Still Waiting For Resolution Of Long Term Trend

Another week passes and we’re still waiting for a resolution of the long term trend. Is it up or is it down? I don’t know. Dow Theory is still calling the long term trend down. My core market health indicators are mildly positive. That leaves us modestly long in the core portfolios. My market risk indicator isn’t even close to warning so the volatility hedged portfolio remains 100% long. Quite a difference from three reliable methods that use disparate inputs. This is just one more example of the market giving mixed messages. The conclusion is, we’re left waiting for more information in hopes that the different strategies pick the same direction and we get a good trend to ride… either up or down.