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Day Hagan Technical Analysis with Art Huprich, CMT, Recorded March 25, 2025

Watch Art Huprich, CMT, break down S&P 500 trends, market corrections, and recession signals in this March 25, 2025, webinar replay. Financial advisors are encouraged to watch for the latest market technical analysis, smart sector strategies, and risk management insights —don’t miss out!

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Enhance Your Portfolio Process with the Day Hagan Smart Sector® Series and Catastrophic Stop Update

Join us for an informative webinar where we explore smart investing strategies, balanced portfolios, and risk management techniques to enhance your portfolio process. Whether you're a seasoned financial advisor or an individual investor, this webinar will provide valuable insights and practical knowledge to optimize your investment approach.

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Day Hagan Catastrophic Stop Update March 18, 2025

The Catastrophic Stop model declined to 51.43% from 63.57% last week. The model’s technical indicators are now low neutral on balance due to the intermediate-term trend factor turning negative, joining the short-term trend and stock/bond relative strength factors discussed last week. Neutral readings remain in place for our breadth thrust and oversold mean reversion factors.

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Day Hagan Smart Value Strategy Update March 2025

The DH Smart Value Portfolio continues to invest in companies producing excess returns through positive economic profitability, supported by solid balance sheets (quality), significant cash generation (profitability), and trading with considerable margins of safety (valuation). We believe these factors will continue to provide rational opportunities for the foreseeable future.

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Day Hagan Smart Sector® Fixed Income Strategy Update March 2025

In February 2025, global fixed-income markets fared well, though they faced considerable turbulence fueled by geopolitical tensions, shifts in monetary policy, and changing investor sentiment. A key incident contributing to this uncertainty was the contentious meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on February 28.

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Day Hagan Smart Sector® with Catastrophic Stop Strategy Update March 5, 2025

February witnessed notable sector rotation in the equity markets, with the Consumer Staples, Real Estate, Energy, and Health Care sectors experiencing growth, while Consumer Discretionary, Information Technology, Industrials, and Communication Services faced declines. The month began amid disappointing macroeconomic indicators that dampened investor confidence, highlighted by a significant drop in the University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment Index.

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Day Hagan Catastrophic Stop Update February 25, 2025

The Day Hagan Catastrophic Stop model level is 72.9%, the same level as last week. The model’s internal indicators remain bullish, and the external indicators are neutral. We note that measures calling U.S. Stock/Bond relative strength and Short-term Trend are approaching potential sell signals, while MSCI Equity Market breadth and Emerging Market/High-Yield bond breadth remain positive.

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Day Hagan Tech Talk: Bang, Zoom!

I want equity market proxies to break topside and see 1) what selling pressure arises, if any, 2) if internal measuring tools (Advance-Decline figures, New Highs, sector participation, equal versus cap weight, etc.) confirm or diverge (again), and 3) sentiment readings. 

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