RGB Market Monitor Tools
R0GB Bond/Income Index Files
RGB Capital Group publishes index data for 10 bond / income groups listed below. The data is available to all subscribers of Investors FastTrack, a charting and analysis tool. A FastTrack family has been created to easily access the indices.. The family name is 'RGB' in FTCloud and 'IX-RGB' in FT4Web. If you have any questions, you can reach out to me via email atrob@rgbcapitalgroup.com. If you would like information on how to subscribe to the FastTrack database, you can visit their website at www.fasttrack.net. RGB Capital Group has no affiliation with Investors FastTrack and receives no compensation if you subscribe.
Symbol - Description
RGB01 - RGB US Treasury Index
RGB02 - RGB Corporate Bond Index
RGB03 - RGB Floating Rate Index
RGB04 - RGB Junk Bond Index
RGB05 - RGB Muni Bond Index
RGB06 - RGB High-Yield Muni Index
RGB07 - RGB Securitized Credit Index
RGB08 - RGB Emerging Market Debt Index
RGB09 - RGB Inflation Protected Bond Index
RGB10 - RGB Preferred Securities Index
RGB Capital Group Stock Market Scorecard - As of May 30, 2023
The RGB Stock Market Scorecard is designed to provide a concise summary of the overall ‘state of the market’ based upon technical, fundamental and credit indicators. The technical indicators tell us how the market is performing over short-, intermediate- and long-term time frames. The fundamental models tell us how the market should be performing and the credit models act as a ‘canary in the coal mine’. Using multiple indicators over multiple time frames provides a weight of the evidence approach to understanding the market.
The RGB Stock Market Scorecard is an educational tool designed to provide an assessment of current market conditions as of the date specified based on different market and trading indicators. For a description of each indicator and our source of data illustrated for the indicator, see the disclosures at the end of the document. Keep in mind that the signals and ratings should not be used in isolation and should be confirmed by other indicators and chart patterns. Signals and ratings are provided for general information purposes and are not intended as investment advice. The Current Signal is the signal generated by the specific indicator for the date specified to either buy, hold or sell securities designed to represent the market. The Indicator Rating provides values of positive, moderately positive, neutral or negative to provide an overall assessment based on the indicator value. Generally, positive ratings represent environments where the S&P 500 Index has historically provided above average returns and negative ratings represent environments where the S&P 500 Index has historically provided below average returns. The S&P 500 Historical Return represents the historical annualized return of the S&P 500 Composite Index while the indicator held the displayed rating. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Dynamic Equity Allocation Guide
The Dynamic Equity Allocation Guide is based on a weight of the evidence approach using the indicators described in the Market Monitor. It is designed as a guide to overall market exposure for the equity portion of your portfolio and not an investment recommendation. The guide is best used to confirm your overall exposure to the market based on your personal tolerance for risk and investment approach.
The Dynamic Equity Allocation Guide is designed to provide investors overall guidance as to an approximate level of equity market exposure that may be appropriate for consideration for the equity portion of their portfolio as of the date noted. This is not meant to be an investment recommendation nor investment advice for any specific individual. The guide is based on the indicators within the selected categories from the RGB Stock Market Scorecard. Each Scorecard indicator is given a weight based on its current Indicator Rating and then averaged with the other indicators in that group. Each group has an overall 25% weighting. There is no guarantee that the Overall Equity Allocation or any investment in the equity markets will provide positive returns.
Early Warning Model
The Early Warning Model is designed to give investors an indication when the market has gone too far in one direction and whether it’s ripe for reversal in trend based on overbought / oversold and investor sentiment indicators. Like a rubber band that has been stretched too far, the market tends to snap back towards its mean. The gauges below provide a visual representation of the state of each indicator: positive (green) or negative (red). The center (yellow) area indicates a neutral reading.
The Early Warning Model is a tool designed to provide an indication when the market has moved too far in one direction which in our view means the probability of a counter trend rally is above average. The Mean Reversion Potential, based on the trend reversal data displayed, is a belief that prices and returns tend to move towards their long term averages. The New Investment Rating, is a rating that we believe indicates whether current market conditions support new money being invested in the market. A negative/red reading indicates that the likelihood of prices moving down towards their mean is elevated in our view, while a positive/green reading indicates that the likelihood of a move up to the mean is elevated. These represent the opinions of Robert Bernstein and are not an investment recommendation. There is no guarantee the market will move in any one direction at any given time.
