike, we could see the market bounce off of those lows to reach the 19601980 level on
the S&P. The probability is high that we’ll get a more sustainable rally in the coming weeks, which would
present a better opportunity to take risk off the table than today if you have the flexibility to wait.”
And guess what? The S&P 500 has now rallied to…wait for it…1980. As of this moment, it’s trading at
1980.54.
Now I’m no soothsayer, but I gotta take my victories where I can. 2/4
In my last commentary we were asking if the market could go LOWER. Now folks want to know, could the
market go HIGHER?
“I mean, sure, you said to take risk off the table at 1980 if I really needed to, but now that the moment is
here, I don’t want to miss out on more gains!”
Come now. That’s unabashed emotion at work, a full swing from being ready to throw in the towel two
weeks ago to relieve pain, to now being afraid of missing out on further gains. If an investor had actually
sold at the low two weeks ago, they might even buy back in at this level, a level 8% HIGHER than two
weeks ago. That’s how the average investor makes several percentages points less than the overall stock
market over time.
And that is precisely why it’s important to have a plan in place in advance to take emotion off the table. If
you’re managing your own money, make sure you’re trading based on your plan, which is in turn based on
your goals and time horizon, not on your feelings.
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My apologies, being 8 ½ months pregnant has the side effect of being a little more straightforward than
normal.
Could the market go higher? Absolutely, it could get close to prior highs. However, the market moves aren’t
as broad as I’d like to see, there isn’t clear leadership, and a lot of the move has been corporate buybacks
taking advantage of their own lower stock prices. As the market inches back up corporations won’t continue
to do that. So, here’s my opinion. I still think, even more so now than before, that the US is not heading
into recession territory.
4th quarter GDP was revised upward, manufacturing here in the US is stronger than expected, the labor
market continues to improve. And prolonged bear markets can’t live without recessions. It’s like fire – fire
can’t live without oxygen, bear markets can’t survive without recessions.
But, if you do need to lower your risk tolerance, this wouldn’t be a bad place to do it. The market has rallied
8% from the lows, which is significant. If you need to raise cash or shift out of more aggressive positions,
now is certainly a better time than two weeks ago.
In the short term (24 months), I wouldn’t be surprised to see the market ultimately head lower before it can
march persistently higher. A retest or break below those February lows would really flush out the fearful, and
once the sellers are exhausted, there’s no one left but buyers.
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