Without glancing at the table below, which ETFs do you think have performed the best over the past one-month, three-month, six-month, and twelve-month periods? You may be surprised to learn that QQQ is a top-performing ETF over the past one-month and three-month...
Tactical Asset Allocation: The Strategy Every Investor Needs to Know
(For the fun of it, I used ChatGPT to create this post using this guide. The image below was generated by Dall-E using a prompt from ChatGPT.) Unlock the power of Tactical Asset Allocation and take control of your financial future When it comes to investing, there are...
Investing Update for the Week Ending March 24, 2023
Markets continue to provide minimal returns as witnessed by my TAA model and the global 60/40 portfolio which are both little changed from last October. Seasoned investors realize that portfolio returns are usually lumpy and that makes it challenging for some people...
Investing Update for the Week Ending March 17, 2023
If you think that the market commentary you read was written by a person, you aren't paying attention. I used ChatGPT to write the following three paragraphs. Last week, the U.S. stock markets showed a mixed performance, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the...
Investing Update for the Week Ending March 10, 2023
Short-term treasuries continue to be the investment of choice for my dynamic asset allocation models as they collectively have a 62% allocation to BIL. My Dynamic Asset Model Allocations
Investing Update for the Week Ending March 03, 2023
3-month Treasuries are currently yielding 4.89. Most equity ETFs are experiencing negative momentum as I measure it. The net result is that my models currently have a very high allocation to short-term treasuries and a very low allocation to equities. The chart of the...
Investing Update for the Week Ending February 24, 2023
February has lived up to its reputation as a difficult month for investors. The grind lower in recent weeks has led to my models becoming very cautious as they now have 61% allocated to cash and very short-term treasuries via the BIL ETF.
Investing Update for the Week Ending February 17, 2023
February 17 Texas Instruments (TXN) - $160.00 Puts Expired The puts that I sold on January 30 expired worthless thereby generating a 9.6% annualized return on the trade. My Tactical Asset Allocation Model The models I use have an increased allocation to...
Investing Update for the Week Ending January 13, 2023
As far as FinTwit is concerned, some bull markets may have just started. On January 12, Walter Deemer posted on Twitter "The stock market generated Breakaway Momentum today for the 25th time since 1945" which he later followed with "And as icing on the cake, we also...
Investing Update for the Week Ending January 06, 2023
January 05 Energy Sector SPDR (XLE) - Sold Covered Calls I sold Jan-20 $91.00 covered calls for $0.43. January 06 My Jan-06 $397.00 SPY calls expired out of the money so I kept my shares. General Motors (GM) - Sold Jan-20 $33.00 Puts My Tactical...