Recently, reader G.H. mentioned that he had difficulties when setting up a hedge position (see my free e-book on the topic) using mutual funds on the long side and ETFs on the short side. Here’s the issue. You enter your (long) positions for your selected mutual funds. The order will be filled at the end of the trading day. How …
Sunday Musings: How Long Is Long-Term?
Yesterday, I tried to shed some light on the question as to whether over time maximizing gains is a better strategy as opposed to minimizing losses. I used the past 8 years of this century and concluded that in fact minimizing losses is a better long-term investment solution. The question remains how long should long-term be when used as an …
Maximizing Gains Vs. Minimizing Losses
In last Saturday’s post, I talked about the current bear market rally, which struck a hot button with several readers. Ray left an excellent and detailed comment, which I will use as a basis for today’s post since it covers an important area of investing. Here’s a portion of what he said: Patience is a virtue that has tripped up …
No Load Fund/ETF Tracker updated through 4/9/2009
My latest No Load Fund/ETF Tracker has been posted at: http://www.successful-investment.com/newsletter-archive.php An early sell off was reversed and the major indexes closed higher again. Our Trend Tracking Index (TTI) for domestic funds/ETFs remains below its trend line (red) by -3.84% thereby confirming the current bear market trend. The international index now remains -7.23% below its own trend line, keeping us …
Rare Straight Talk
It is not often that anyone, let alone a politician, says things as they are without sugarcoating and/or distorting facts to ensure that no one is offended. Such is unfortunately the ridiculous world of political correctness we are living in. So it its surprising and unusual when a politician calls a spade a spade as this US senator did in …
Stalled
The markets continued to stall yesterday as many investors wondered if the March rally had finally run its course. Contributing to the weakness was famous speculator George Soros when he chimed in with his view that the rally was pretty much done.Additionally, investor Mark Faber added fuel to the downside move by saying that that the S&P; 500 could drop …