The question for seasonal investors now, fractionally ahead of the market if they followed the spring exit and recent re-entry signal of my Seasonal Timing Strategy, is whether the rally that began in November was the beginning of a typical favorable season rally into next spring.

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Its best estimate for the timing of the re-entry would have seen UARS come in at a point well out into the North Pacific.

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For instance, the earliest re-entry date for the Street Smart Report Seasonal Timing Strategy is October 16.

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Not only has my seasonal strategy not yet triggered a re-entry, but my non-seasonal Market-Timing Strategy remains on an intermediate-term sell signal, and some significant support levels like 200-day moving averages, and trendline supports, have been broken.

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