Below is the updated forecast for 2023 as of the close on May 31, 2023. Captions appear below the pictures for guidance, so be sure to scroll down far enough to read them.

On some of the charts (all except the CPI chart) the prediction in red is based on the work of Edgar Lawrence Smith in the 1930s. Smith said that the stock market followed a 10-year cycle. Each year tended to repeat the behavior of the year a decade earlier. In other words, if you averaged all years ending in 1 (2001, 1991, 1981 and so on), that would give you a forecast for 2011. For 2012, you'd make a similar average, only use 2002, 1992, 1982, and so on. That's what I did for the market forecast charts which follow.

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This is a chart of the Chart Pattern Indicator (CPI) on the daily scale.

The CPI is bearish even though the index has climbed. The direction of this will depend on how the debt ceiling talks proceed.

The next chart looks at the Dow industrials.

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This is a chart of the Dow industrials on the daily scale.

The Dow industrials, as the chart shows, is under performing the forecast. It's early, though, and there's time for the index to rally. I think when the FED stops raising interest rates, we'll see the Dow respond.

The Nasdaq forecast is next.

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This is the Nasdaq on the daily chart.

The Dow is under performing and this chart shows the Nasdaq over performing the forecast. The forecast is trending higher following a slope similar to the Nasdaq

The next chart shows the SPX (S&P 500).

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Here's the S&P 500 index on the daily scale.

This is like the little red riding hood story. The Dow was too cold. The Nasdaq was too hot. And the S&P is just right. The index is tracking the forecast with nice accuracy. It shows the index closing the year higher than where it began.

The end.

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Bulkowski's June 2023 Forecast

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