Too Many Cracks to Allow Further Delay MARCH MONTHLY MARKET COMMENTARY MARKET MESSAGE ................................................................................................................................. 3 I DEFINING CHARTS ..................................................................................................................................................................12 Defining Chart #3 - The Big M and Super Cycle b .................................................................................................................... 13 Defining Chart #4 Intermediate Term Topping Process ............................................................................................................. 14 II TARGETS .................................................................................................................................................................................25 III QUARTERLY SENTIMENT RISK AND FUNDAMENTALS ..................................................................................................30 NEW-SENTIMENT ............................................................................................................................................................................. 30 NEW-RISK ANALYSIS - Complacency .......................................................................................................................................... 37 NEW-FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS Valuation Summary ............................................................................................................ 38 IV STUDIES..................................................................................................................................................................................39 MARKET BOUNCE A Retracement or Market Turn? .............................................................................................................39 CHARTS OF NOTE ............................................................................................................................................................................ 39 Q1 EARNINGS Earnings Estimate Reductions ......................................................................................................................45 STUDY: Q1 EARNINGS -...............................................................................................................................................................45 CHARTS OF NOTE ............................................................................................................................................................................ 45 BUYBACKS Slowing Due to Debt-Credit Rating Concerns .................................................................................................49 STUDY: BUYBACKS .....................................................................................................................................................................49 CHARTS OF NOTE ............................................................................................................................................................................ 49 GOVERNMENT STOCK BUYING Governments Increasingly Buying the Equity Markets ...............................................51 STUDY: MANIPULATION ..............................................................................................................................................................51 RESEARCH OF NOTE ...................................................................................................................................................................... 51 US RECESSION RUMBLINGS ......................................................................................................................................................55 CHARTS OF NOTE ............................................................................................................................................................................ 56 V - TRIGGER$ ZONES ...................................................................................................................................................................68 VI - DRIVER$ & BIA$ .....................................................................................................................................................................69 CENTRAL BANK INTERVENTION COMING! TOO MANY CRACKS TO ALLOW FURTHER DELAY .......................... 70 GLOBAL ECONOMIC CYCLE Late Cycle Positioning ...........................................................................................................70 CENTRAL BANK INTERVENTION Track Record ...................................................................................................................72 Global Financials...........................................................................................................................................................................72 RISK A Growing List ..................................................................................................................................................................82 RECESSION We May Be There! ...............................................................................................................................................85