As I noted last week, if the prices of US equities rose this week my models would increase allocations to SPY and IWM. You will note in the table further below that allocations to both of those ETFs did increase very modestly. As the models I use have allocation...
Recent increases in the prices of US equity ETFs have resulted in my models being very close to adding an allocation to those ETFs. Should US equity markets close 1% higher next week, my models will increase the allocation to SPY and likely add an allocation to IWM....
If investing is supposed to be boring, I'm living that so far this year. My tactical asset allocation models continue to have a very high allocation to cash. The folks at Validea had an interesting post recently about how certain strategies have fared so far this...
Happy Thanksgiving. I hope you have much to be thankful for not only this weekend but every day. The market continues to be challenging particularly for investors that don't have a battle-tested strategy that they will adhere to. If you follow a buy-and-hold strategy...
The grind lower in markets this year continues relentlessly. The 60/40 portfolio is now down 20% year-to-date. I'm certain that such a performance is testing the resolve of many investors to stick to a buy-and-hold strategy. As for my overall portfolio, I have...
The 60/40 portfolio is now down almost 18% YTD. My model portfolio is down 9.2% in comparison. For anyone who retired in the past year, this drawdown may be unsettling. It is possible that good news is just around the corner if the 4-year Presidential Election Cycle...
The model that I use to signal when conditions are right to go long individual US stocks was very close to changing to a "Buy" signal this past week and then the inflation report came out which triggered a sell-off in most markets. With many of the ETFs that are...
For the methods I use to select individual US stocks, conditions are still not satisfactory for me to purchase them. As such, I hold no individual US stocks and am following the asset allocations recommended by my models. Tactical Asset Allocations...
Tactical Asset Allocations With weakness in many markets, my models have increased the allocation to cash up to 60.47%.
I don't have much to say again this week. As far as stock holdings go, I have only one stock, VLO, which currently has an open profit of 7.5% and I have a 6% trailing stop on it. My model portfolio is down 6.2% YTD versus a drop of 12.7% for the 60/40 portfolio. It...