Weekly Review for 5/13/2018

James Kimball | May 13, 2018

The NASDAQ 100 All Stars model closed up +2.87% on the week. The NASDAQ 100 closed up +2.78%. Intel (INTC) and Adobe (ADBE) were the strongest performers in our portfolio, easily beating the NASDAQ 100 benchmark, while Seagate (STX), Netflix …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: Relative Performance (Part 2)

James Kimball |

The Sector models closed between +3.73% (Conservative) and +8.24% (Aggressive) on the week. The SPY closed up +2.57% on the week. The SPY picked up where it left off last week. After bouncing off its 200-day moving average the SPY …


ETF Complete Portfolio Strategy Insights: Relative Performance (Part 2)

James Kimball |

The ETF Complete model closed the week up +1.1% compared to the SPY which closed up +2.6%. The SPY picked up where it left off last week. After bouncing off its 200-day moving average the SPY continued higher. On Friday, …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: Relative Performance (Part 1)

James Kimball | May 6, 2018

The Sector models closed between -0.67% (Moderate) and +3.52% (Aggressive) on the week. The SPY closed down -0.20% on the week. The SPY put in a strong finish to the week Friday off of good jobs numbers (3.9% unemployment is …


ETF Complete Portfolio Strategy Insights: Relative Performance (Part 1)

James Kimball |

The ETF Complete model closed the week down -0.4% compared to the SPY which closed down -0.2%. The SPY put in a strong finish to the week Friday off of good jobs numbers (3.9% unemployment is the lowest report number …


Weekly Review for 5/6/2018

James Kimball |

The NASDAQ 100 All Stars model closed down -0.51% on the week. The NASDAQ 100 closed up +1.72%. Seagate (STX) took a fair-sized hit on Tuesday after its earnings, dropping about 15% to the intra-day lows, only to recover most …


ETF Country Plus Strategy Insights: Relative Performance (Part 1)

James Kimball |

The country models were down on the week on average about -1.8%. The benchmark was down -0.3%. The SPY put in a strong finish to the week Friday off of good jobs numbers (3.9% unemployment is the lowest report number …


Weekly Review for 4/29/2018

James Kimball | April 29, 2018

The NASDAQ 100 All Stars model closed down -1.91% on the week. The NASDAQ 100 closed  +0.62%. Amazon (AMZN) was our strongest position, reporting strong earnings growth on Thursday, closing the week up a little over 3%. Adobe (ADBE) and …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: Trading the ETF Models (Part 3)

James Kimball |

The Sector models closed between -1.53% (Conservative) and -1.25% (Aggressive) on the week. The SPY closed down -0.02% on the week. The SPY ended up putting in another sideways week, this time bowl-shaped instead of hump-shaped like last week. 40% …


ETF Complete Portfolio Strategy Insights: Trading the ETF Models (Part 3)

James Kimball |

The ETF Complete model closed the week down -1.0% compared to the SPY which closed flat. The SPY ended up putting in another sideways week, this time bowl-shaped instead of hump-shaped like last week. 40% of the S&P reported earnings …