Review of My US Market Timer Performance

Sometimes market timing works, sometimes it doesn't. If only we knew ahead of time when it was going to work! My US market timer would have kept me out of the market from late April, 2002 to late October, 2002 which would have been a tremendous help to my portfolio. Likewise, the timer would have kept me in the market from March, 2003 to March 2004 again providing excellent guidance. There is no timer out there that can perfectly catch the tops and bottoms. If you are going to use a market timer, you have to find one that is neither too fast nor too slow for you. I will always be searching for a better timer but, based on the table below, my current timer works well for me.