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Nobody has ever just flat out asked me "hey IP, why don't you own many ETFs or mutual funds?" Oh, I really wish they would. For I do so yearn to finally step out from behind the curtain and unburden myself of the sober truth, which is that I simply can't afford most ETFs and mutual funds. ...
As we move deeper into 2020, it’s a good time to provide an update on U.S. equity valuations. Stocks are very expensive by most metrics, but there are many different opinions on how to value them and how highly they should be valued. So, this newsletter issue takes a look at current e...
Stock investors are unique in many ways. Upside Down Thinking For one, many (certainly not all, but many) stock investors are completely upside down in certain ways of thinking. How so? Consider the following. In any other realm of life, people are most motivated to spend our money o...
This month’s article will outline why I will maintain a 100% allocation to the SPDR S&P 500 ETF ( SPY ) with my retirement assets in February. First let me review my performance in January. The market, as measured by the S&P 500 index, lost 0.16%. As for my pension plan assets, ...
Introduction In a sequence of articles, we analyzed the performance of some simple portfolios made up of two to four broad market global funds. Here, we analyze the performance of a portfolio of ten funds, including real estate, gold and corporate bonds. We shall use a dual momentum strate...
Monetary policy within the United States is in an awkward position. Ever since late August 2019, the Federal Reserve has been aggressively expanding its balance sheet by buying T-bills in a sudden pivot, even though the economy is over a decade into the longest expansion in U.S. history, equ...
Concerns about the potential impact of coronavirus have triggered a sharp sell-off in global markets over recent days. Nobody knows for sure how the situation will evolve going forward, and the future is always a matter of probabilities as opposed to certainties. However, we don't need a cryst...
Introduction In a sequence of articles, we analyzed the performance of some simple portfolios made up of three funds. Here, we analyze the performance of a portfolio with four funds: a US treasury fund plus three stock funds. We shall use two momentum strategies: a simple "relative strengt...
Retailers reach peak sales during the holiday season and relatively weak turnover in the subsequent period. They are aware and well prepared for this cyclicality. A similar relationship holds for the business cycle. Although the pattern fluctuates less regularly, business cycles unfolded sinc...
This is part of Seeking Alpha's "Portfolio Positioning 2020" series. What do you expect to be the key driver of stock market performance over the course of 2020? In most years, changes in valuation are the biggest swing factor for equity markets. The full year 2019 was about major valu...
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2024-05-10 14:22:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method. This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...