ETF Country Plus Strategy Insights: Tour of Website Features

James Kimball | March 2, 2015

There were no position changes in the Country models this week. The Basic model led the way thanks to treasuries clawing back some gains, however the levered nature of this position will continue to generate larger moves for this model, …


ETF Complete Portfolio Strategy Insights: ETF Model Drawdowns (Part 3)

James Kimball | February 23, 2015

The ETF Complete portfolio ended the week slightly positive thanks to a nice gain on Friday. We made a few position changes this week including rotating out of VXX and TMF and into QQQ and SOXL.

The SPY, after pausing …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: ETF Model Drawdowns (Part 3)

James Kimball |

The SPY, after pausing around the highs of its recent trading range, went on to put in a strong new high close Friday off the heels of some positive news out of Europe. Both ETF Sector-based models were able to …


ETF Country Plus Strategy Insights: ETF Model Drawdowns (Part 3)

James Kimball |

There were no position changes in the Country models this week. The Basic model continued to be dragged down by the selloff in treasuries but that may have found a pause or a base with the majority of the week’s …


ETF Complete Portfolio Strategy Insights: ETF Model Drawdowns (Part 2)

James Kimball | February 17, 2015

The ETF Complete portfolio pulled back a little with the selloff still principally coming in volatility and rates. We were stopped out in DRN and TMF, leaving the Sector positions completely in cash. It seems likely that we will have …


ETF Country Plus Strategy Insights: ETF Model Drawdowns (Part 2)

James Kimball |

There were no position changes in the Country models this week. The Basic model had another selloff with TMF continuing to decline dropping below its 50 DMA on the Friday close. The Stops & Targets model actually put in a …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: ETF Model Drawdowns (Part 2)

James Kimball |

Both of the ETF Sector-based models underperformed the SPY benchmark this week. The market snapped back nicely and our positions in rate-based DRN and TMF did not fare well. On the year the Stops & Targets model is keeping up …


ETF Country Plus Strategy Insights: ETF Model Drawdowns (Part 1)

James Kimball | February 9, 2015

There were no position changes in the Country models this week. The Basic model had a decent selloff with TMF falling hard from its all-time high close last Friday. The Stops & Targets model actually put in a positive week …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: ETF Model Drawdowns (Part 1)

James Kimball |

The ETF Sector Basic model took a big hit this week, particularly again on Friday with sell-offs in all three of our positions. The Basic model fell behind the SPY benchmark (which closed flat on the year) while the Stops …


ETF Complete Portfolio Strategy Insights: ETF Model Drawdowns (Part 1)

James Kimball |

The ETF Complete portfolio had a rough week thanks largely due to hard sell-offs in treasuries all week and an especially big pullback in DRN (which narrowly avoided getting stopped out). The Global Macro also pulled back this week (VXX …