Despite last year’s (and this year’s) market collapse there are still plenty of writers, brokers and others who simply don’t get it. They have stuck to their proven method of losing a large amount of their portfolio value in record time due to, well, sheer ignorance. Reader GH had this to say on the subject: You simply must visit this …
A Big Picture View
[Click chart to enlarge] With the markets having plunged at an unprecedented rate over the past year, it helps to look at things in a historical context to see if any parallels exist. The chart above does a fine job of showing were this current decline ranks in terms of past market disasters. I have featured it before, but it …
No Load Fund/ETF Tracker updated through 3/5/2009
My latest No Load Fund/ETF Tracker has been posted at:http://www.successful-investment.com/newsletter-archive.phpDespite feeble rebound attempts, the major indexes ended sharply lower as the bear dug in deeper. Our Trend Tracking Index (TTI) for domestic funds/ETFs remains below its trend line (red) by -12.84% thereby confirming the current bear market trend. The international index now remains -23.22% below its own trend line, keeping …
Reader Help Requested
I am continuing with a research project and would like to ask for your help. If you have ever used a no load Growth & Income mutual fund, with at least a 4% dividend yield, please share the ticker symbols with me. It does not matter that this fund may have lost big last year, as long as it is …
Looking For Support
With the markets having matched the lows made in 1996, and the S&P; 500 closing below the 700 level a couple of days ago, the question remains where the next support, which may provide a temporary bottom, is. In times like this, it pays to look at technical support and resistance levels for the various indexes. Let’s focus only on …
The SimpleHedge—Reader Question
Based on feedback from readers, most seem to have understood the hedging concept as outlined in my new e-book pretty well. One reader had this to say: Many thanks for your post on hedging. Can you please clarify my thinking: After buying couple of long positions and one short position, do we make the following implicit assumption? Do we assume …