08/02/2013 premarket Mousetrap

Sector Model XLU & XLB 0.66%
Style Model Small Value

Large Portfolio Date Return Days
CAJ 9/25/2012 -8.60% 311
ABX 4/11/2013 -30.54% 113
TPX 4/22/2013 -12.85% 102
TTM 5/6/2013 -9.42% 88
DLB 5/13/2013 -3.18% 81
MATW 6/6/2013 6.86% 57
OKE 6/17/2013 19.58% 46
BTI 7/1/2013 5.47% 32
CLH 7/8/2013 10.60% 25
FAST 7/22/2013 7.65% 11

(Since 5/31/2011)
S&P Annualized 11.58%
Sector Model Annualized 24.84%
Large Portfolio Annualized 30.51%


From: [url]http://market-mousetrap.blogspot.com/2013/08/08022013-premarket-rotation.html[/url]

Rotation: selling TPX; buying VAR.

Sorry for the sparse posts lately. I’ve been sick for the past few days, and I’m still finishing the edits to the Kindle edition of The Comprehensive New Testament:

[url]http://www.amazon.com/The-Comprehensive-Testament-T-E-Clontz/dp/0977873714/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1375415436&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=the+comprehensive+new+testament[/url]

I’ll keep posting the trades as they occur, and will eventually catch up with some thoughts on the anatomy of a normal business cycle and what that means in light of current market internals. We are in a very late bull. About 11:55pm if the market were a clock.

That doesn’t mean to head for the exits yet, however, since the market usually has a good pop up before things get hairy.

Tim