The Hybrid Short-Term/Long-Term System is simply use of the Field Short-Term System in a BULL market and the Long-Term System in a BEAR market. In the Long-Term System in a BEAR market we have no equity positions, so actually we get money-market interest rate returns in a BEAR market. This Hybrid System shows larger returns over time than the Short-Term System. The Table below shows the results of using the Hybrid System over the period 1994-2009. This System beats the S&P500 by 5.2% on average over the period studied and had only three losing years. The Short-Term System beats the S&P by about 3.7% and the Long-Term System beats the S&P by 5.7%. The Hybrid System has been added to the Glossary.
Year
| Hybrid System Percent Change
| S&P500 Average Percent Change
|
1994
| 4.4
| -1.6
|
1995
| 20.2
| 34.0
|
1996
| 27.6
| 20.3
|
1997
| 23.3
| 31.0
|
1998
| 37.0
| 26.7
|
1999
| 22.6
| 19.5
|
2000
| 22.7
| -10.1
|
2001
| 0*
| -13.0
|
2002
| 0*
| -23.4
|
2003
| 24.7
| 26.4
|
2004
| 5.6
| 9
|
2005
| -2.3
| 3.0
|
2006
| 11.5
| 13.6
|
2007
| -0.2
| 3.5
|
2008 | -0.7 | -38.5 |
2009 | +12.1 | +23.5 |
|
|
|
16 yr avg
| 13.0
| 7.8 |
|
|
|
*Not including interest earnable on Money-Market Account. Also compounding not included.
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