Seasonal Reshuffle.
Spring solidifies its hold on first place.
Taking the two asset classes in each season (counting LQD twice for fall), on Feb.1 the numbers were:
Spring 5, Summer 7, Fall 9, and Winter 15.
...the new numbers, as of Feb. 2 with PST taking over the Queen Been from GLD.
Spring 4, Summer 8, Fall 10, and Winter 15.
A perfect 'best' score would be 3 or 1 + 2, the first and second asset falling in the same class.
A perfect 'worst' score would be 15 or 7 + 8, the current situation in winter with IEF and SJB.
It will be interesting it see if JNK can overtake GLD for the number two spot. The MACD for JNK turned positive on Friday, but has a long way to go to kick GLD off the number two spot.
Spring is a great season for stocks, JNK bonds, and neg vol (XIV). Once the stock market gets over the initial cold water plunge of higher rates it will find the water temp quite comfortable and refreshing.