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H1 2020

DJIA BUYS 23185, 20000  SOLD 22400  Buy 20981, 22000 SOLD 23780// SOLD 27031  BUY 25631

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2018 FORECASTS

2017 FORECASTS

 2016 FORECASTS

2015 FORECASTS PERFORMANCE

1.    1. BUY GOLD $1425 P1 Target   Trading Yes (hit Summer and Fall Bottoms within $3;  Investing NO!

2. BUY CHINA (Australia by proxy?)  A+  Hit both tops and exits almost perfectly
3. CANADA OUTPERFORM +  Loonie ST $.89   IT .92    No  [Too early  :) ]

AGGRESSIVE SPECULATIONS:

4. Argentina: favorite FRONTIER country, but no rush act until a) Peso approaches 20 and/or b) closer to the 2015 Presidential election.  Yes Merval <10K to 13K  & 15 Blue P1.

5. Our December Lunch Presenters for 3 potential doubles/triples in 2015:  Medifocus, Victoria Gold & Client Diagnos.  Yes & NO.  As investments they will take more than year (within our 2-3 year time frame, but as Trades YES! Soon thereafter these stocks went up 50%, 100% and 80% respectively.

2014 FORECASTS PERFORMANCE

OUR FIVE 2014 AFUND PLAYS:

1. ·        SELL US BONDS Q1  (Yes) 
   
2. ·        BUY SILVER  Target was $24, went to $22   
3. ·        BUY INDIA (Especially H2 2014-2015) BULLS EYE
4. ·        SELL HEDGE US MARKETS  No- however we got 90% of the down trading moves
5. ·        SSP PORTFOLIO* While they ralled (150%, 50% and 0%), they did not hold so TBD

*Seasoned Speculator aka Special Situations Portfolio

2013 FORECASTS PERFORMANCE

2. Hold/Buy US bonds Q1 2013; Sell Q4 2013/Q1 2014.  [April High/Bonds’ worst year since ’94 -Very Good]

3. US Large caps (DJIA) will outperform small caps.  They should also outperform Nasdaq for much of H2 2013. [Wrong]

4.  AVOID Germany & Australia; Buy Canada H2 2013.  [Germany wrong/Australia underperformed/Canada V up H2-Good]

5.  Gold will be largely seasonal (Down Q2 and Up Q4).  Silver is at great downside risk especially Q2 2013, and likely to under perform in 2013.   Copper is positive and a buy H1 2013. [Gold down Q2/weak Q4- 1/2 right/ Silver collapsed- Bulls Eye!/Copper bottom Q2- then modestly positive-Fair]

I. Germany is our favorite G8 country in 2012.

EWG iShares MSCI Germany Index Fund $22.54 +0.13% $2,865,090 4,148,448 +17.48%  as of Feb 9

GERJ Market Vectors Germany Small-Cap ETF $20.78 +0.34% $3,078 1,501 +19.49%  as of  Feb 9

International companies benefit from cheap euro and flight to safety (in euroland).

Note: The need for Euro Hedges recommended 1.33 and recommended unwind 1.23.

II. Euro will be mixed in 2012, but mostly a buy for 2013. 

Note: Buy 1.23 OB  Sell 1.33 OB

III. Buy Copper – 2012 Target $4 OB

Reached 3.98 in February.

Rebuy in H2 2012!

IV. Sell Silver by March/April- Potential bottom Target well below $26

Silver oversupply and lackluster industrial demand Ideally 34/36-40. 
We issued a sell on a $37.20 on February 29th!!

V. Oil will be lower later this year before US Presidential elections i.e. more often below $100 than above.

We reached our P2 Target of $78 June 28, 2012!

2011 PERFORMANCE

• Sell Markets June 30/July 1 and July 21/22 - A work in progress but so far, so VERY good.
• Own Silver until March/April 2011. Then Sell April 25 & April 29 at 49.42-- Bulls Eye!!!
• Sell Insurance Stocks before March (and Markets).  Japan disaster on target (but not localized) yet global markets did not drop as much as forecast.
• Sell in May (May 2 & May 10) and then go away.  Beautiful top!
• China is "going down" at least until early September- this will also strongly effect Commodity markets).

