The ETF Complete portfolio put in a solid week, especially relative to SPY which tanked over 2.5%. The Global Macro model, with its alternative holdings, has been a double-edged sword. When the SPY has a good day, it generally underperforms …
The ETF Sector Basic model took a big hit this week, particularly on Friday with big sell-offs in all three of our positions. It is still outperforming the SPY on the year by over 5%, but the performance gap narrowed. …
There were no position changes in the Country models this week. China and India, which were both looking strong heading into this week cracked under the broader market pressure. Losses in these two ETFs were offset by gains in TMF …
The ETF Complete portfolio underperformed the resurging SPY this week however it is still outperforming on the year. A big reason for the lag in performance this week was the VXX position swung from a profit to a loss, but …
The ETF Sector models, while going on a volatile ride this week, continue to crush the SPY benchmark on the week and on the year. The Stops and Targets lagged a little more this week, only being in one position. …
There were no position changes in the Country models this week. Both China and India pushed to new recent highs. TMF had a volatile sideways range week, and while it ended squarely in the range, there were times that it …
We had one position change this week. The selloff in the equities markets knocked us out of our SSO position. We rotated into FXI (China). FXI can be subject to a lot of gaps and the performance of the ETF …
The ETF Sector models, thanks to a good close on Friday, beat the SPY benchmark again this week. The Sector Basic beat the benchmark by losing less while the Stops & Targets, holding only DRN, actually put in a very …
The ETF Complete portfolio outperformed the SPY by over 2% again this week despite remaining in almost 40% cash. Once again contributions by DRN bolstered the Sector model and gains in TLT and VXX helped the Global Macro lead the …
Our current three positions are TMF, SSO, and IFN. We made no position changes this week. TMF remains a great performer and IFN showed some serious life on Friday. Both US and global equity markets sold off considerably this week.…