General Disclosure
This report expresses the opinions of Robert Bernstein and is provided by RGB Capital Group for general information purposes only. It does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy a security and is not an offer to provide any specific investment advice. It has been prepared from data believed to be reliable, but no representation is being made as to its accuracy or completeness. While every effort is made to provide information free from errors, the data is obtained from third parties and, as a result, complete accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Past performance is not a guarantee of future performance. Investing in securities involves risk of loss that clients should be prepared to bear. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.
Description of Indicators
Secular Market Cycle—Secular (long-term) bull markets are defined by above average returns over an extended period of time. Secular bear markets are defined by long-term periods of flat or declining prices (i.e. below average returns). Secular cycles tend to last from 5 to 25 years. Source: www.StockCharts.com
Cyclical Market Cycle—Cyclical bull and bear markets are shorter trends within the context of secular (long-term) trend. There can be several cyclical bull and bear markets within a secular bull/bear market. NDR defines a cyclical bull market as a rise in the DJIA of 30% over 50 calendar days or a rise of 13% after 155 calendar days. A cyclical bear market is a 30% decline over 50 calendar days or a 13% decline after 145 days. Reversals of 30% of the Value Line Geometric Index also qualify. Source: www.StockCharts.com
Short-Term Trend Rating – An indicator designed to identify the status of the stock market’s short-term (0-3 weeks) trend. The indicator compares the current price of S&P 500 relative to 5-day moving average, the relationship of the 5-day to the 10-day moving average, and the relationship of 10-day to 39-day moving average. Source: www.StockCharts.com
Intermediate-Term Trend Rating – An indicator designed to identify the status of the stock market’s intermediate-term (3 weeks to 6 months) trend. The indicator compares the current weekly price of S&P 500 relative to the 10-week moving average, the relationship of the 10-week to the 30-week moving average, and the relationship of the 30-week and 55-week moving averages. Source: www.StockCharts.com
Long-Term Trend Rating – An indicator designed to identify the status of the stock market’s longer-term (>6 months) trend. The indicator incorporates the 50-day moving average of the S&P 500 relative to the 200-day moving average. When the 50-day moving average is above 200-day moving average, the indicator is positive and vice versa. Source: Ned Davis Research
Short-Term Momentum Model – A trend and breadth confirm indicator. History shows the most reliable market moves tend to occur when the breadth indices are in gear with the major market averages. This indicator compares the price of an All-Cap Dollar-Weighted Equity Universe to its 25-day smoothing and its A/D Line relative to a 5-day smoothing. The indicator is positive when both are above their respective smoothings, negative when both are below, and neutral when one is above and one is below. Source: Ned Davis Research
Intermediate-Term Momentum Model – A proprietary diffusion index developed by Ned Davis Research. The indicator is designed to determine the technical health of the market’s 157 sub-industry groups (GICS categorizes the market into 11 sectors, 20 industries, and 157 sub-industry groups). Technical health is determined by the direction of each sub-industry’s long-term smooth-ing and the rate of change of the sub-industry’s price index. The indicator is positive when more than 79% of the groups are technically healthy, neutral when 56% - 79% are technically healthy, and negative when less than 56% are technically healthy. Source: Ned Davis Research
Long-Term Momentum Model – A buy/sell approach applied to the industry group diffusion index. The indicator is positive when more than 56.5% of the sub-industry groups are technically healthy and negative when less than 45.5 are technically healthy. Source: Ned Davis Research
Economic Model: A proprietary model developed by Ned Davis Research. During the middle of bull and bear markets, understanding the overall health of the economy and how it impacts the stock market is one of the few truly logical aspects of the stock market. When the Economic Model sports a "positive" reading, history (beginning in 1965) shows that stocks enjoy returns in excess of 23.7% per year. Yet, when the Model's reading falls into the "negative" zone, the S&P has lost nearly -22.4% per year. However, it is vital to understand that there are times when good economic news is actually bad for stocks and vice versa. Thus, the Economic Model can help investors stay in tune with where we are in the overall economic cycle. Source: Ned Davis Research
Earnings Model: A composite of four proprietary models developed by Ned Davis Research designed to indicate the overall health of corporate earnings. Source: Ned Davis Research