2010 PERFORMANCE

• Winter 2010 - ~ Jan 15 Solar Eclipse will be the top of 2010.  Yes & No.
• 1/19/2010 DJIA 10725 into mid Feb it fell to test 10,000 but then rallied thereafter well above 10725.
• Spring 2010 -April 22-April 30 Sell markets for a Major drop. Yes. April 26 DJ 11205 top then fell heavily in May.
•  Sell gold 1240. Yes.  Sell gold 1260 yes.
• Sell Dow 10600 to 9800 & June 26 (DJ 10200) to July 11th.
• 2010 is the Year of Silver- YES! 80%+
  

2009 PERFORMANCE

• Our Winter 2009 forecast- Sell Gold at 1220.  Yes.
• Our Fall 2009 forecasts: Buy US$ 74 to 79 to 82 Yes.
• Markets would drop strongly post the July Eclipse- Wrong :(
• Our Summer 2009 forecast- Major Chinese Market Correction Post July 22nd Solar Eclipse - Yes Bear Market 20%+ correction.
  
• Our Spring 2009 forecast: Buy Silver in May - Silver ended May with its biggest monthly gain in 22 years!
• Our Winter 2009 forecast:  The US Dollar will drop to Fair Value .81-.80- Spot on.

2008 PERFORMANCE

• Our Summer forecasts: Sell oil 147 to 76, Gold from 990 to less than 832, buy the US$ to $85 was perfect to within one day!
• Our Fall forecasts buy gold September 12, Buy Dow 8000, Sell/Reverse 9600, buy 8500 and sell 9000 gave us 3000 Dow points in THREE DAYS!
  

• Our first MAJOR forecast for 2008 was that Gold would break out to all times highs (above $850) on January 2, 2008.  We were spot on to the DAY!
• Our next major recommendation was to sell Oil circa $100 and to short the XOI at 1550 [>20% ROI in less than 1 month].
• We recommended covering our January 2 shorts January 21 & 22, and go long Tuesday 8.07am 13 minutes before the "surprise" Ben interest rate drop rally, covered by end of day and then go long again next day at 9am! for an incredible 3 part trade.    
• Profitably forecast the largest weekly drop in March of the CRB index (gold, silver. Oil, Wheat etc) in 50 years!

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TOP 2007 FORECASTS

2007 had more than its share of accurate forecasts: Our major forecast was the 2007 US Real Estate Crisis.  US Dollar Dropping below .80 in September along with our major play Gold and Silver was well timed all year: Q1 Gold & Silver Rally, Sell $722 then buy again a rally gold bottom circa August 22 past $700; Silver bottom August 22 $11.51 then major rally, $800 gold to the day (October 31). Additionally, we forecast quite accurately much of the recent stock market turmoil including such astrologically timed days as the August 28th Dow 280 point drop, September 7th Dow's 249 point drop and October 19 366 point drop. 

Going forward, it is appropriate to change our performance tracking as we are no longer making public most of the forecasting work we provide to money managers, hedge funds and our institutional clients, e.g. the Fed Move on interest rates August/September the day after Ben was hired.

• US DOLLAR WEAKNESS (Yes)
• MAY to JUNE Market Fall (Yes, Market Fell below 10,000 to low of year 9822 in May)
• A WAR TIME ECONOMY (Yes)
• HOUSING BUBBLE ENDING (Global slowing, but not dropping as much as we expected. This may take until H1 2005.)
• Gold rally to 425 (Yes) and later above 450 in Q4 2004 (Yes).
• Nanotech rally (Yes)
• Interest rate rise - Increase Tips vs Bonds (Fed started tightening cycle slower than most expected)
  
• Japan Top Global Performer (Yes: Reached 12K target)
• Strong Australia Dollar (Yes: Reached our .80 target)
• AXP and T, two 2004/2005 favorite Dow plays (AXP made money, T  lost)

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• US  economic slowdown and secular US$ weakening. 1Q forecast 1.2% 2Q .045%; 3Q -2.40%
• Outperformance of Value & Growth
• Canada and Northern Europe Out Performance
• JAPAN/NIKKEI reached multi-year target low of 12,222.  We reversed and buy for 2002. [5/1: 14,425]
  
• IHITF comes home
• IBM favorite DJIA stock returned a positive 42% in 2001!
• Bond Yield rallies reversal second half of year into 2002 [Second half of the year forecast not valid]
• 2001 UIT reached 28% January 29, 2001. [34% ROI locked in & 27% ROI locked in for Saturn Version]

• 1998 January UIT up 23% by May 14, 1998 & 31% one year, 140% 2 years* after expenses.
• 1999 January UIT up 30% by April 28, 1999** after expenses; up 52% 3/7/2000.
• 2000 January UIT results up 13% 3/7/2000 after expenses. Then cashed out = 17%.
• 2001 January UIT up 28% January 29; locked in..

