In case you missed it, Al Thomas, author of the well known book “If It Doesn’t Go Up, Don’t Buy It!” posted another right-on-the-money article last week titled “Watch The Market Dive:” The form is predictable. The execution is slightly different. That is the difference in a belly whopper and a 10 at the Olympics. Each participant slowly climbs the …
No Load Fund/ETF Tracker updated through 7/2/2009
My latest No Load Fund/ETF Tracker has been posted at:http://www.successful-investment.com/newsletter-archive.phpA dismal employment reports handed the major indexes (S&P; 500 and Dow) their third weekly loss in row. Our Trend Tracking Index (TTI) for domestic funds/ETFs has now crossed its trend line (red) to the upside by +2.04% keeping the current buy signal intact. The effective date was June 3, 2009. …
Roller Coaster
This week so far has been a little roller coaster with an up day followed by a down day, which was followed by an up day. The moves have been fairly contained during this Holiday shortened week, and I would not read too much into these market swings. Since the Wall Street mavens support a quarter to quarter mentality, it’s …
Living With A Sell Stop
With the international markets having come off their highs, after racing out of the gate following our Buy signal on May 11, 2009, many readers have been stopped out of their positions and are looking for a new entry point. Reader Dave had this to say: I thoroughly enjoy reading your daily blog. I am convinced that your method is …
Emotional Aspects Of Investing
One reader had the following questions in regards to controlling emotions when making investment decisions: How long did it take you to be disciplined to follow your trend change in the contexts of all your emotions that a market may be just “”too high”” when it turns positive to reinvest? Is that still a very powerful force? You even seem …
Reader Q + A: Buy And Hold
Reader Peter had these comments recently: I always enjoy your daily Blog and I do follow some of your investment principles. Keep up the good work. Today I have a question about “Buy & Hold.” There has been considerable press lately (since the market chaos during the last year) about the death of buy and hold. Have you done any …