Reader MD was interested in mutual funds that automatically protect any profits made. He had this to say: I am interested in No Load mutual funds, which use hedging strategies like shorting or buying options to protect the gains realized.Don’t I wish that these types of funds exist. While all mutual funds turn over their holdings several times a year, …
Sell Stops And Mutual Funds
Last week’s discussion about sell stops, whip-saws and distributions generated a lot of reader feedback. As I said, most of these issues have been covered before, but they are important and worth repeating so that new readers get the benefit as well. Reader MD had this to say: A ‘Sell stop’ is an excellent vehicle to hedge your portfolio of …
Sunday Musings: Crash And Recovery
Hat tip goes to Mish at Global Economic Trends for pointing to a link featuring an interview with the author of the well known book “The Black Swan” Nassim Taleb. I reviewed his books sometime last year and being a being a very straight thinker, he had some interesting thoughts in a recent interview on the current state of the …
What Can A Poor Slob Do?
I must admit that reader feedback is an important component in supporting my efforts of generating blog posts on a daily basis. Sometimes, comments can be pretty funny, yet have serious undertones. This was the case when reader Robert questioned the U.S. dollar as a reserve currency, and he had this to add: I’m not buying gold, can’t afford it. …
No Load Fund/ETF Tracker updated through 9/17/2009
My latest No Load Fund/ETF Tracker has been posted at:http://www.successful-investment.com/newsletter-archive.phpAnother up week pushed all major indexes higher with the Dow now only needing 200 points to reach the 10,000 level. Our Trend Tracking Index (TTI) for domestic funds/ETFs has now crossed its trend line (red) to the upside by +8.41% keeping the current buy signal intact. The effective date was …
Whipsawed? Now What?
In the last couple of posts, I talked about the implementation of the trailing sell stop strategy and how to handle distributions. A sell stop is a vital part of protecting the bulk of your portfolio in case of sudden trend changes. Of course, the other side of the coin is that you may get stopped out, the trend reverses …