1. From the desk of CEODear HBJ Family Members,After the successful release of our previous 3 market outlook reports during last 10 months, we are once again back with the market forecasting report called The Market & Business Cycles. This issue is more informative, can be used for education purpose. It will help you to look at the BIG PICTURE of the world economy & various asset class.Last week, Ben Bernanke has warned about the US crisis. Market took it seriously, but later on nobody on the street was cheered about Obamas 447 billion dollars job package. Euro zone crisis is also deepening particularly, the Greece crisis has become worse. ECBs German member Jeorge Stark has decided to resign over dispute on helping Greece. All these concerns will dampen the investors sentiments. At home, India Inc. will announce Advance tax data for the second quarter on 15th September followed by RBI credit policy on Sept 16th.We know that we can never predict the future. But with Market Cycles we can anticipate the safe times and the dangerous times, the moment to take risk and the moment to conserve capital. Understanding the fact that bonds lead stocks, and stocks lead commodities will help in selecting the asset class to part our funds. The rich understands the economic cycle. Unlike the poor, the rich will start to park their cash in the stock market towards the end of the depression. The rich will wait patiently for 1, 2 or 3 years. They are not bothered by the daily fluctuation in stock prices. When stock market revive, they easily make 200-300% return.Remember, Economy changes but history repeats itself.You dont have to be a swami guru to predict the future. What you need to be is just a part of HBJ Family. At this moment, wait for further downside in the market. Keep cash in your hand, nowhere else. You are very close to once in a lifetime opportunity to invest in stocks!Regards,Kumar Harendra, CEO, HBJ Capital

2. Successfully predicted the market trends Is this a trend reversal? [Nov10 Issue] HIGH ALERT GIVEN ADVISING TO KEEP 50% CASH IN HAND & 50% IN STOCKS. Fat Boys [Dec10 Issue]ALERT GIVEN TO SAFEGUARD INVESTORS FROM THE FALSE BREAKOUT IN DEC10 The Sixth Sense [Feb11 Issue] PREDICTED SENSEX/NIFTY LEVELS OF 16K & 4800 BY JUNE11, ACHIEVED IN AUG11. The Market & Business Cycles [Sept11 Issue] PREDICTED SENSEX/NIFTY LEVELS OF 12-13K & 4000-4200 BY DEC11. 3. Market Overview 4. We are in Early Contraction/Recession Phase 5. Interest rate near peak during Early ContractionInterest rates play a very important role in determining economic activity, the phases of the business cycle and theperformance of the stock market. Higher interest rates increase the costs to businesses and individuals. Companies mustpay more to borrow money for capital investments or to fund daily business operations. Higher interest rates also increasethe demand for money to invest in bonds, competing for money to invest in the stock market. 6. Look for Sensex/Nifty PE of 14-15 by Dec11As on today Nifty is trading around 18 P/E - Historically market has never traded below PE of 8. Best time tobuy a stock is when you have money! Those looking for great deals can buy stocks around Nifty 4000-4200 levels or Sensex 12-13K where PE will be around 14-15 by Dec11.Should I sell? Should I buy? -You have to stick to your plan. If the plan is to be long, then start getting in now, thereare lots of stocks that are cheap, available much cheaper than earlier. 7. Indian Market Forecasting 8. NIFTY traders should play with short-sell strategies Prices always prefer to traverse the path of least resistance.... The important event for the coming week is RBI will meet on Sept 16th to review its monetary policy. They have already raised the key lending rate 11 times since March 2010 as a measure to fight against inflation. Market will obviously react in a negative manner if there is any further increase. Drop below 5000 would certainly trigger more short selling and NIFTY index may try to retest 4800 level. On derivatives side there was unwinding of Put options and heavy writing at 5100-5200 strike Call options, which again indicates bearishness for the coming week. The major reason behind the sharp increase in prices can be attributed to excessive short positions in the market, who rush to cover their positions. As a result we witness sharp rallies but once the short covering dies down, then the rally will lose its steam and prices fall sharply. This is exactly what we have seen last week. Prices always prefer to traverse the path of least resistance and in our market that happens to point southwards. 