Are You Lucky or Wrong?

It has been said that there are two types of forecasts: lucky or wrong. Last week I told you about my hatred of early-year predictions, this week I’m going to expand on that so you don’t have to be either lucky or wrong. While many analysts wisely base their predictions on reams of data and complicated chart patterns, others have utilized weird and whimsical stock market indicators. On [It has been said that there are two types of forecasts: lucky or wrong. Last week I told you about my hatred of early-year predictions, this week I’m going to expand on that so you don’t have to be either lucky or wrong. While many analysts wisely base their predictions on reams of data and complicated chart patterns, others have utilized weird and whimsical stock market indicators. On] 101 Companies Offer Cash Distribution Accounts This is urgent! If you're anywhere near retirement, you should look into this. In fact, you could own a specific account that's issued in your name from just about 100 companies in America. And this account could grow into almost $1 million by the time you're ready to retire. [Get further details here.] Are You Lucky or Wrong? [Jimmy Mengel Photo] By [Jimmy Mengel] Written Tuesday, January 10, 2017 It has been said that there are two types of forecasts: lucky or wrong. Last week I told you about my hatred of early-year predictions, this week I’m going to expand on that so you don’t have to be either lucky or wrong. While many analysts wisely base their predictions on reams of data and complicated chart patterns, others have utilized weird and whimsical stock market indicators. One of the most ridiculous is the Super Bowl market indicator, and with this year’s game coming up in a couple weeks, let’s check in on the history of this shockingly successful forecasting tool. The Super Bowl Indicator tracks the market performance depending on which team wins the Super Bowl. It’s a rather simple tool: If a team from the AFC wins the game, we’ll have a bear market for the year. If the NFC team wins, however, the market should do quite well. In that case, you may want to start rooting for the Cowboys or Packers... The phenomenon was first noticed by sportswriter Leonard Koppett in the 1970s, and at that point, the predictions had been 100% correct. Today, the Super Bowl indicator has been right 80% of the time — 40 out of 50 times the correlation held up. Wall Street analyst Robert H. Stovall has dubbed himself the official custodian of the indicator, even though he has admitted it has no basis in reality. “There is no intellectual backing for this sort of thing, except that it works.” Stovall told Forbes. There are also some other bizarre indicators that are much more based in reality… Advertisement Urgent Warning from a Newsletter Legend As America’s foremost financial forecaster, he’s accurately predicted: The Internet stock boom in 1996... the dot-com bust in 1999... the second wave of gold and silver bull market in 2001... the rise of China... the housing collapse in 2007... and the current deflation... Now, Mr. James Dines is issuing an urgent final warning to Americans... [Click here now for the full story.] The “Unclaimed Corpse Indicator” is perhaps the darkest one of all… This market barometer tracks the number of unclaimed bodies at morgues. The thinking is that when financial times are getting tough, desperate families leave their loved ones' bodies unclaimed to avoid having to pay end-of-life costs like funerals and burials. When nobody steps forward to claim a body, the state ends up taking care of those costs. In 2009 at the height of the financial crisis, the Los Angeles Times reported that “36% more cremations were done at taxpayers' expense in the last fiscal year over the previous year.” There are some others that aren’t quite as horrifying... Baked Bean Sales Indicator When times get tough, most people start tightening their belts. One obvious way this reflects in the market is sales for canned food. The idea is simple: it’s cheaper and easier to feed a family with low-cost food like canned beans. In the UK, baked bean sales jumped 22% from 2008 to 2009. Pricier options like organic food dropped over 10% in the same time frame. The same concept applies to discount shopping. Dollar General (NYSE: DG) saw its stock rise 140% from the start of the recession until the economy stabilized in 2012. Other indicators can reflect when the market is doing well… The Garbage Indicator When the economy is chugging, more goods are produced. More products flying off shelves means more trash is being created. A pretty simple concept… Economists have actually backed this one up. One study has shown that there is an 82% correlation between GDP and trash produced: about the same percentage as the Super Bowl Indicator, but with tangible evidence to prove it. Now some of these indicators seem to make sense, but when my money is at stake, I don’t want to rely on beans, trash, and football. Especially because you have to wait until results like these are reported before doing anything about them. Like I mentioned last time, “If information arises about a particular company or about an economy, that information gets reflected in market prices without delay. You won't have time to read the news and get in. The market is very efficient at digesting news.” That’s why I never start out the year by wildly speculating about what is going to happen. 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If you go back further in time, the results are even more impressive. According to a report by the Guinness Atkinson Funds, dividends and dividend reinvestment made up a whopping 90% of returns from 1940 to 2011! They go on to note that “if you had invested $100 at the end of 1940, this would have been worth approximately $174,000 at the end of 2011 if you had reinvested dividends, versus $12,000 if dividends were not included.” Keep in mind that over the years, we've seen several major market crashes. If you were busy trying to use wacky indicators to determine how to juggle your stocks, you would have missed out on some serious gains. You would have also wasted a lot of time and resources. Solid dividend stocks have weathered the storms and continued showering shareholders with cold, hard cash. They have outpaced the market as a whole, and with far less volatility. In other words, dividend stocks are not only safer — but they pay you to own them. 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