The Country models were up this +1.06% compared to the benchmark which was down with the broader market over -2.68%. Meet the second week of 2016, same as the first week of 2016. Markets continued to show signs of distress …
The Country models were down on average this week a very mild -0.5% compared to the benchmark which was down with the broader market over -6.52%. The SPY had a pretty miserable start to the year, plunging nearly 6% and …
The Country models were down on average this week a very mild -0.12% compared to the benchmark which was marginally positive up +0.25%. The market had a highly volatile week. It put in new recent lows on Monday, before gaping …
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 …
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 …
The email was prepared after the close on Wednesday and does not include any data from Friday’s partial market session. The market (as well as our models) were all quiet the first few days of this week. It is common …
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 …
The Country ETF positions worked well for us this week, at least relative to the benchmark which took a significant dive. SSO, our lone long position, turned negative on the TSI so we will rotate out of that position next …
The Country ETF models’ positions remain unchanged on the week. We are in SSO (SPY 2x) and our other position continues to give us short exposure (EFZ). Both models beat out the index by about half a percent on the …
The Country ETF models have started to migrate into some long exposure. This week we added SSO (SPY 2x). Our other position continues to give us short exposure (EFZ). Both models beat out the index by about 1% on the …