9. False Upside in Sept, Crash in Oct & Down in Dec 10. Another 15-20% correction due from here! How much market can fall further? Another 15-20% correction from the current levels.Look for Sensex 12,000-13,000 Levels & Nifty 4,000 4,200 Levels How long this market correction/crash will continue? Maximum extent ofcorrection will happen during Oct & Nov11. A dull & distress period from Dec11 till Apr12 is likelybefore recovery takes place. How ugly are things going to get? Worst than 2008 meltdown in term of sentimentsbreakdown but NOT in terms of price correction. What we need to do right away to protect ourselves from it! Stay Invested withHBJ approved stocks, Arrange more & more Cash by selling some of your holding in Sept11bounce or from outside and Take Advantage of market fall during next 4 months to accumulatewealth creating stocks. Do you suggest investing in GOLD ETF? Yes, if you are looking for short term gains, youshould invest in GOLD ETF or Short Nifty Future or Buy domestic consumption based stocks. Bondprices has already fallen, stocks are falling now, commodity will soon follow. 11. Market is in Decline Phase, Similar to late 2008 12. Watch out for the following changes 13. World Market Forecasting 14. Are we heading for an equities bloodbath? Equity investors are in for a rude shock.The global economy is sliding back into recession and they are still not evenaware that these events will trigger another leg down in valuations, the third major bear market since the equity valuationbubble burst. Economic data is increasingly pointing to a double-dip recession and that presently there is too much optimism amonginvestors. So far the equity market has shrugged off much of the weaker data that abounds, and has not joined the bondmarket in a perceptive move. The equity market will though crumble like the house of cards it is, when the nationwide [US] manufacturing ISMslides below 50 into recession territory in coming months. During Aug11 it was 50.6 almost close to recession zone! 15. S&P chart showing similarities between 2000 & 2008 16. S&P : May go down by another 40-50% from hereS&P may drop down to 600 levels from 1154 today and Dow may fall down to 7000 levels from currentlevel of 10992 . This is in-line with the kind of drop seen in 2000 and 2008! 17. Sorry, the party is over! 18. European Bank run every bit as serious as 2007-2009 ! European policymakers would like you to believe we can never have another Lehman Brothers-style implosion. Dont listen to the policymakers! The markets are telling you the exact OPPOSITE story! Just consider Earlier this week, Greek 2-year note yields surged above 50 percent. FIFTY PERCENT! Subprime credit card borrowers dont even pay rates like that, which tells you everything you need to know about how serious their debt crisis. Italian bonds just fell in value for 11 straight days, erasing most of the gains notched after the European Central Bank agreed to step into the breach and buy Italian and Spanish bonds. Belgian bond yields just blew out to the widest premium against core German bond yields since the euro currency was introduced in 1999! That indicates the crisis is spreading evenBottom line: Every beyond the so-called PIIGS countries.reliable popular and Credit Default Swap (CDS), cost of protecting against losses on senior bonds issued by 25esoteric credit market major European banks and insurers just surged to the highest level ever 278,000 Eurosindicator is flashingper year for every 10 million Euros in bonds!bright red just like German Finance Minister Juergen Stark unexpectedly resigned from the board Friday in athey did in 2007-2009! move analysts said was triggered by disagreements over the ECBs bond buying program to stabilize interest rates for struggling nations Italy and Spain. The announcement of Starks departure sent stocks and the euro tumbling, as it raised only more questions over the Euro zones crisis strategy. 19. U.S. Economy sinking toward 2009 levels or Worse !If all the problems were across the pond, as they say, then markets could potentially shrug offsome of the European selling. But theyre not! Here in the U.S., the economy is clearly slumpingtoward recession for the second time in the past couple of years.The hard evidence?==> US created precisely zero jobs last month for the first time since the 1940s. ZERO! Joblosses were widespread across a wide range of industries, from construction to manufacturing toretail.