No change in the Navigate the Stock Market analysis

Initial Jobless Claims rose to 412,000, the market expected 385,000. Consumer prices had their biggest jump since the summer of 2009; they rose 0.5%. Core CPI (x-energy and food) was OK. I paid $3.799 for a gallon of gas today. Ouch!  Inexplicably, consumer confidence rose. The S&P 500 was up 0.4%.  Given the news, I’d say that was pretty good.

NTMS switched to SELL on 22 February at S&P 500 = 1315.  Since then, NTMS analysis has been Sell or Hold (it remained Hold today); therefore, I am still conservatively positioned with only 30% invested in stocks.  I am 2xshort with 50% of my trading portfolio using QID and the Inverse Rydex 2xNazdaq fund.