• Successful investors rely on data and rules, not headlines or rumors. They have a plan and stick to it religiously.
• My benchmarks are the S&P 500 Index (SPXL) and the Nasdaq-100 Index ($IUXX). I buy at the Trend Seeker “Buy” signal and sell at the 50-week moving average.
• Follow this disciplined approach for decent returns and lower stress. Study the charts and signals to guide your investment decisions. Namaste.

In the words of that great philosopher Alfred E. Neuman: What me worry?

I started to get interested in investing while in college in the 1960s and began to actually buy mutual funds and stocks in 1970. I learned by making mistakes and blunders.

I had my heroes including Arnold Bernhard of Value Line, and Benjamin Graham and David Dodd of The Intelligent Investor and Security Analysis. Later Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, Peter Lynch. More recently Jim Simons, Ray Dalio and Steve Cohen.

There were others I could name, but I read everything I could to learn not only what to do, but more importantly, what not to do.

What I learned and what I want to share with you is that each and every one of these investors believed in data and rules and followed them religiously! None of them invested by headlines, trending tickers, rumors, or astrology.

They had a plan and they followed it. I have a plan and I follow it. You should have some benchmarks that tell you when to be confident and when to be cautious.

My benchmarks are the S&P 500 Index ($SPX) and the Nasdaq-100 Index ($IUXX). I’m confident and in the market at the Trend Seeker “Buy” signal and out with a pile of cash at the 50-week moving average. Here are the charts as of the close of the market on Wednesday, April 9.

S&P 500 Index $SPX: 

Nasdaq-100 Index $IUXX: 

Use the Barchart Technical Indicators

Please study these charts and note the entry signal – The Trend Seeker “Buy” – and the exit signal – The 50-week moving average.

I make no guarantee that you will become a billionaire, but you will make a decent return, have lower blood pressure, and hopefully avoid a heart attack.

NAMASTE.

Additional disclosure: The Barchart Chart of the Day highlights stocks that are experiencing exceptional current price appreciation. They are not intended to be buy recommendations as these stocks are extremely volatile and speculative. Should you decide to add one of these stocks to your investment portfolio it is highly suggested you follow a predetermined diversification and moving stop loss discipline that is consistent with your personal investment risk tolerance and reevaluate your stop losses at least on a weekly basis.