Market Commentary  13119
April, 2013 Data:

Part 1
FORECASTS

12 MONTH FORECAST
The 12 month forecast for the Wilshire 5000 Index is in the table at the top of
this page. Forecast-Chart.com is forecasting a Wilshire 5000 Stock Index of
16880. The table shows a HDTFA of 3173 which suggests that the May, 2014
Wilshire 5000 could easily close anywhere between 20053 and 13707. Links to
Forecasts for twenty-two other stock indexes may be found by clicking Stock
Market Forecast at the top of any page.

BULL MARKET or BEAR MARKET?
A forecast for the primary trend in the U.S. Stock Market is updated in this site
with a three month time delay. Artificial Intelligence is used to identify major
turning points in the broad U.S. Stock Market. The forecast is either a Bull
Market Signal (up) or a Bear Market Signal (down). This mathematical system
performed very well in a one hundred year backtest and also in real time since
going live in 2005. To get the forecast signal for the broad U.S Stock Market,
click Stock Market Forecast at the top of any page. Then select the Bull Market
& Bear Market Forecast.

10 YEAR FORECAST
Forecast-Chart.com publishes a Ten Year Forecast for the Wilshire 5000 Stock
Index. The Ten Year Forecast estimates the probability that the Wilshire 5000
equity index will achieve certain gain or loss benchmarks at a point in time ten
years in the future. For example, look at the top line of the table immediately
below this paragraph. Forecast-Chart.com is forecasting a probability of 5%
that the Wilshire 5000 Index will be down at least 20% in 10 years (April, 2023
close compared to April, 2013 close).

                              PROBABILITY
Down at least 20%          5%
Down at least 10%          6%
Down                               8%
Up                                   92%
Up at least 10%               91%
Up at least 20%               90%
Up at least 30%               88%
Up at least 40%               84%
Up at least 50%               80%
Up at least 100%             62%
Up at least 150%             45%
Up at least 200%             18%



Over 100 YEARS of historical data was used to calculate the probabilities in the
table above.  Dividends are not included. So you must add expected dividends
to the forecasted gain to estimate the total return for the equities represented
by this index.  Each month, new data is entered into the forecasting model and
the Wilshire 5000 is assigned a rank from 1 to 10. The best rank is 10 and the
worst is 1. That ranking determines the Ten Year Forecast for the Wilshire
5000 Stock Index . The data used in the forecasting model is updated monthly
and may change the forecast, particularly after substantial movements in the
Wilshire 5000. The latest ranking of the Wilshire 5000 Index is 7.
Forecast-Chart.com publishes a 10 Year Forecast for 12 of the 23 stock market
indexes covered at Forecast-Chart.com. The indexes with the highest
probability of gaining over 200% in the next 10 years are the S&P TSX Index
and the NASDAQ 100. The indexes with the lowest probability of gaining over
200% in the next 10 years are the S&P SmallCap 600 and the S&P MidCap
400. To see these forecasts, click the Stock Market Forecast link at the top of
any page, then select the index you are interested in.

The last time that the Wilshire 5000 Stock Index received the best rank (10) was
4/2009, when the Wilshire 5000 Index closed at 8963. The last time that the
Wilshire 5000 Stock Index received a rank of 9 was 11/2011, when the Wilshire
5000 Index closed at 12903. The last time that the Wilshire 5000 Stock Index
received the worst rank (1) was 10/2000, when the Wilshire 5000 Index closed
at 13253. The last time that the Wilshire 5000 Stock Index received a rank of 2
was 1/2001, when the Wilshire 5000 Index closed at 12691. Last month's close
for the Wilshire 5000 Stock Index is in the Market Highlights section below.




Part 2
MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

All Time High                          16864 (April, 2013)
April, 2013 close                    16864

10 Year Return                       94%
5 Year Low                             7474 (February, 2009)
Gain From 5 Year Low            126%

The highest all time monthly close in the Wilshire 5000 Index was 16864 in April,
of 2013.  The Wilshire 5000 Index is up 94% over the last 10 years. It has
gained 15% over the last 12 months.

The April close was 266.17 points higher than the March, 2013 close of 16598,
resulting in a 1.60% rise in April.

The 5 year market low for the Wilshire 5000 Stock Index was 7474 in February
of 2009. The April, 2013 close at 16864.43 represents a 126% gain since
February, 2009.

Forecast-Chart.com's historical research covers the Wilshire 5000 back to
November, 2000. All calculations are based on the monthly market close in the
Wilshire 5000 Index, excluding dividends.

This page provides a five year chart and a forecast for the Wilshire 5000 Stock
Index. For links to longer term charts, look at the links under the five year chart
(above). One link opens a ten year chart. Another opens our longest term
graph on the Wilshire 5000 Index. Just one glance at our long term charts can
provide tremendous insight into the historical trends of the financial markets.

In this site, you may view the month, year, five & ten year returns for 23 stock
market indexes in one convenient table. U.S. & foreign, small cap & large cap
indexes are included. Click the Market Trend Analysis link above. It's under the
chart. The table of contents for Market Trend Analysis will open. Click the link to
the Stock Index Return Scoreboard in the table of contents.



























Part 3
ROLLING RETURNS, 2000 - 2013: Wilshire 5000 Index

Rolling Period          Last / Percentile          Best / Average / Worst
   1 Year                     15% / 76th                  53% / 4% / -44%
   2 Year                     17% / 49th                  87% / 9% / -48%
   4 Year                     88% / 97th                  114% / 16% / -37%
   8 Year                     48% / 83rd                  76% / 22% / -35%


How do you read the table?
For example: Rolling 2 year period returns are shown on the second row. In the
latest rolling 2 year period, (5/2011 - 4/2013), the Wilshire 5000 Index returned
17%. That period scored in the 49th percentile, meaning that it scored better
than 49% of all rolling 2 year periods since 2000. The Best rolling 2 Year period
since 2000 returned 87%. The worst returned -48%. The average rolling 2 year
period returned 9%.

What is a rolling period?
It's an overlapping period in a data base. For example: In the 2 year period
included in 2000 - 2001, there are 13 complete rolling 12 Month Periods. The
first is January, 2000 - December, 2000. The second is February, 2000 -
January, 2001. The third is March, 2000 - February, 2001 and so on. The last
complete rolling 12 Month Period in the 2000 - 2001 period is January, 2001 -
December, 2001.

How is this information useful?
Best and worst case scenarios may be estimated based on historical facts.
Also, the relationship of the periods is sometimes very helpful. Suppose that the
worst rolling 8 year period in the last 50 years returned -30%. Suppose also
that the latest 4 year period has returned -50%. Market psychology at this point
may be one of great fear or possibly even panic. If the market stays flat for 4
more years, it will break the 8 year decline record by a whopping 20%! (-50%
minus -30% equals -20%.)  50 plus year records are not often broken. That
provides reason to hope that the market will recover that 20% over the next 4
years. If it does, then the 8 year loss will be 30%. The longest index histories
are found in the DJIA, FTSE 100 with FT 30, DJTA, DJUA, S&P 500, & NASDAQ
100

The number of periods in each category for the Wilshire 5000 Index are as
follows:
1 Year: 139
2 Year: 127
4 Year: 103
8 Year: 55
16 Year: 0

Dividends are not included.












































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March 2014
16880
3173
Updated Thursday, May 9, 2013.
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