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Business Cycle Trends

BC3 Busines Cycle 3 -- Tracks the 3yr business cycle in terms of price. Based upon analysis. Not an algorithm. An opinion from CSA models. Does not follow longer terms cycles. Trends may last from a few months to two years.

DOW BC3-- Based upon the Dow Industrials stock index --DOW. Usage- May be used as portfolio risk management strategy when BC3 Dow is bearish. Used as absolute return investment strategy.

Buy Only

No slippage

No fees

     

Cumulative

Buy and

Buy

Price

Sell

Price

Points

Return

Return

Hold

1/1991

2627

10/1992

3271

644

25%

   

3/1993

3370

6/1994

3624

254

8%

   

1/1995

3834

7/1996

5654

1820

47%

   

10/1996

5882

8/1998

8883

3001

51%

   

1/1999

9201

6/2000

10549

1348

15%

   

10/2000

10682

3/2001

9654

-1028

-10%

   

10/2002

7591

4/2004

10357

2766

36%

   

11/2004

10028

5/2006

11169

1141

11%

   

11/2006

12168

1/2008

13043

875

7%

   

1/17/08

         

512%

462%

BC1--Algorithm that was designed from CSA model and relates to the model Level 1 intermediate trend that is intra year and intra 3yr business cycle. Goal is follow 2 to 3 trends per year. This performance may alter due to change of long term volatility. Trend following in that it does not attempt to pick a top or bottom. Based on the daily closing price of the Dow stock index.  Usage- Absolute return investment strategy.  Also as a forecast of increased risk for the investor. Example- Hedge with use of put options or bear funds. Tested from 1998 to 4/2007. Contact us for more details. We tested the 1987 crash and found the algorithm exited ahead of the crash. Exhibited superior performance during 2000 to 2002 bear market. Exited ahead of the worst of the 1998 Asian Crisis. Seems to offer risk management as well as absolute investment performance. Algorithm was out of the market 25% of the months from 1998-2007 while posting a slightly better return than a buy and hold. This means it was out of the market during the worst of time. Reduced risk.

BC1

           

Date

Position

Price

Buy gain/loss

Sell gain/loss

Return

 

4/5/2007

buy

12560

 

705

6%

 

7/27/2007

sell

13265

-113

 

-1%

 

8/24/2007

buy

13378

 

144

1%

 

10/19/2007

sell

13522

151

 

1%

 

11/30/2007

buy

13371

 

-328

-2%

 

1/2/2008

sell

13043

 

393

3%

 

 1/31/08

buy

12650

     

sell only

Buy and hold

-.9%

BC1 buy

+5.0%

buy and sell

+13.8%

+8.8%

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