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The Dow Theorist's Sweepstakes

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average is 3,683 points above where it was 13+ years ago. 
The three major Dow Theorists had been under a BUY signal for many years up until the SELL signal on August 4th, 1998.
After agreeing on that signal their interpretations diverged considerably until they came together again briefly on November 21st, 2007, and again on August 2nd, 2011.
The results of the points captured (or lost) on long and short positions by each Dow Theorist for the last 13+ years:
Schannep
+7,777.34pts, Russell -9,841.88 pts, and Moroney -9,578.44 pts
 

Jack
Schannep
TheDowTheory.com
Richard
Russell
Dow Theory Letters
Richard
Moroney
Dow Theory Forecasts
Signal: Date:

Dow  Jones:

Date:

Dow Jones:

Date:

Dow Jones:

SELL 8/4/98

8487.31

8/4/98

8487.31

8/4/98

8487.31

See 8/1/98 Letter

 See 7/29/98 Letter See 8/3?/98 Letter
Profit to +462.92 pts

(loss)

-2527.38 pts

(loss)

-2527.38 pts
BUY 9/15/98

8024.39

5/3/99

11014.69

5/3/99

11014.69

  9/15/98 Letter   5/19/99 Letter   4/26/99 Letter  
Profit to   +2294.20 pts

(loss)

-696.10 pts

(loss)

-994.98 pts
SELL 9/23/99

10318.59

9/23/99

10318.59

10/15/99

10019.71

  9/23/99 Letter   9/23/99 Letter  

10/18/99 Letter

 
Profit to   +731.07 pts    

(loss)

-349.15 pts
BUY 11/8/01

9587.52

no  

 signal

3/1/02

10368.86

  11/18/01 Letter      

3/4/02 Letter

 
Loss to   -460.90 pts        
SELL 6/25/02

9126.62

no  

 signal

no  

 signal
  6/25/02 Letter          
Profit to   +403.88 pts        
BUY 25% on 7/19/02

8019.26

no  

 signal

no  

 signal
  7/19/02 e-mail          
  75% on 8/21/02

8957.23

       
  8/21/02 e-mail          
Loss to   -779.70 pts

no  

 signal

(loss)

-3082.59 pts
SELL 75% on 9/24/02

7683.13

   

10/9/02

7286.27

  9/24/02 e-mail      

10/10/02 Hotline

 
Loss to   -746.36 pts        
BUY 75% on 11/5/02

8678.27

no  

 signal

no  

 signal
  11/5/02 Letter          
Loss to   -558.38 pts        
SELL 1/24/03

8131.01

no  

 signal

no  

 signal
  2/11/03 Letter          
Loss to   -451.67 pts

(loss) 

-2994.38 pts

(loss)

-1752.71 pts
BUY 5/2/03

8582.68

5/7/07

13312.97

6/4/03

9038.98

  5/2/03 e-mail  

5/7/07 posting

 

6/4/03 Hotline

 
Profit to   +4446.24 pts        
SELL 8/14/07

13,028.92

no  

 signal

no  

 signal
  8/14/07 Letter          
Loss to   -1037.09 pts        
BUY 50% on10/5/07

14,066.01

no  

 signal

no  

 signal
  10/5/07 e-mail          
Profit to   0.00 pts (net)

(loss)

-513.93 pts  

+3760.06 pts

SELL 50% on 11/21/07

12,799.04

11/21/07

12,799.04

11/21/07

12,799.04

  11/22/07 e-mail  

11/21/07 post

 

11/21/07 Hotline

 
             
TOTAL 8/98 - 11/07  +4304.21 pts   -6731.79 pts   -4946.75 pts
             
Since the competition was getting a little lopsided I have started it over for more recent results:
Loss to   -50.32 pts   +186.61 pts

(loss)

-50.32 pts
BUY

50% on 4/18/08

12,849.36

4/7/08

12,612.43

4/18/08

12,849.36

  4/25/08 e-mail  

4/7/08 post

  4/18/08 Hotline  
Profit to   0.00 pts (net)

(loss)

-2002.77 pts   -2483.91 pts
SELL 50% on 6/20/08

11,842.69

9/17/08

 10,609.66

9/29/08

 10,365.45

  6/22/08 e-mail

 

9/16 MktWatch

 

9/29/08 Hotline

 
Profit to  

+2731.16 pts

BUY

25% on 10/7/08

9,447.11

 

