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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.

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The three bear catchers have been in BULL mode from January 5th to the present.

Date      Signal  SMA   NH/NL  DBE
20260105  7       Bull  Bull   Bull
20251226  5       Bull  Bear   Bull
20251128  7       Bull  Bull   Bull
20251031  5       Bull  Bear   Bull
20250813  7       Bull  Bull   Bull
20250801  5       Bull  Bear   Bull
20250626  7       Bull  Bull   Bull
20250617  5       Bull  Bear   Bull
20250604  7       Bull  Bull   Bull
20250508  5       Bull  Bear   Bull
20250409  4       Bear  Bear   Bull
20250207  5       Bull  Bear   Bull
20250205  7       Bull  Bull   Bull
20250131  5       Bull  Bear   Bull
20250130  7       Bull  Bull   Bull
20250129  5       Bull  Bear   Bull
20250124  7       Bull  Bull   Bull
20250108  5       Bull  Bear   Bull
20250103  7       Bull  Bull   Bull

This means that the NH/NL has been in bull territory for 33 market days. Here are the longest number of market days that a bull has remained intact without a bear signal for each year from 2008 to present:

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