Monetary Model: A combination of two proprietary monetary models developed by Ned Davis Research. Monetary Model 1 is comprised of 14 indicators and plotted as a composite. Monetary Model 2 is made up of eight monetary-related indicators including money supply, and the bond and commodities markets. Source: Ned Davis Research
Inflation Model: A proprietary model developed by Ned Davis Research designed to identify cyclical changes in the rate of inflation. The Model consists of 22 individual indicators primarily measuring various rates of change of such indicators as commodity prices, the Consumer Price Index (CPI), producer prices, and industrial production. Source: Ned Davis Research
Valuation Model: A composite of two proprietary monetary indicators/models developed by Ned Davis Research. The first valuation indicator reviews the S&P 500 Price-to-Earnings GAAP Ratio relative to normal, expensive, and bargain valuation zones. The second model is a composite of seven indicators designed to reflect stock market valuations based on how various valuation indica-tors compare to their latest 10-year historical ranges. The seven valuation indicators incorporate earnings yields, inflation, and interest rates. Source: Ned Davis Research
Short-Term Credit Conditions Model: Junk bonds are one of the best indicators of overall market sentiment. When risk rises, junk bond prices fall as investors demand a higher yield to com-pensate them for the additional risk (remember bond prices fall as yields rise). When risk subsides, junk bond yields tend to fall given more favorable market conditions (i.e. lower risk). Falling yields drive junk bond prices higher. On a short-term basis, junk bonds trending above their 50-day moving average is an indication of a healthy market environment. Source: www.fasttrack.net
Intermediate-Term Credit Conditions Model: Junk bonds are one of the best indicators of overall market sentiment. When risk rises, junk bond prices fall as investors demand a higher yield to compensate them for the additional risk (remember bond prices fall as yields rise). When risk subsides, junk bond yields tend to fall given more favorable market conditions (i.e. lower risk). Falling yields drive junk bond prices higher. Using a 30-day and 126-day moving average cross-over provides a good indication of the intermediate-term credit conditions. Source: www.fasttrack.net
Long-Term Credit Conditions Model: The Chicago Fed National Financial Conditions Credit Subindex indicates positive values when financial conditions are tighter than average, while negative values indicate financial conditions that are looser than average. Source: Federal Reserve Bank Chicago
Short-Term Overbought/Oversold Signal: An indicator utilizing stochastics of the S&P 500 daily chart. %K is set at 14. %D is set at 3. The indicator is positive when %K rises above the 20-level from below. The indicator is negative when %K moves below the 80-level from above. The indicator is neutral when %K moves either above 80 or below 20. Source: www.StockCharts.com
Intermediate-Term Overbought/Oversold Signal: A signal based on the 40-day RSI on the NYSE index. The indicator is positive when the RSI falls below the 40-level and then reverses. The indica-tor is negative when the RSI moves above 60 and then reverses. The indicator is neutral when the RIS moves into the 45.5-57.5 range. Source: Ned Davis Research
Long-Term Overbought/Oversold Signal: An indicator utilizing the VIX and Z-Score bands designed to identify turning points in the market after overbought/oversold conditions are present. Source: Ned Davis Research
Short-Term Sentiment Model: A proprietary sentiment model developed by Ned Davis Research. The model-of-models is comprised of 18 independent sentiment indicators designed to indicate when market sentiment has reached an extreme from a short-term perspective. Historical analysis indicates that the stock market's best gains come after an environment has become extremely negative from a sentiment standpoint. Conversely, when sentiment becomes extremely positive, market returns have been subpar. Source: Ned Davis Research
Intermediate-Term Sentiment Model: A proprietary sentiment model developed by Ned Davis Research designed for the intermediate-term time frame. This model-of-models includes seven different sentiment indicators including advisory sentiment, valuation, market breadth, and the indicators of the short-term sentiment model. Source: Ned Davis Research
Long-Term Sentiment Model: A proprietary sentiment model developed by Ned Davis Research designed for the long-term time frame. This model-of-models is comprised of six independent sentiment indicators designed to indicate when market sentiment has reached an extreme from a long-term perspective. Source: Ned Davis Research
Description of Indices
S&P 500 Composite Index: The Standard and Poor's 500 Index (S&P 500) is a capitalization weighted index of 500 stocks representing all major domestic industry groups. Historical returns provided by Ned Davis Research.