==> The Conference Boards consumer confidence index just sank to 44.5 in August from 59.2in July. That was the worst reading since April 2009.==> GDP grew at a rate of only 0.4 percent in the first quarter. The last time the U.S.economy grew that slowly, the Dow was trading for around 7,500==> Purchase mortgage application activity just slumped to its lowest level since December1996. The last time this few home buyers were applying for loans, the Dow was going for 6,300.It is impossible forBottom line: Major European and U.S. bank stocks are plunging to levels last seenthe U.S. to ever payin the 2007-2009 crisis. Key economic data is slumping to levels last seen duringoff its debt, in fact the 2007-2009 crisis. And credit market risk indicators are soaring toward levelsU.S. is bankruptlast seen in the chaotic days of 2007-2009.So we ask you a simple question: Why shouldnt the Dow plunge back toward thoselevels too? 20. Now, Bank of America is also in danger !Right now, BofA is caught in a vicious cycle of its own making.The main reason: Back in January of 2008, it made the horrendous blunderof buying the nations largest mortgage company, Countrywide Financial, justbefore the mortgage markets worst collapse in history.Result: Bank of Americas main banking unit is saddled with $3.9 billion inrepossessed real estate. (Back in March 2009, even when its stock was in thegutter and it was getting an emergency capital transfusion from Washington, ithad less than half that much in repossessed properties only $1.7 billion.)And the homes BofA has foreclosed on so far are just the tip of the iceberg. Thebank also has a whopping $20 billion in home mortgages that are in the processof foreclosure, up a shocking 224 percent from March 09.Yes, for a few months last year, there was some hope of a housing marketrecovery. But now those hopes have been dashed by the reality of sinking homeprices down another 5.9 percent in the second quarter, their biggest dropsince 2009.See how Bank of America is caught smack in the middle of thisstorm? It has a total of $421.7 billion tied up in mortgages morethan any other bank on the planet! 21. Europe is on the doorstep of disaster.Europe is on the doorstep of disaster. If it breaks-up, the trade barriers will rise with regulations andfreedom of movement will cease as everyone will be pointing fingers at everyone else as the cause.That opens the door to WAR whether or not you want to even entertain that possibility.This decision that there is EITHER a unified Europe or it disintegrates will have to be made VERY soon.We are deeply concerned that the world will turn VERY, VERY Ugly and we are not talking about long-termstuff here.Japan found the magic formula to create a 26 year Great Depression.Central banks raise and lower interest rates in HOPE or affecting DEMAND. This method is neversuccessful because it is INDIRECT and is based upon a hope and a prayer.Because Japan lowered interest rates to virtually ZERO, they failed to stimulate DEMAND and all theymanaged to create was a massive exportation of yen largely to dollars called the YEN CARRY TRADE.They could earn 8% at the time in the USA and the domestic economy in Japan merely stagnated as capitalfled seeking profit elsewhere. Japan found the magic formula of how to create a 26 year Great Depression.Guess what! This failed theory that making interest rates really cheap will somehow stimulate borrowing andeconomic growth is so flawed because again it is based upon a domestic closed economy that does not existignoring what happens if money just picks up and leaves. 22. Gold can spike high above $2300, now trading around $1855What makes markets go up and down is NOT the fundamentals it is people. Between1970 and 1974 gold rallied from $35 to about $200 on the same default. Nothing changed,but gold fell into 1976 to $103. Then it rallied to $875 into 1980. There was NO change inthe fundamentals.Rumors are echoing in the corridors of power in Wall Street and Washington whispersabout Fed Chairman Ben Bernankes secret plan for interest rates. The Fed on Aug. 9pledged to keep the benchmark rate near zero until at least mid-2013. Now, the rumor isthat "Helicopter Ben" is seeking to force down longer-maturity bond yields in a last-ditch attempt to boost the economy.Mind you, the 10-year note is only yielding about 2 percent now. But even on the rumor ofthis shift in Fed policy, Wall Street heavyweights are rumbling there could be unforeseenconsequences from such a move. Lower returns on Treasuries drive investors into riskierassets in search of a higher return. This can boost equities and most commodities including gold.Investors who have never even thought about owning gold before will rush into the metal.This could be the critical thrust we need to drive gold above $2,000 an ounce, then $2,300 and potentially much higher! And its not just gold. Commodities of all types precious metals, agriculture, energy and more are poised to rocket on Bernankesgambit! 