February, 2021 | OnTheMark Investing

Industry Sector Trend Summary as of February 3

February 4, 2021 by Mark Bates

In the attached picture you can see the status of Industry Sectors using a short term (price versus 50dma) and long term (price versus 200dma) as of yesterday’s close.

We will begin watching how sectors soften and harden as a leading indicator of economic and market change. read more

15%+15%+15%-15% = 6%

February 4, 2021 by Mark Bates

One of the most eye-opening aspects of investing is the impact of market declines on your total return. If you make 15% in year 1, another 15% in year 2, another 15% in year 3, and then you lose 15% in year 4, you earn….6% annual return. That one year of 15% loss cuts your four year annualized return to just 6%. read more

V53 Model Refinement Using Fidelity Economic Cycle Analysis

February 3, 2021 by Mark Bates

The linking of economic cycles with the technical investing algorithms is an important part of our ETF algorithm. The model has been updated to Version 53 to include refined economic criteria.

In Version 53 the trade entry logic was further refined using an analysis that was conducted by Fidelity Investments and summarized in the table below. As a result of this refinement the backtesting results (1/1/2003 – current period for our target ETF securities) for the algorithm have improved slightly: read more

George Dagnino Market Opinion January 27

February 2, 2021 by Mark Bates

In a post in SeekingAlpha on January 27th of this year (https://seekingalpha.com/article/4401277-market-and-earning-cycles-point-to-pause-in-2022 George Dagino wrote:

“The last bottom of the business cycle took place in March 2020. Growth should therefore show a peak in 2022, assuming the upward leg of the cycle is two years. This should be also the time growth in earnings will begin to slow down. read more

Miley Income Fund Spreadsheet

February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 by Dan Miley

Attached is a spreadsheet showing the purchase price of each of the stocks in the portfolio as of 2/01/2021. I will update prices every Friday along with the percentage gain/loss. read more

Miley Growth Fund

February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 by Dan Miley

Attached is a spreadsheet showing the purchase price of each of the stocks in the portfolio as of 2/01/2021. I will update prices every Friday along with the percentage gain/loss. Dan xls icon

MileyGrowthFund-0201.xlsx

Miley Growth Fund

[stock_market_widget type=”table-portfolio” template=”basic” assets=”ANET,KLAC,LRCX,FTNT,AMAT,NVDA,KKR,KLIC,NFLX,NXST,LULU,ADBE,FB,FIVE,INTU,FND,AMZN,ARES,PYPL,PAYC” fields=”symbol,change_pct” search=”false” display_currency_symbol=”true” pagination=”true” rows_per_page=”30″ sort_field=”change_pct” sort_direction=”desc” alignment=”left” api=”yf” portfolio=”{‘ALGN’:{‘qty’:3.48,’p_price’:525.38},’FTNT’:{‘qty’:12.62,’p_price’:144.75},’ADBE’:{‘qty’:3.98,’p_price’:458.77},’SLM’:{‘qty’:131.65,’p_price’:13.88},’LULU’:{‘qty’:5.56,’p_price’:328.68},’NVDA’:{‘qty’:3.52,’p_price’:519.59},’NFLX’:{‘qty’:3.43,’p_price’:532.39},’ASML’:{‘qty’:3.42,’p_price’:534.16},’FB’:{‘qty’:7.07,’p_price’:258.33},’BLDR’:{‘qty’:47.77,’p_price’:38.25},’LAD’:{‘qty’:5.73,’p_price’:318.68},’VIPS’:{‘qty’:66.64,’p_price’:27.42},’FND’:{‘qty’:19.85,’p_price’:92.07},’OLLI’:{‘qty’:19.29,’p_price’:94.73},’MPWR’:{‘qty’:5.14,’p_price’:355.29},’EPAM’:{‘qty’:5.31,’p_price’:344.43},’BABA’:{‘qty’:7.2,’p_price’:253.83},’PYPL’:{‘qty’:7.8,’p_price’:234.31},’GOOGL’:{‘qty’:1,’p_price’:1827.36},’MKSI’:{‘qty’:11.56,’p_price’:158.07}}” ]

Miley Income Fund

[stock_market_widget type=”table-portfolio” template=”basic” assets=”XOM,PM,IRM,NNN,ABBV,FE,FHN,MRK,PDCO,AMGN,EOG,VTRS,RF,MET,PRU,CFG,OGE,DOW,LMT,JEPI” fields=”symbol,change_pct” search=”false” display_currency_symbol=”true” pagination=”false” rows_per_page=”30″ sort_field=”change_pct” sort_direction=”desc” alignment=”left” api=”yf” portfolio=”{‘PM’:{‘qty’:4.08,’p_price’:79.65},’PRU’:{‘qty’:4.15,’p_price’:78.28},’DOW’:{‘qty’:6.26,’p_price’:51.9},’OGE’:{‘qty’:10.64,’p_price’:30.52},’PFE’:{‘qty’:9.05,’p_price’:35.9},’CFG’:{‘qty’:8.92,’p_price’:36.44},’WU’:{‘qty’:14.59,’p_price’:22.27},’MET’:{‘qty’:6.75,’p_price’:48.15},’CC’:{‘qty’:12.33,’p_price’:26.34},’FITB’:{‘qty’:11.23,’p_price’:28.93},’DTE’:{‘qty’:2.73,’p_price’:118.86},’RF’:{‘qty’:19.1,’p_price’:17.01},’CAH’:{‘qty’:6.05,’p_price’:53.73},’SNV’:{‘qty’:8.73,’p_price’:37.2},’JEF’:{‘qty’:13.91,’p_price’:23.35},’MRK’:{‘qty’:4.22,’p_price’:77.07},’GPC’:{‘qty’:3.46,’p_price’:93.88},’MMM’:{‘qty’:1.85,’p_price’:175.66},’LMT’:{‘qty’:1,’p_price’:324.88},’JEPI’:{‘qty’:5.89,’p_price’:55.2}}” ]