TEN TOP 2000 FORECASTS
• 2000 UIT up 17%.
• IBM, BA, DISNEY, GM and JNJ vs Dow Dogs
• BUY ECU/SELL US$ from 104 onto .95 OB and ECU 1.12+ [ECU fall exceded .95, reversal forecast followed with buys in May .88 to .92. May 19th bottom was timed to the day]
• Sell US Bonds to 6.80, then accumulate to 6.50 OB [Reached 6.75 on first run]
• IHITF comes home [First double 3/3 from $.53 to $1.23 as of 3/7.  Second double forecast did not materialize ].
• DJIA target 7001.67 extended till May; avoiding Technology stocks from after January effect is over until after the Saturn/Uranus pass. [DJIA broke the important 10,000 floor, but blood forecast showed up in Nasdaq only, not as much in the DJIA.]
• Holland and Canada favorite 2000 countries [Canada was number one, and Netherlands in top 5]
• Gold rallies above $350 [2/4 Gold exceeds P1 to 314, but fully rally did not materialize.]
• January 21 is the first of our three key dates in 2000. [One week after DJIA high, FEAR first entered into the investor Zeitgeist THAT day.] May 5 (3-5) and October dates showed market rollercoasters.
• May 2000 is the ring pass not for momentum/value investing. [Yes correct, in May investors finally became fearful after a 40% Nasdaq drop]

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TOP 10 1999 FORECASTS

• 1999 UIT up 30% (After expenses) by April**
• Euro decline versus US dollar (Exceded P2 target of 102.40)
• Oil dramatic recovery (From $10 to $25+)
• Japan drop from May (~17,000) on [First dropped to 16,000 then rose to 18,000+, then trading back and forth below 17,000 before rising again. Not a trading loss, but still a wrong forecast.]
• Gold mid-year/Fall rally [Initially, problematic as Gold broke 20 year lows. However, our XAU marker of 60 soared past 90 [up 50%] and Gold reached our target price of $325 by October.]
• Buy US bonds to 4.90 and Sell to 6.40. [Perfect buy and sell]
• 7001.67 December 31 trading target: under 1% target, BUT wrong direction.
• First quarter top broad market/Nasdaq second qtr  [Wrong here, although the Internet sector which was the primary target of our shorting did peak in April].
• Summer collapse of Tech stocks [Phase one Internet stocks down 40%; Phase 2 Saturn/Uranus midJuly perfect to the day with the Nasdaq top July 16, although this did not hold as we expected.  Phase 3 November fundamentally right with Microsoft to the day, otherwise Nasdaq went to new records so a mixed call- 2 out of 3.]
• July 1 and November 5 Market pivots [July 1 was the day after the Fed reversed course and raised interest rates and days before Rubin and Mr Yen's resignations. November 5 the day of the Key Microsoft ruling. Our earlier two 1999 pivot days forecast were highly significant: one a monthly top, the second the start of the Yugoslavian War.]

• 1998 UIT UP 31% one year; 2 year performance UP 134% (Dec 28th close/rollover)*
• OIL would drop dramatically in 1999 (Starting in October)
• July 20, 1998 Market top (correct to the day)
• Italy top performing major 20 stock market again (from 1997 to 7/98 up over 100%)
• Korea best Asian market (up 100%)
• Buy US Bonds August on (until 4.70!)
• 1998 Bond hedge - Buy US Bonds/Sell Canadian Bonds from 10/97 on)
• Yen  Buy 145+; Sell 112-115
• Thought Spring would be a top (Wrong forecast)
• October crash (right day, but wrong direction due to Fed intervention)

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