23. But this time, things are far worse! 24. Its about preservation of capital not returnsWhen Standard & Poors downgraded U.S. government debt, everyone was stirring about the prospects of a big sell-off inthe dollar and U.S. Treasuries but it didnt happen. Instead, we witnessed a mass sell-off in nearly all other marketsaround the world. Why? Because this is a global economic crisis not a U.S.-specific economic crisis.And as we found in 2008, there simply arent many safe places to hide in this depression-like environment. In the end, theworlds deepest, most liquid capital markets and currency U.S. Treasuries and the U.S. dollar are favored, despitethe downgrade.That indeed makes a clear statement: A downgrade to U.S. government debt is the equivalent of adowngrade to the global economy.The loss of risk-free status in U.S. government debt would likely spread to other sovereign ratings. After all, ratings arerelative not absolute. Perhaps the more troubling part is the systemic damage it would cause. Whats more, adowngrade of U.S. creditworthiness has all of the ingredients to ignite Flight of global capital back to the United States because it still has most liquid currencyMany think the world is looking like a scary place again. The fact is, the world economy has been a scary place for fouryears. And all of the evidence points to a continuation.We should always seek out investment returns that compensate for risks taken. In this environment, which is highlyvulnerable to economic shocks, not many exist.Thats why we continue to think well see another aggressive flight of global capital back to the United States homeof the deepest capital markets and most liquid currency. In crises, capital preservation is king. 25. U.S. Govt. has taken on too much debt it cant pay.No institution on Earth has enough money to save the U.S. government now.In 2008, investors were worried that consumers had taken on too much debt they couldnt pay.This time around, investors are panicking because single largest institution THE U.S. GOVERNMENT has taken on too much debt it cant pay.Back then, investors could only hope that Washington would find a way to end the nightmare with bailoutsand stimulus.This time, investors know that government rescues only delay the inevitable collapse. And they havecome to the shocking realization that no institution on Earth has enough money to save the U.S. governmentnow.4 things happen just before major stock market crashes1. Bank stocks are leading the entire market lower.2. The economy is winding down; politicians and the Fed are scrambling to find a solution.3. The Volatility Index the VIX is at levels not seen in more than two years.4. Gold is setting one new record after another.These are precisely the things that happened just before Americas LAST great stock market crash in 2008! and theyre happening RIGHT NOW! 26. Unemployment Rate explain todays markets.The number of unemployed persons, at 14.0 million, was essentially unchanged in August, and theunemployment rate held at 9.1 percent. The rate has shown little change since April.U.S. GDP revised down to 1% in Q2 27. Defaults Ahead - Austerity is not working!Since adopting tough austerity measures, the Greek economic activity is contracting more aggressively.Its debt burden is growing, led by continued worsening deficits precisely what the austerity plans are crafted toreduce.The risk premium in Greek government bonds is higher, government revenue is lower, spending is higher and Greeceneeds even more money to stay afloat.Put simply: Austerity is not working! One thing austerity is doing, though, is its killing global growth.And thats not good for the outlook of commodities. And historically, a common trigger for global sovereign debt defaultshappens to be falling commodity prices. 