10/7/08 e-mail  

BUY

25% on 11/5/08

9,139.27

 

11/5/08 e-mail

 

BUY

25% on 11/12/08

8,282.66

 

11/26/08 e-mail

 

BUY

25% on 12/8/08

8,934.18

 

12/8/08 e-mail

  Profit to +1839.96 pts    

Corrected Average Price:

9,111.53

BUY       1/7/09

 8,769.70

no  

 signal
Loss to (2/19/09 loss)

-1526.03 pts

 

 
SELL

50% on 2/2/09

7,936.83

    1/7/09 Letter  
  2/2/09 e-mail

 

(loss)

      -1303.75 pts
SELL 17% on 2/19/09

7,465.95

  SELL   2/19/09            7,465.95

  2/19/09 e-mail

 

2/19 MarketWatch

  Note: "Letters" does not follow his own advice per his own admission 

Note:   "Forecasts" is always invested: 
60-70% during Sell signals,      
85-90% during Buys

SELL 33% on 2/23/09

7,114.78

 
  2/23/09 e-mail

 

 

Actual Average Price:

7,585.50

   
Loss to  

-190.36 pts

(loss)

   -1603.34 pts        

BUY

3/23/09

7,775.86

BUY        7/23/09

9,069.29

      7/27 Mkt Watch
  Note:  "Schannep" follows his own advice with a real money portfolio shown each month Profit to +1248.87 pts

no

signal

SELL  11/20/09

10,318.16

11/27 MktWatch

(loss)

- 415.51pts

(loss)

-368.19 pts

BUY    3/17/10

10,733.67

BUY   3/17/10

10,733.67

3/18 MktWatch

(loss)

- 665.66 pts
SELL  5/20/10

10,068.01

Profit to

+1998.16 pts

(loss)

-959.65 pts

SELL

6/30/10

9774.02

SELL6/30/10

9774.02

6/30/10 Letter

(loss)

-457.42 pts

6/30 Hotline
Loss to

-979.60 pts

 
BUY

9/20/10

10,753.62

(loss)

-1441.11 pts

9/20/10 e-mail

 

BUY    11/3/10

11,215.13

BUY    1/28/11

11,823.70

11/3 Hotline
 

+1133.00 pts

1/30/11 Goldtent          + 62.92 pts

+671.49 pts

SELL

8/2/11

11886.62

    SELL     8/2/11

11886.62

SELL     8/2/11

11886.62

BUY 25% on 8/8/11 10809.85 9/12 MktWatch MostRecentSignal 9/12 MktWatch
BUY 25% on 8/18/11 10990.58
BUY 50% on 8/29/11 11539.25
SELL 75% on10/3/11 10655.30
BUY 25% on 11/1/11 11657.96

BUY    12/23/11

12,294.00

BUY 50% on 1/10/12 12462.47

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 this level below)

12/23 Hotline MostRecentSignal
various e-mails Average@11732.53

no  

 signal
MostRecentSignal
Jack
Schannep
TheDowTheory.com
Richard
Russell
Dow Theory Letters
Richard
Moroney
Dow Theory Forecasts
Recent 11/07-1/12 +3473.13 pts -3914.60 pts -5099.26 pts
Total All 13+ years: +7777.34 pts

- 10646.39 pts

- 10046.01 pts

Each of these Letters are monitored by Hulbert Financial Digest and their performance is verified and charted below:                                                     

                                 Schannep

                                       

Russell

                     Moroney

During the entire timeframe, Buy & Hold gained  +3336.39 pts, or +39.3%. The distressing results for the other Dow Theorists shown above are an embarrassment and detracts from the reputation of the Dow Theory itself. That is one reason I wrote my book, to help reinstate the Dow Theory to the high status it deserves.
In "
Dow Theory for the 21st Century: Technical Indicators for Improving Your Investment Results" (published by John Wiley & Sons) I have laid out modern rules that improve the record of the Dow Theory considerably. My interpretation uses capitulation, when it occurs, as the time to start buying into the Dow Theory buy signal which has always followed. After that I would add to the position after the bounce, in the pullback phase. Finally, completion of a Dow Theory buy signal is signaled by the first of the Dow Jones Industrials, or Transports, to join the S&P500 reaching highs above the previous bounce. Using this approach throughout the period above would have improved the results shown above.

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