Market in Bull Normal; Market is Overbought on a short term basis Equities maintained the gains this week, with volatility declining slightly inspite of weak employment numbers Blended monthly rebalancing, current holdings: 26 ETF portfolio: FXF, IYR, IEV 13 ETF portfolio: IYR, DIA, EFA next re-evaluation on/about 1 Aug ETF2 notes: no change, adjust stops […]
Tag: Asia
Blended monthly rebalancing strategy
Beginning July 1st I will be shifting the 331, 631 and 333 strategies to a “Blended Monthly Rebalancing” strategy in this space. As a result of the hard work and backtesting of many mastermind members I am satisfied that we have found a ruleset that offers improved reward:risk, and risk management. The 3 systems we […]
Reflections on Afghanistan from Michael Yon
In my judgment, Michael Yon is the most honest and fairminded voice coming out of Iraq and Afghanistan, public or private. I rely on his insights to form my opinions. Consider buying his 1st edition book; he is an award winning, independent photojournalist http://www.michaelyon-online.com/ the essay on “Gobar gas” is testimony to the power of […]
weekend strategy report, June 04, n2011
Market in Bull Normal; Market is neutral on a short term basis Equities remained sideways all week, with volatility increasingly slightly Rebalancingproject: Monthly rebalancing : next re-evaluation on/about 1 June 331 is holding IYR, EEM, TLT 631 is holding IYR, MDY, IWM Quarterly rebalancing: next re-evaluation on/about 1 July. 333 is holding DIA, MDY, IWM; […]
May 10, 2011: resumption of the silver trade, and US indices keep marching up the wall of worry
Now that market manipulation shenanigans in silver have subsided, the longer term fundamentals driving prices upward have begun reassert themselves, namely excess printing of money by most major economies, fear of debt defaultsthe U.S deficit, , the political unrest in the Middle East & North Africa, the depreciation of the dollar, accelerating global inflation, the growth […]
weekend market review, May 07, 2011
Market in Bull Normal; Market is neutral on a short term basis Equities sold off this week, but found support near the end of the week Commodities cracked this week with silver experiencing a 5 sigma selloff (2d largest 5 day loss in the last 5 years) Rebalancing project: Monthly rebalancing : next re-evaluation on/about […]
Weekend review, Apr 30, 2011
Market in Bull Normal; Market is Overbought on a short term basis Equities have broken through the previous swing high, with signs of confidence in Asia less Japan and Europe emerging US Dollar plummets to its lowest point in years. Precious metals, commodities, energy of any type are dominating, especially silver (which is beginning to […]
Tortoise daily trading plan review, Apr 24, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkHEL2PUNrw daily trading plan review Market in Bull Normal; Market is Overbought on a short term basis Equities have stalled vicinity the previous swing high, with signs of confidence in emerging mkts and Asia beginning to emerge. Precious metals, commodities, energy of any type are dominating, especially silver Rebalancingproject: Monthly rebalancing : next re-evaluation on/about […]
Weekend report review, Apr 24, 3011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEW0MFUB8mc Tortoise weekend report review. There are quite a few good opportunities now in the US techs, while silver and the commodities continue to dominate. CAT is a leader which pulled back sharply to create a tradeable moment; Any strength in emerging markets and Asia less Japan should be reinforced Related articles The Plutonium Report: […]
Obama and competence
Image via Wikipedia Conservatives are as nutty over Obama as liberals were over Bush I agree with everything #38 posted except for the evil part. He’s evil, as evil as Stalin or Hitler or Pol Pot. as evil as Stalin, Hitler or Pol Pot?! really? the greatest mass murderers in history? for one thing, he […]