28. The Market & Business Cycles 29. Economy works in a predictable cycle: Learn ItThe rich understands this economic cycle. Unlike the poor, the rich will start topark their cash in the stock market towards the end of the depression. The richwill wait patiently for 1, 2 or 3 years. They are not bothered by the dailyfluctuation in stock prices. When stock market revive, they easily make 200-300% return. The next thing they watch out for is the property prices.When property prices begin to show its first quarter increase, they will sell off The rich willsome of their shares and grab a few properties. In another 1 or 2 years, theirwait patientlyproperties appreciate in value and they easily make a few millions. When theeconomy reaches its peak, they will sell off some of their properties, keep some tofor 1, 2 or 3 earn rental income and park the rest of their money in fix deposit, surviveyears. They are through the depression (which can last for about 5 years!) and wait for thenext cycle! not bothered Guess what the poor will be doing? They do the exact opposite. Whenby the dailythe market is good, they got their pay rise and bonuses. They feel richand start to think of some investment. Usually, they will turn to a bankfluctuation inand listen to those unit trust managers who show them all kinds of track record stock prices.about the superb performance of their unit trusts. The poor will then put theirhard-earned cash into those unit trusts and become a victim of the next economydepression.Remember, Economy changes but history repeats itself. You dont haveto be a swami guru to predict the future. What you need to be is amember of HBJ Family. 30. Very long term outlook : Power shifting to PRIVATEMartin Armstrong the founder of Economic Confidence Model says that we are observing a shift of the confidence frompublic (government) money to a confidence in private (corporate stock/bonds) money. During next few years we willsee the large amount of global debt (and each governments actions toward that debt) and the international capital flowsthat result from the confidence or lack of confidence regarding the debt. 31. 100 Yrs Dow: DJIA is in bear market from last 11 yrsLooking at the very long term:A panoramic viewpoint makes it obvious that Markets go through long phases -- bullish, bearish and sideways -- lastinganywhere from 5 to 18 years. We can notice that from year 2000 till today, Dow is in 11 years long bearish phase !Last century saw three secular Bull markets: The first lasted from 1921-29. The Dow went from 75 to 350+ -- a 367% gain over 8 years. The post WWII Bull market 16 years later, and ran from 1945-63. It propelled the Dow from the low 200s to 1,000. That 354.5% gain occurred over 18 years. The next Bull market began some 19 years later in 1982. The Dow starting at 1,000, and by the time the Bull ended in 2000, the Industrials had peaked at 11,750 -- a whopping gain of 1,075% in 18 years. 32. Market to bottom out around Nov-Dec11The next 4.3 years.The change on the horizon forthe next 4.3 years is going to bevery different. We are entering aphase of the Private Wave whereconfidence in government sinkslower still. The irony of thesetypes of moves is that theeconomic decline continues, butthe financial markets recover witha twist. Capital becomes leery ofgovernment debt and thus theprivate sector rebounds in theface of rising unemployment andworsening economic statistics.Market will bottom out aroundNov-Dec11 followed by a dullperiod of 4-6 months andrecovery after that. We can seeintermediate peak around Aug2013 & major peak by Oct 2015. 33. Power shifting to Asian Economy! PERHAPS there are two of the greatest kept secrets in the West that are impacting our future that continue to be ignored. Lower interest rates destroy the economy reducing the value of money at a time when its value rises removing the incentive to lend money. Fact that Asia use to be the largest economy and financial capital of the world. Indeed, we are passing the torch from the West to Asia because that is part of the nature of all things. The Financial Capital Of The World and the Worlds Largest Economy are two titles that have often been shared, yet are never fixed. Perhaps at first you might respond thinking China or Japan may have held that title. Yet, to your surprise, India once also held this title around 1000AD. Today, India is one of the fastest growing regions and Asia is evolving independent of Europe and America. This is why the British were so interested in India. 