The ETF Complete model continues to be primarily in cash with a few short positions in SDS, QID, EFZ, EUM. In the last couple of weeks, this has meant that if the market was down, we were up and vice-versa. …
The broader markets continue to exhibit above average volatility. The SPY gapped down on Monday and then again on Tuesday, putting in the low of the week, but not without nearly testing it again on Friday after lukewarm jobs report. …
It was another rough and tumultuous week for both the markets and the ETF models. Unfortunately, we caught the wrong side of both the downdraft on Monday (because of the positions being executed on the open) and the following updraft …
It was a rough week for the ETF Complete Portfolio, but not as rough as the broader market. The Complete was down -3.9% on the week compared to the SPY benchmark down a whopping -5.6%. On Friday, after we had …
The ETF Complete portfolio followed the market up on the week, +0.51% versus the benchmark up +0.69%. The Sector Moderate was the best performer while the Country portion closed marginally lower along with the MSCI All World index. We continue …
The ETF Complete portfolio followed the market down on the week, however we did marginally outperform closing down only -0.87% versus the benchmark down -1.2% on the week. The Sector Moderate was the primary underperformer caused by outsized sell-offs in …
The ETF Complete portfolio matched the market this week, up +1.15% with the SPY up +1.21%. The performance of the Global Macro component continued to be the laggard of the three. However, that model has mixed long and short exposure …
The ETF Complete portfolio closed the week down -1.6%, outperforming the SPY which closed down -2.13%. The lag in performance was somewhat expected given the nature of our positions and the amount of cash in the portfolio.
The week saw …
The The ETF Complete portfolio closed the week up marginally, but lagged the SPY and broader market on the week. The model ended last week with a mixed long and short exposure, but the market, after breaking below the 200 …
The ETF Complete portfolio a busy week with a number of position changes. The major freefall in Asian equities did the Country model no favors, which was the largest contributor to the underperformance this week. However, with Monday, we look …