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

James Kimball | December 21, 2015

The Sector models were down on average about -1.2% on the week, slightly more than the SPY which down just shy of one percent. The market had a highly volatile week. It put in new recent lows on Monday, before …


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

James Kimball | December 14, 2015

The ETF Complete model was down -1.80% on the week compared to the SPY which took quite a tumble down -3.69%. The SPY continued with its seesaw this week. After spending a couple weeks towards the upper portion of its …


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

James Kimball |

The Country models were down on average this week a very mild -0.75% compared to the benchmark which took a significant dive of with the rest of the market down -4.32%. The SPY continued with its seesaw this week. After …


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

James Kimball |

The Sector models were down about -5% on the week compared to the SPY which also took a tumble dropping -3.69%. The SPY continued with its seesaw this week. After spending a couple weeks towards the upper portion of its …


ETF Country Plus Strategy Insights: Sound and Fury (Part 3)

James Kimball | December 7, 2015

The Country models were down this week around -3% compared to the benchmark which was completely flat. The underperformance primarily resulted from a brief trade in TMF. We exited this position on Friday because the TSI went negative on that …


ETF Complete Portfolio Strategy Insights: Sound and Fury (Part 3)

James Kimball |

The ETF Complete model was down -0.84% on the week compared to the SPY which was basically flat up +0.03%. The underperformance primarily resulted from a brief trade in TMF in the Country model. We exited this position on Friday …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: Sound and Fury (Part 3)

James Kimball |

The Sector models were up on average about +1% on the week compared to the SPY which was basically flat up +0.03%. Some of our positions, including XLY, and XLK (TECL) have been performing well. The SPY put in a …


ETF Complete Portfolio Strategy Insights: Sound and Fury

James Kimball | November 23, 2015

The ETF Complete model put in a mostly flat week, trailing the benchmark which was up just over 3%. A strong performance from our Sector holdings were offset by weaker performance in the Country and Global Macro models who continue …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: Sound and Fury

James Kimball |

The Sector models all put in strong weeks, beating out the SPY from +1% in the Conservative to +6% in the Aggressive. All three portfolios are in Technology (XLK/TECL) and Consumer discretionary(XLY). While the Conservative is also still in Semiconductors(SMH) …


ETF Country Plus Strategy Insights: Sound and Fury

James Kimball |

The Country ETF positions closed negative on the week down about -1.5%, however, they outperformed the benchmark, MSCI All World Index, which lost -3.6%. Our allocation is still completely short with EFZ being our only holding. We could see either …