34. Sector Rotation : Investing Strategy 35. Sector Rotation, a Proven Investing StrategyBonds Stocks Commodities,Bond has fallen down, Stock isfalling now, Commodity will fallin future & the cycle continues!At every time period, a certain sector will do well due to changes in the economic and market cycle. Due to thesechanges, an investor can invest in that sector that is doing well for that time period by buying a sector exchange tradedfunds (ETFs). The economy lags the market by 3 to 6 months as investors try to predict economic events.This was evidentduring the recent crisis.The market bottomed in March 2009 but the economic numbers began to pick up only muchlater. This happens because the market attempt to predict the economy well ahead. Remember that the market is made upof people with emotions and feelings.The stock market cycle tends to precede the business cycle by six months on average, as investors try to anticipate whenthe market will respond to changes in the economy. This means investors are more likely to beat the market, if they investin the sectors that line up with the current and next phase of the business cycle.By using the sector rotation model, one can intelligently invest in the markets and liquidate when the needs arises. Eventhough one cannot predict the market accurately, at least one can use this to intelligently guess where the market is headednext without relying solely on those economists. 36. We are in the Early Contraction PhaseTo know how to rotate between assets, its necessary to be a little more familiar with how the relationships betweendifferent markets work. The simple version breaks the market down into three markets: bonds (or interest rates),stocks and commodities.Generally, bonds lead stocks, and stocks lead commodities.Typical investment cycle consists of a bond rally, which is followed by a stock rally, which is then followed by acommodity rally. The opposite is true as well -- weakness in bonds generally precedes weakness in stocks, which in turnprecedes weakness in commodities.Not surprisingly, these relationships are due in large part to the causality between these different markets. In this cycle,for instance, stocks are in the middle of their declining phase as rallying commodities put the squeeze on margins. 37. Stage IV : Gas & Electricals Utilities, Telecom 38. The 4 Stages of Market & Economy CyclesThe market cycle can be divided into 4 stages:-1) Market bottom- This is represented by prices dropping, culminating in a low.2) Bull market- This begins as the market rallies from the market bottom.3) Market top- As the name suggests, this stage hits the top as the bull market starts to flatten out.4) Bear market- Here we go down again. This is the precursor to the next market bottom.The economic cycle can be divided into 4stages as well:- Full Recession - Not a good time for businessesor the unemployed. GDP has been retracting,quarter-over-quarter, interest rates are falling,consumer expectations have bottomed andthe yield curve is normal. Sectors that havehistorically profited most in this stage include:Cyclical and transports (near the beginning).Technology.Industrials (near the end).Legend: Market Cycle | Economic Cycle 39. Contd. Early Recovery -Finally, things are starting to pick up. Consumer expectations are rising, industrial production is growing, interest rates have bottomed and the yield curve is beginning to get steeper. Historically successful sectors at this stage include: Industrials (near the beginning). Basic materials industry. Energy (near the end). Late Recovery - In this stage, interest rates can be rising rapidly,with a flattening yield curve. Consumer expectations are beginning todecline, and industrial production is flat. Here are the historicallyprofitable sectors in this stage: Energy (near the beginning). Staples. Services (near the end). Early Recession -This is where things start to go bad for the overalleconomy. Consumer expectations are at their worst; industrialproduction is falling; interest rates are at their highest; and the yieldcurve is flat or even inverted. Historically, the following sectors havefound favor during these rough times: Services (near the beginning). Utilities. Cyclical and transports (near the end). 40. RegularIncome For YOU E-Mail: Info@hbjcapital.com Call: +91 98867 36791 41. HBJ Capital Services Pvt. Ltd.#912, 1st F Main, Girinagar II Phase,BSK 3rd Stage, Bangalore - 85 Contact: +91 80 65681133/34, Mob : +91 98867 36791E-Mail: Info@hbjcapital.com | www.hbjcapital.com Bangalore |Chennai |New Delhi |Hyderabad 42. DisclaimerThis document is not for public distribution and has beenfurnished to you solely for your information and must notbe reproduced or redistributed to any other person.Persons into whose possession this document may comeare required to observe these restrictions. 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