{"id":446,"date":"2019-04-05T18:56:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T18:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.apisbull.com\/blog\/?p=446"},"modified":"2019-04-04T16:44:36","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T16:44:36","slug":"stocks-will-crash-when-this-happens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apisbull.com\/blog\/?p=446","title":{"rendered":"Stocks Will Crash When This Happens"},"content":{"rendered":"

It doesn’t take rocket science to know when stocks are likely to crash.<\/p>\n

You just have to look at the right indicators… and ignore the wrong ones.<\/p>\n

I’ve been bullish on stocks for years. And I’ve continually told folks to stay long, despite plenty of fears in the market.<\/p>\n

I haven’t changed my tune, because the most important market indicators haven’t been flashing warning signs.<\/p>\n

Today, I’ll share yet another “early warning” indicator…<\/p>\n

Stocks tend to crash when this indicator enters dangerous territory. It’s another way to know when we have the “all clear” to make money in stocks. And right now, it’s telling us something important.<\/p>\n

I’ve been tracking a number of “early warning” indicators<\/a>that will tell me when to start worrying about the end of the stock market boom and the arrival of the next recession.<\/p>\n

Simply put, these indicators are not worrying me yet. They’re still giving us the “all clear” to stay long.<\/p>\n

I’d like to share yet another simple indicator with you… one that has predicted every recession of the past 50 years.<\/p>\n

I’m talking about the Leading Economic Index (LEI) from an independent research group called The Conference Board.<\/p>\n

The Conference Board’s LEI for the U.S. looks at 10 different economic indicators… everything from employment, to housing, to interest rates.<\/p>\n

Importantly, this indicator has an incredible track record of predicting recessions. As you can see on the chart below, every recession of the past 50 years happened after the year-over-year percentage change in the LEI index went negative…<\/p>\n

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Again, the chart shows the year-over-year change of the LEI index. And when that goes negative, look out.<\/p>\n

Right now, this index is showing the economy is healthy. We’re nowhere near zero today… let alone going negative, like the index tends to do before a recession.<\/p>\n