Are we in a bull market?

[john_1]

just visited a top 40 watch list I set up in july of last year... we now have 19 shares in the green with a combined average gain of 24% and 21 shares in the red with an average loss of 35%. the best share has gained 52% the worst is down 70%.

[SimonPB]

depends on your time frame .. still down since the ay 08 highs .. but up since teh mar 09 lows .. point is it matters not ..

[john_1]

ABL ABIL 3/7/08 26.7 % ACL ARCMITTAL 3/7/08 -45.8 % AEG AVENG 3/7/08 -23.7 % AGL ANGLO 3/7/08 -52.1 % AMS ANGLOPLAT 3/7/08 -43.7 % ANG ANGGOLD 3/7/08 15.0 % ARI ARM 3/7/08 -43.4 % ASA ABSA 3/7/08 52.1 % BAW BARWORLD 3/7/08 -38.4 % BIL BHPBILL 3/7/08 -25.0 % BVT BIDVEST 3/7/08 23.7 % EXX EXXARO 3/7/08 -32.0 % FSR FIRSTRAND 3/7/08 24.6 % GFI GFIELDS 3/7/08 5.5 % HAR HARMONY 3/7/08 -13.3 % IMP IMPLATS 3/7/08 -38.4 % INL INVLTD 3/7/08 27.8 % INP INVPLC 3/7/08 20.9 % KIO KUMBA 3/7/08 -13.5 % LBT LIB-INT 3/7/08 -47.3 % LON LONMIN 3/7/08 -54.4 % MND MONDILTD 3/7/08 -18.5 % MTN MTN GROUP 3/7/08 7.6 % MUR M&R HLD 3/7/08 -26.8 % NED NEDBANK 3/7/08 32.8 % NPN NASPERS-N- 3/7/08 48.5 % NTC NETCARE 3/7/08 51.2 % OML OLDMUTUAL 3/7/08 -18.1 % PPC PPC 3/7/08 25.4 % REM REMGRO 3/7/08 -51.2 % RMH RMBH 3/7/08 32.1 % SAB SAB 3/7/08 5.0 % SAP SAPPI 3/7/08 -70.3 % SBK STANBANK 3/7/08 32.8 % SHF STEINHOFF 3/7/08 9.0 % SLM SANLAM 3/7/08 28.9 % SOL SASOL 3/7/08 -33.5 % TBS TIGBRANDS 3/7/08 13.9 % TKG TELKOM 3/7/08 -66.8 %

[john_1]

Ya it matters not except if we are talking primary trend bias..

[SimonPB]

yip, but my system doesn;t tell me if we're bull or bear .. that's not important .. just tells me which way to trade .. largely same thing, but important difference ..

[john_1]

ya I just thought the numbers make interesting reading