Weekly Report

If this decline materializes according to our forecast, it should be choppy and difficult to trade, but end up lower in mid to late spring. Our conclusion here is that the five- and ten-year rates have more pressure to decline, based on the charts. However, even the thirty-year rates look lower chart wise. If INDA can move above 55 it could test 60 or even higher. Follow the indicators and use risk management, but if the Nikkei is where the US market was in 1984, there is a lot more upside.

In our view, these are snap back rallies in stocks like PLTR and should end this week, then resume some downtrends next week. TLT has started to rally. We continue to look for some more upside, say to 90, where we would reevaluate this unit. GLD and SLV were up Monday but down Tuesday. There should be more upside here, but if these continue to pull back this week, there could be downside without an intervening rally.

Weekly Advance/Decline numbers on the New York were positive, while the NASDAQ saw negative breadth. The rotation is real.

New lows for GLD below 427 would suggest continuation of the decline. We are expecting more bounce/basing in the metals but remain negative, especially on SLV.

Right now, we are going with two assumptions: (1) that we are going to be right about a pullback into the April to June time frame, and (2) that Transports and Small Cap will outperform on a decline. We all know Tech is the largest sector in the S&P 500, and it is over owned by retail investors. This could make it more vulnerable.

We have advocated selling off some unwanted positions and taking some profits, preparing for an expected pullback into the April through June timeframe. We figured metals could advance into the end of the month and expect GLD and SLV to have a difficult time in February.